Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

In this talk, we will cover the case study of a recent file share migration project we did where we used Microsoft Cognitive Services (Applied AI) for intelligent content classification. more

Andreas Erben, CTO for MR and Applied AI, daenet

This fast paced session will introduce the currently available set of services and explain, through sample code and demonstrations, how to use them. more

Kevin Feasel, Proprietor , Catallaxy Services, LLC

In this session, we will gain an understanding of what constitutes an anomaly, starting with a general concept of anomalies and then moving into technical definitions. more

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

At the end of this hands-on workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure AI and how to use it to implement enterprise-grade intelligent applications. more

Karinne Bessette, Technologist, PS, Veeam

Rick Vanover, Senior Director Product Strategy, Veeam

In this session, Azure MVP Rick Vanover and tech ninja Karinne Bessette will showcase specific Azure administration and security practices for Azure storage. more

Gerry Hampson, Senior Consultant, Ergo Group

Windows Virtual Desktop allows you to deploy and scale virtualized Windows desktops and apps on Azure. more

Karinne Bessette, Technologist, PS, Veeam

Rick Vanover, Senior Director Product Strategy, Veeam

You don't want to be the next ransomware headline. Let's share some tips to be resilient against this threatscape for any scenario. more

Gerry Hampson, Senior Consultant, Ergo Group

This is really cool technology and gives us many advantages over traditional internet based client management. In this session, we'll learn how to set up a CMG. more

Gary Pretty, Senior Program Manager, Conversational AI Team, Microsoft

Dewain Robinson, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

After the workshop, you will know what the Microsoft Bot Framework is, how Cognitive Services add intelligence to your bot, and have hands-on experience implementing them all in and functioning virtual agent! more

Gary Pretty, Senior Program Manager, Conversational AI Team, Microsoft

In this session, you will see how you can build your own conversational AI applications using using Bot Framework Composer and Cognitive Services! more

Gary Pretty, Senior Program Manager, Conversational AI Team, Microsoft

In this session we will explore how AI is transforming the contact center experience - from automation to relationship management. more

Thomas LeBlanc, Data Warehouse Architect/MVP, Data on the Geaux

This session will help anyone interested in using Power BI for small to large companies. more

Thomas LeBlanc, Data Warehouse Architect/MVP, Data on the Geaux

This session will review the additional features added to Dataflows and PowerBI to utilize the ETL built into PowerQuery. more

Thomas LeBlanc, Data Warehouse Architect/MVP, Data on the Geaux

This session will look at the Date Table in a Tabular Model in Power BI. more

Paul Turley, Principal Consultant, BI Solution Architect, 3Cloud Solutions

See how to create and maintain analytic reporting projects supporting data governance, self-service reporting; and agile, iterative development practices. more

Ginger Grant, Principal Data Geek, Desert Isle Group

Learn which one will best meet your needs and the ETL processes you can use to load the data from whatever source it may be using. more

Andrew Brust, Founder and CEO, Blue Badge Insights

To learn more about Databricks SQL Analytics, and how to build great Power BI reports against your big data, come to this demo-heavy session. more

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

This experience will guide you through the entire implementation process of Microsoft Endpoint Manager, both Configuration Manager and Intune, by two Microsoft MVPs with decades of experience implementing these solutions for organizations around the globe. more

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

Managing Windows 10 devices in a modern way is really different than managing them in the traditional way. more

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

This session will look at the recent advancements of Mac management in Intune and explore the capabilities these features present. more

Dave Kawula, Principal Consultant, TriCon Elite Consulting

In this session, we will discuss ten great tips for configuring and using Windows AutoPilot in production. more

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

Join this session that will be packed with demos and notes from the field. more

Petri Paavola, Yodamiitti Oy

This session reveals tips and tricks for Windows Autopilot deployments and Intune management. more

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

This session reviews what benefits these services will bring to your organization and how you can implement them. more

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

In this session, we share many useful Windows 10/11 tips for both end users and administrators. more

Gerry Hampson, Senior Consultant, Ergo Group

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

This one-day workshop is a perfect way to get up to speed on all the new ConfigMgr improvements. more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

In this hands-on lab you will learn how to design and build cloud-native software, how to deploy the code to containers, and how to run your containers in Docker and Kubernetes (k8s). more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

In this session you will learn when to implement a system using microservices, and when to use dedicated services. more

Layla Porter MVP, Developer Advocate, , VMware

In this session, Layla will show you how to build a service using Azure Functions. We will use a variety of function triggers such as HTTP and Queue, combining them together into a self-contained service that can co-exist with our existing project. more

Nicholas McCollum, Senior Azure FastTrack Engineer, Microsoft

In this session we will explore building microservice applications using PaaS services in Azure including the Azure App Service, Functions, and Logic Apps. more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

Using a real-world scenario of trying to catch the bus, you will learn how to build a solution that leverages Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, Azure Static Web Apps, Logic Apps, Visual Studio Code and GitHub Actions. more

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

Miguel will tell you what microservices are, what a microservice architecture is, and we’ll discuss the characteristics at the service level with everything that surrounds them in the architecture. more

Nicholas McCollum, Senior Azure FastTrack Engineer, Microsoft

In this session we will demonstrate how to setup an Azure AD B2C tenant, customize it, and integrate it into your application. more

Steve Roberts, Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services

In this session we will examine and demonstrate techniques such as the Strangler-Fig pattern to peel off functionality and place behind API endpoints. more

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Vishwas Lele, CTO, Applied Information Sciences

Tom McKearney, Cloud Solution Architect, Applied Information Sciences

In this workshop we will take a deep look at serverless architectures. We will start with a review of serverless architectural patterns. more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

This lightweight talk gives a perspective on our profession, and hopefully, will make you think twice next time you think you need to build something yourself instead of looking at what is already out there - and build on the shoulders of giants instead. more

Steve Roberts, Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services

In this session we will begin with the essentials – what you need to know to get started with the CDK; before diving deep into examples of managing real world infrastructure in the AWS cloud using .NET and the CDK, best practices for effectively using the CDK, and how to codify your infrastructure requirements into simple, and easily reusable, constructs. more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

Join Rockford Lhotka as he talks about how he assembled a four node cluster, got 64 bit Ubuntu set up, and installed Kubernetes with microk8s, all for less than the cost of a low-end laptop. more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

In this session, Marcel will show you how you can set up a Service Mesh on Kubernetes and run a Micro Services application written in .NET and C#. more

Vishwas Lele, CTO, Applied Information Sciences

Upon attending this session you will walk away with knowledge to decide between these options. more

Andrew Brust, Founder and CEO, Blue Badge Insights

In this session we’ll walk through these newer capabilities and look at an end-to-end demo, where we’ll build an ML model, manage its features, deploy it to production and generate predictions from it using both interactive and batch scoring. more

Andreas Erben, CTO for MR and Applied AI, daenet

In this session, attendees will see a variety of applications of Jupyter Notebooks to expand their toolbox through quick demos. more

Sabrina Smai, Product Manager, Microsoft

In this session we take a deep-dive into Azure Machine Learning service, a cloud service that you can use to track as you build, train, deploy, and manage models. We zoom into the building blocks provided and show, through some demos, how to use them. more

Sabrina Smai, Product Manager, Microsoft

You'll leave this session with a better grasp of the technological components of Azure Machine Learning services. more

Kevin Feasel, Proprietor , Catallaxy Services, LLC

In this talk, we will go beyond the Azure Machine Learning designer and show how to use Azure Machine Learning in a code-first environment. more

Mike Benkovich, Developer, Business Owner, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Microsoft Azure MVP and an Online Instructor

In this session, we look at storage options, including Relational, NoSQL and Document databases including SQL Azure, Cosmos DB and Azure Storage, and show pros and cons of each. more

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

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Mike Benkovich, Developer, Business Owner, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Microsoft Azure MVP and an Online Instructor

We'll explore data architecture topics and tuning practices to get reliable and predictable performance from your Cosmos investment. more

Kevin Kline, Head Geek, SolarWinds

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Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

In this hands-on lab, you will get to build your own Blazor applications. more

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Come hear Brian’s breakdown of how things stack up so you can make an informed decision for your team. more

Sam Basu, Developer Advocate, Progress

Let's explore what's possible with real-time communications! more

Maddy Montaquila, Program Manager, Microsoft

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Maddy Montaquila, Program Manager, Microsoft

James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

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Sam Basu, Developer Advocate, Progress

.NET MAUI is a combination of technologies to evolve the Xamarin stack for future – a state of mind for surf & fun. Let's explore! more

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

In this talk, a "polytechnical" programmer will talk about his experiences living across multiple languages, platforms, and storage systems. more

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

Join this session to understand how developers and managers can work effectively together more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

Arjan van Bekkum , Consultant, Xpirit

During the day, you and your team will be responsible to keep a webshop up and running. more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

In this session, I will talk about my experiments, challenges, failures and insights when implementing DevOps and share some theories and concepts that really helped me to survive the corporate journey and to be (sometimes) successful. more

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Come see what all you can accomplish straight from the command line! more

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

In this interactive, engaging, inspiring, and fun chat, I'll explore creative processes and the theory/ history behind creative masterpieces. more

Colin Dembovsky, Field Solution Engineer, GitHub

Through a set of examples and demos, you'll see how to create workflows in both platforms and how they compare. more

Colin Dembovsky, Field Solution Engineer, GitHub

In this session, you'll see what tools are available in the GitHub Advanced Security suite and how you can "shift left" on security. more

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Come spend some time and listen to what Brian has to say about whether we still need DevOps in 2021 and beyond. more

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

In this session, Ben will address these from the perspective of a technically-minded Scrum Master. more

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

In this session, you'll learn some of the advanced concepts around GitHub Actions, such as creating your own custom actions, as well as see how GitHub Actions can be used for more than just CI/CD. more

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

In this workshop, Brian and Mickey will show you the current “state of art” when applying DevOps principals and best practices using GitHub. more

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Versioning ASP.NET Core API's can be done quickly using available tooling. In this fast focus, I skip the theory and dive right into versioning ASP.NET Core APIs more

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Come hear Brian’s breakdown of how things stack up so you can make an informed decision for your team. more

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

This Fast Focus session will show what .NET Interactive Notebooks are, and how .NET works within the notebooks. more

Thomas LeBlanc, Data Warehouse Architect/MVP, Data on the Geaux

This session will help anyone interested in using Power BI for small to large companies. more

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

This session will look at the recent advancements of Mac management in Intune and explore the capabilities these features present. more

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell Author, Teacher, Mentor

In this fast-paced 20 minutes, PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks will highlight the key new features in PowerShell 7 and explain why it should be your go-to automation console. more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

This lightweight talk gives a perspective on our profession, and hopefully, will make you think twice next time you think you need to build something yourself instead of looking at what is already out there - and build on the shoulders of giants instead. more

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

In this talk, we will cover the case study of a recent file share migration project we did where we used Microsoft Cognitive Services (Applied AI) for intelligent content classification. more

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

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Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Come see what all you can accomplish straight from the command line! more

Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

In this fast-paced discussion, we'll talk about some of the pitfalls of commonly used metrics more

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

This session immerses attendees in the answers to two critical questions; “why” executives are such valuable targets for cyber criminals and "how" to protect them and the organization from exploitation. more

Dave Kawula, Principal Consultant, TriCon Elite Consulting

In this session, we will discuss ten great tips for configuring and using Windows AutoPilot in production. more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

Join Rockford Lhotka as he talks about how he assembled a four node cluster, got 64 bit Ubuntu set up, and installed Kubernetes with microk8s, all for less than the cost of a low-end laptop. more

Andreas Erben, CTO for MR and Applied AI, daenet

In this session, attendees will see a variety of applications of Jupyter Notebooks to expand their toolbox through quick demos. more

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Interested in ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core, but not sure where to start? Start here with an all-day Hands-on-Lab . more

Marcel de Vries, Global MD & CTO, Xebia

Arjan van Bekkum , Consultant, Xpirit

During the day, you and your team will be responsible to keep a webshop up and running. more

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

In this hands-on lab, you will get to build your own Blazor applications. more

Karen Lopez, Data Evangelist, Space Enthusiast, & NASA Datanaut

Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

In this advanced workshop, we cover data security and privacy protection for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

You will gain a foundational knowledge of what to use when, as well as how to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the "meat and potatoes" of SQL Server in Azure: Security, Performance, and Availability. more

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

This experience will guide you through the entire implementation process of Microsoft Endpoint Manager, both Configuration Manager and Intune, by two Microsoft MVPs with decades of experience implementing these solutions for organizations around the globe. more

Petri Paavola, Yodamiitti Oy

At the end of the day, you will learn many PowerShell script examples, tips, and tricks which you can utilize immediately in your own work. more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

In this hands-on lab you will learn how to design and build cloud-native software, how to deploy the code to containers, and how to run your containers in Docker and Kubernetes (k8s). more

Gary Pretty, Senior Program Manager, Conversational AI Team, Microsoft

Dewain Robinson, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

After the workshop, you will know what the Microsoft Bot Framework is, how Cognitive Services add intelligence to your bot, and have hands-on experience implementing them all in and functioning virtual agent! more

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Interested in ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core, but not sure where to start? Start here with an all-day Hands-on-Lab . more

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Versioning ASP.NET Core API's can be done quickly using available tooling. In this fast focus, I skip the theory and dive right into versioning ASP.NET Core APIs more

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

This session is an end-to-end walkthrough of how this works and how you can benefit.

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwan's Home Delivery

Learn the techniques that can have the largest impact on web performance with the least amount of work.

Robert Boedigheimer, Principal Systems Developer, Schwan's Home Delivery

Learn how to use DevTools to diagnose hard to locate CSS problems, debug JavaScript, monitor network usage, and many other common tasks. more

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Azure App Modernization Consultant, Xebia

In this session, we will go beyond the basic language features and dig into new territory like advanced types, decorators, mixins, symbols, generics, iterators, and declaration merging to further your understanding of the wide variety of TypeScript features. more

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Azure App Modernization Consultant, Xebia

In this session, we'll look at the benefits of using a PWA, and build a basic PWA using Angular, TypeScript, and Ionic. more

Brock Allen, Application Security Architect

We will focus on the "backend for frontend" (or BFF) pattern which has become the most secure and stable of these approaches. more

Brock Allen, Application Security Architect

Come and learn how ASP.NET Core and IdentityServer can be used to design for a modern security architecture. more

Dave Kawula, Principal Consultant, TriCon Elite Consulting

During this session, attendees will learn about Dave's proven methodology for Zero Downtime Windows Server Migrations and Upgrades. more

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

This session provides attendees real world how-to knowledge to use Windows Admin Center successfully in their environments. more

Alon Fliess, Chief Architect, CodeValue

In this session, Alon will present how he managed to build a cross-platform IoT device software that runs on both a PC and an ESP32 microcontroller. more

Andreas Erben, CTO for MR and Applied AI, daenet

In this session, attendees will learn about the hardware Azure Percept and about the concept of the device ecosystem for sensors that integrate with Azure Percept. more

Alon Fliess, Chief Architect, CodeValue

In the session, Alon will present how the combination of Azure IoT Hub, Azure Functions, and Cosmos DB provides the foundation for such a system; and how Event Grid cloud-notifications provide the foundation for deterministic automatic integration tests. more

Cecil Phillip, Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Paul Yuknewicz , Head of Product, Azure Serverless, Microsoft

Get an introduction to Dapr a distributed application runtime that simplifies cloud-native application development. more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist, Azure Data Services Team, Microsoft

We'll review with you all the current released and preview versions of SQL from the edge to the cloud including the newly announced SQL Server 2022. more

Stephen L. Rose, Consultant, stephenlrose.com

Join Microsoft Teams IT Pro Product Lead Stephen Rose for a deep dive session into the new and upcoming features in Microsoft Teams including a look at the new Security, Privacy, Governance and Management features. more

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, Developer, Coach, Author, Teacher

Join Phil Japikse as he discusses Tuckman’s Team Development Model (the different phases of team dynamics), how to facilitate that growth, what to watch out for and how to corral the animals that block team growth. more

James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

Maddy Montaquila, Program Manager, Microsoft

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Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

Moderated By: Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

Join our panel of leaders who will share their experiences about leading through a pandemic, about ways to support your team members in uncertain times, as well as answer your specific questions. more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist, Azure Data Services Team, Microsoft

Moderated By: Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

Get answers to questions you have always wanted to ask about SQL Server and Azure SQL directly from Microsoft. more

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

Moderated By: Dave Kawula, Principal Consultant, TriCon Elite Consulting

Public cloud experts will review what makes different public cloud systems great but also the weaknesses of each. more

Vishwas Lele, CTO, Applied Information Sciences

Moderated By: Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

Join our panel of experts to discuss the following: Cloud-native impacts organizations and individuals from all backgrounds. more

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

Kevin Feasel, Proprietor , Catallaxy Services, LLC

Alon Fliess, Chief Architect, CodeValue

Ginger Grant, Principal Data Geek, Desert Isle Group

Moderated By: Andrew Brust, Founder and CEO, Blue Badge Insights

To get some answers, join our panel of experts across the fields of application development, data lake/data warehousing, IoT and, of course, AI and ML. more

Dave Kawula, Principal Consultant, TriCon Elite Consulting

Émile Cabot Microsoft MVP , Principal Consultant , TriCon Elite Consulting

Peter Daalmans, Principal Consultant and Trainer, Daalmans Consulting

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

Andrew Brust, Founder and CEO, Blue Badge Insights

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

Kevin Feasel, Proprietor , Catallaxy Services, LLC

Alon Fliess, Chief Architect, CodeValue

Rockford Lhotka, VP of Strategy, Xebia

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Steve Roberts, Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services

Bradley Ball, Sr. Azure Engineer for the Azure FastTrack CXP PG , Microsoft

Denny Cherry, Owner and Principal Consultant, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting

Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Josh Luedeman, Principal Engineering Manager, Microsoft

Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

Sami Laiho, Chief Research Officer, Adminize

Part Q&A with speakers and conference chairs and part peer exchange, you can use this time to network with your fellow Live! 360 attendees and select speakers to discuss the best ways to move your projects to the next level. more

Ståle Hansen, CEO and Principal Cloud Architect, MVP & RD, CloudWay

Join this session to learn a proven process to identify actions, prioritize them and work on improving the tenant, not just in your current project, but for years to come. more

Ståle Hansen, CEO and Principal Cloud Architect, MVP & RD, CloudWay

Join Ståle down the rabbit hole as explains how to ensure a great Teams experience. more

Petri Paavola, Yodamiitti Oy

At the end of the day, you will learn many PowerShell script examples, tips, and tricks which you can utilize immediately in your own work. more

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell Author, Teacher, Mentor

This session is aimed at experienced PowerShell scripters ready to go to the next level. more

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell Author, Teacher, Mentor

In this fast-paced 20 minutes, PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks will highlight the key new features in PowerShell 7 and explain why it should be your go-to automation console. more

Michael Wiley, Senior Customer Engineer, Microsoft

With JEA, you can configure a management endpoint for administrators that gives them access to all the PowerShell commands they need to get their job done, but nothing more. more

Petri Paavola, Yodamiitti Oy

In this heavily demo based session, Petri shows how PowerShell can help you with your daily tasks whether you are managing Windows devices or Office 365 services. more

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell Author, Teacher, Mentor

This demo-driven session will guide the attendee through the process of creating HTML reports complete with styles, collapsible regions and so much more. more

Jeffery Hicks, PowerShell Author, Teacher, Mentor

This session will introduce you to the Active Directory module from Microsoft and demonstrate how to accomplish common management tasks with PowerShell. more

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

This session immerses attendees in the answers to two critical questions; “why” executives are such valuable targets for cyber criminals and "how" to protect them and the organization from exploitation. more

Stacy Deere, Solutions Architect, Focal Point Solutions LLC

Governance really is not an option in any organization if you want your processes and procedures followed by employees. more

Stacy Deere, Solutions Architect, Focal Point Solutions LLC

In this session, we will be taking a deep dive into both the Security and Compliance Admin panels to provide guidance on how to see how your organization measures up with the built in scoring. more

John O'Neill, Sr., Chief Technologist, AWS Solutions

Leveraging Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Endpoint, organizations attacked by ransomware minimize their damage and downtime.

Cristal Kawula, President, TriCon Elite Consulting

This session, a conversation with three established IT Pros well-seasoned in community involvement, will lead you through challenges faced by everyone on their way to IT Community super stardom! more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

You will gain a foundational knowledge of what to use when, as well as how to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the "meat and potatoes" of SQL Server in Azure: Security, Performance, and Availability. more

Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

In this fast-paced, demo-heavy session, you'll see demos related to deployment, security, performance, and availability for Azure SQL Database. more

Rie Merritt, Sr. Program Manager, Data Engineering, MVP Lead & Data Community Support, Microsoft

In this session, we'll learn the differences in Azure SQL Managed Instances and Azure SQL Databases and we'll cover 5 of the most common tasks a DBA needs to learn to manage in Azure SQL. more

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

In this session, I'll describe how SQL Server memory management works including architecture, limits, and how you can configure and monitor memory usage. more

Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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Rie Merritt, Sr. Program Manager, Data Engineering, MVP Lead & Data Community Support, Microsoft

In this session, we'll learn the differences in Azure SQL Managed Instances and Azure SQL Databases and we'll cover ten or more of the most common tasks a DBA needs to learn. more

Ginger Grant, Principal Data Geek, Desert Isle Group

The session demos will show the best practices for creating and maintaining the data lake to provide organization's the structure they need to maintain and utilize the data with Azure Synapse Analytics. more

Denny Cherry, Owner and Principal Consultant, Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting

In this session, you will learn about all the options available to you in the Azure Data Platform. You'll learn about CosmosDB, Azure SQL Database, Azure Postgres and MySQL services, as well as Databricks and HDInsight. more

Karen Lopez, Data Evangelist, Space Enthusiast, & NASA Datanaut

Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

In this advanced workshop, we cover data security and privacy protection for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. more

Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist, Azure Data Services Team, Microsoft

In this session, Buck Woody will show you how to plan, install, and configure this new system. more

Karen Lopez, Data Evangelist, Space Enthusiast, & NASA Datanaut

In this session, we will review the best features from a database designer's and developer's point of view. more

Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist, Azure Data Services Team, Microsoft

In this session Buck Woody, an Applied Data Scientist will lead you through the concepts of Machine Learning in SQL Server and show you two practical tutorials you can use at your organization. more

Karen Lopez, Data Evangelist, Space Enthusiast, & NASA Datanaut

In this session, we will cover the basics of blockchain as it applies to data and database processes. more

Jakub Szymaszek, Principal Program Manager, Azure SQL Team, Microsoft

In this session, we dive into ledger tables, which ensures that if data is tampered, it can be identified and remediated quickly. more

Josh Luedeman, Principal Engineering Manager, Microsoft

Bradley Ball, Sr. Azure Engineer for the Azure FastTrack CXP PG , Microsoft

If you work with Azure Synapse Analytics and analytical workloads then this session is for you. more

Paul Turley, Principal Consultant, BI Solution Architect, 3Cloud Solutions

Learn to use expressions and parameters to create drill-through, drill-down, templates, dynamic styling, analytic dashboards and functional operational reports to support most any business function. more

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

Attend this session and learn how to leverage secure enclaves with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database, so that data also remains encrypted "in use." more

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

In this session, Lenni describes the various difficulties that developers face, and demonstrates how SSDT can be used to remedy those pain points. more

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful new features in SQL Server 2019. more

Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

In this interactive session, we will review the top five common problems with SQL Server and discuss how to fix them. more

Kevin Kline, Head Geek, SolarWinds

This session will take you through ten of the most problematic patterns and anti-patterns when writing queries and how to deal with them all. more

Anthony Nocentino, Principal Field Solution Architect, Pure Storage

Ever wonder what happens between your database and the storage where it sits? more

Thomas LaRock, Manager, Data Engineering, BlackLine

Attend this session and learn about the options available to help you fix database performance issues without touching code. more

Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

In this fast-paced discussion, we'll talk about some of the pitfalls of commonly used metrics more

Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

In this session, we'll warm up with an overview of what feedback is and is not. more

Eve Turzillo, Developer Advocate, Progress Software

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Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

This high energy chat will give you insights from a little bit of theory and case studies, a load of practical application, and lots of laughter. more

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

In this session, Ben will show you how use linguistic frames to lead change, lead through adversity, and rebuild trust & credibility in your teams. more

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

Benjamin Day, Author, Trainer, Developer

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

Moderated By: Angela Dugan, Cloud Solution Architecture Manager, Microsoft

Join our panel of leaders who will share their experiences about leading through a pandemic, about ways to support your team members in uncertain times, as well as answer your specific questions. more

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

In this session, we'll cover the latest features that have been added to C#8 and how they work in detail so you'll know when to use them effectively in your new .NET projects. more

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

This Fast Focus session will show what .NET Interactive Notebooks are, and how .NET works within the notebooks. more

James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

Maddy Montaquila, Program Manager, Microsoft

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Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

Let's cut through the confusion and hyperbole and talk about what this really is. more

James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

.NET 6 is almost here - learn how .NET 6 improves your app's performance, give you new language features. more

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

In this session, we'll survey as many of the newer language features from C# 6 string interpolation to C#9 Records and see how you can take advantage of them in your applications today. more

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

See how to use some of these tools for your .Net, JavaScript, Style sheets, etc. to improve your code as an independent or large team lead. more

Miguel Castro MRD, President, Melvicorp LLC

Well, come check out how these and other problems can be solved in what you may think of as a pretty cool way. more

Brock Allen, Application Security Architect

This talk looks at the essentials you should know about as if you are new to the OAuth ecosystem and were to enter it today. more

Brock Allen, Application Security Architect

Come and learn how ASP.NET Core and IdentityServer can be used to design for a modern security architecture. more

Mickey Gousset, DevOps Architect, GitHub

Brian A. Randell, Staff Developer Advocate, GitHub

In this workshop, Brian and Mickey will show you the current “state of art” when applying DevOps principals and best practices using GitHub. more

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

This full-day workshop will get you up to speed on powerful new features in SQL Server 2019. more

Gerry Hampson, Senior Consultant, Ergo Group

Panu Saukko, Consultant / Trainer, ProTrainIT

This one-day workshop is a perfect way to get up to speed on all the new ConfigMgr improvements. more

Vishwas Lele, CTO, Applied Information Sciences

Tom McKearney, Cloud Solution Architect, Applied Information Sciences

In this workshop we will take a deep look at serverless architectures. We will start with a review of serverless architectural patterns. more

Prashant G Bhoyar, AI Architect in the Office of the CTO, AIS

At the end of this hands-on workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of Azure AI and how to use it to implement enterprise-grade intelligent applications. more