@terrylynch.net
Day job: Microsoft Support for Mission Critical Cloud Solution Architect for Artificial Intelligence Business Solutions on the Global Delivery team. (SfMC CSA:AIBS, GD) Gay job: Co-Chair of GLEAM pride network for Aus/NZ. He/Him 🏳️🌈
My new job title is “Support for Mission Critical Cloud Solution Architect for Artificial Intelligence Business Solutions on the Global Delivery team”
Or SfMCCSAAIBS:GD if you want something easier to remember.
A French bulldog wearing a sequin Australia flag as a cape
Watching the election results #AustraliaVotes
Being woken up at 3am by an earthquake making the building creak wasn’t on my bingo card for this year. #SydneyQuake
We’ve got a boost charger on each side of the bed. Absolutely love them 👍
My chair wheels love to eat a stray USB charging cable
A nostalgic photo shows a baby, identified as Terry in 1986, sitting at a bulky desk with an old-school beige computer and a landline phone. The monitor is large and boxy, surrounded by corkboard covered in papers and tinsel—classic ’80s office decor. The baby is wearing a teal jumper and jeans, with tiny hands resting on the keyboard, looking toward the camera. The image is framed with playful digital stickers like a rainbow pixel graphic, clouds, and a mouse pointer, under the text: “How it started.”
A modern, vibrant photo of Terry as an adult in 2025, smiling confidently in a white patterned shirt. The background is a sky-blue gradient with fluffy clouds and floating icons from Microsoft apps like Teams, Outlook, and Copilot, representing a modern digital workspace. Terry stands proudly under the text: “How it’s going.” The energy is upbeat and professional, showing how far he’s come from those early days at the keyboard.
Microsoft turns 50 - and its tech shaped my life. As a toddler, I sat in my mums office playing grown-up. Now I work at Microsoft, supporting global customers, including the place my mum worked at many years ago. Full circle, and just getting started. 💫 #Microsoft50 #MicrosoftLife
Creating a custom #AI text classifier to triage emails in a shared mailbox using #PowerAutomate.
This is my first #tutorial vid, trying something new 😊
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Another year, another website disaster for #City2Surf registrations. 🏃🏻💨
Elastic scaling of website capacity has been a thing for a decade. Do better!
A table lamp shaped like a fish say sauce container
I’ve always wanted one of these lamps 🐟
A photo of a kobo e-reader with the book cover of “the anxious generation” by Jonathan Haidt on it. The e-reader is on a plane tray table
Another #BookSky read. Growing up in the early internet age I can see how this exposure changed me, and this book gave great insight into how things have escalated. Some great discussion points from this 📖
A vibrant grid of pictures featuring people celebrating a pride parade. Dancing, marching, hugging, putting on face paints and smiling. One photo shows them behind the Microsoft logo in a banner.
Our Pride month celebrations continue with the Auckland Rainbow Pride Parade. Loved seeing friends and family come together to march proudly with us! 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#MicrosoftPride #MicrosoftLife #Pride #AucklandRainbowPride #DEI
Best place to work
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A photo collage of Microsoft employees, friends and family marching in the Melbourne Midsumma parade. Colourful rainbow flags, vibrant motifs. People smiling, dancing and having fun.
We had so much fun today showcasing the diverse & inclusive culture we know and love at @microsoft.com at the Melbourne #Midsumma parade. Thank you to all who organized, marched, helped and cheered us on as we marched down Fitzroy St.
D&I is in our DNA. 🌈
#MicrosoftLife #MicrosoftPride #Pride
Screenshot of the Azure AI foundry web page showing that DeepSeek R1 is available to use
The #DeepSeek R1 model is now available to deploy in #Azure AI Foundry. azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/d...
A screenshot of a YouTube livestream showing the view counter at 6.6k viewers. In the background a plant is blooming with many people around taking photos and in the foreground a man is making the peace sign and poking his tongue out.
Hello #Putricia 🌺
Good Bob
Hello, welcome, great to have you here 😊
Welcome! Hope you enjoy yourself here. 🦋
I’ll always make myself the dummy who asks what an acronym means, but the “aaah” from everyone else in the call tells me they didn’t know either 🙃
Flying in flip flops (or “thongs” as Aussies call them) was a strange experience.
Getting on a plane is just like taking a bus here
It seems that 2024 is the year that “Your year wrapped” has jumped the shark.
I’ve had my music service, SatNav, travel planner, web browser (WTH) and gym all send me jovial statistics about the copious amounts of data they gather on me.
Fried chicken tendies are always a winner 🏆 look after yourself Jen.
A person holds a Kobo e-reader displaying the cover of ‘Ethical Machines’ by Reid Blackman. The cover features a minimalist black and white design with bold, concentric lines and the subtitle: ‘Your concise guide to totally unbiased, transparent, and respectful AI.
Another great #BookSky read for #AI. Ethical Machines by Reid Blackman.
Learning what’s important (and what isn’t) when designing ethical algorithms and AI services.
🤣 That pic was taken after a tour of the Microsoft archives and I didn’t expect the souvenir t-shirt, so I might have been a bit over excited 🙃📎
A person wearing a gray polo shirt with the Microsoft logo stands in front of a brightly illuminated Microsoft logo, featuring red, green, blue, and yellow panels on a gradient background.
A man in a gray Microsoft polo shirt is standing on a giant Surface keyboard, pointing enthusiastically at a large screen that displays ‘Copilot: Your AI assistant for work’ and the message ‘Hey Terry!’ The Microsoft Surface and Copilot+PC logos are visible at the bottom.
A smiling man wearing a gray Microsoft-branded shirt and a lanyard takes a selfie in front of a large digital display promoting the ‘Microsoft AI Tour.’ The display features colorful 3D graphics and the Microsoft logo. Several people are walking in the background near the entrance of a modern building.
A Microsoft booth featuring a sign that reads ‘Microsoft 365 Applications: Transform your business with our AI-powered productivity and collaboration.’ A man in a gray Microsoft-branded shirt interacts with two attendees while others explore the exhibit in the background.
Such an amazing time at the #MicrosoftAITour in Sydney!
It was so great to hear directly from customers and help them solve business problems, automating solutions using the power of #AI with #Copilot 🚀
“I hope this response finds you well”
I never want to shame someone for using a tool, but it’s best used for guidance and inspiration, not copy and paste. Keep the human in the loop.
Lots of people making videos of "Christmas party of INSERT COMPANY HERE make sure that NAME and COMPANY are shown in big bold letters on a banner in the background"
Clippy is peak nostalgia at the moment📎
A screenshot of the Sora settings panel with an option highlighted showing the toggle for publishing videos to the explore feed.
🛑PSA for anyone playing with #Sora.
The default settings will publish your videos to the explore feed. Everyone can see all your videos and personal information you're putting in the prompts!
#OpenAI #SoraAI
