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Have a question, project or insight to share? Post in the [Local AI discussion hub](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/JavaScript-AI-Buildathon/discussions/88)
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## 🔥 Phase 2: Hack! (March 13 – March 31)
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| March 16 | Azure & Foundry MCP Server Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1476309470312136704) |
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| March 20 | Azure DocumentDB Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473725339959033866) |
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| March 23 | GitHub Copilot CLI & SDK Demo | [Join event](https://discord.gg/microsoftfoundry?event=1473726030421430272) |
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