Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/feed.xml Thu, 23 May 2019 20:16:38 GMT en-US hourly 1 Celebrating One Global Community at this years MVP Global Summit! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/celebrating-one-global-community-mvp-global-summit Fri, 03 May 2019 09:31:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32615 The 2019 MVP Global Summit has come and gone, and what an uplifting event it was! This year’s theme “One Global Community” was developed to celebrate and explore the many ways in which our community is connected to one another across the world.  1,954 MVPs, Regional Directors (RDs), and Windows Insiders came together to network, exchange solutions, connect with our product groups and provide valuable feedback on Microsoft technologies. Attendees traveled from an incredible 72 countries, including 350 first-time participants, to immerse themselves into 700+ technical sessions, workshops, and community building presentations over the course of five days. It was an action-packed week full of interactive learning, networking, hacking and solution sharing!    In addition to technical sessions, the Summit offered attendees a variety of networking opportunities to expand their community connections and strengthen relationships with Microsoft Product Group members. On Sunday, the Summit kicked off with a Community Pre-day, where there was a particularly strong focus on inclusion, as well as meetups and roundtable discussions driven by MVPs and RDs.  On Monday evening, our globally based Community Program Managers (CPMs) hosted Regional Meetups for MVPs and RDs to increase conversation and idea sharing in regions around the world. It was a great opportunity for everyone to meet their CPMs and connect with other MVPs to learn about how they can get involved in their local communities.   One of the biggest perks of attending the Summit is having the opportunity to connect with Product Group (PG) members at Microsoft. PGs across Microsoft hosted Happy Hours based on award category on Tuesday evening, providing the ideal setting for everyone to share ideas, exchange solutions, and establish working relationships with other MVPs, PGs, and Summit speakers.  With a huge scale of networking opportunities for MVPs and RDs, amazing technical and soft-skill sessions, the MVP Global Summit 2019 demonstrated just how devoted and driven our community really is. We can't wait to celebrate with you all next year! Speaking of next year, mark your calendar – the MVP Global Summit will be held the week of March 15 – 20, 2020!   Thank you to everyone for coming together to celebrate our wonderful global community!   Stay tuned on the MVP blog for more highlights from the Summit!  ]]> Around the World with MVPs: Microsoft Three Musketeers! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/around-world-mvps-microsoft-three-musketeers Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:00:53 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32525 This article was written by Rie Moriguchi, Microsoft Community Program Manager - Japan.  Microsoft provides localized technical documentation on various Microsoft services and products, and localized open source products for developers around the world. To make these localized materials better suited and available for local developers we decided to put on a unique community localization project for the 88 Microsoft MVPs and 32 community leaders from China, Japan, and Korea. We called it Microsoft Three Musketeers! Here’s what we go up to. It was a fun, competition-style event where attendees competed in various activities, such as adding suggestions through Pull Request about critical localization error and the lack of explanation on existing localized technical documentation (docs.microsoft.com), and voting or adding new strings suggestions on Microsoft Localization Community Platform (MLCP). Participants also created attractive blog and social media content, demonstrating how best to join the community localization on docs.microsoft.com and MLCP, and Microsoft Learn.  Their passion to improve the quality of the localized contents and products brought about a significant result. Surprisingly, the number of approved suggestions on docs.microsoft.com reached 7,000, and 4,300 strings were newly approved on MLCP during this project in a single month! What’s more, community localization introduction content reached 21,000, resulting in more members understanding and getting to know the open community activities on Microsoft Docs, MLCP and Microsoft Learn thanks to the participants’ efforts. After the competition we held a Celebration Day Event in each country with the participants. Microsoft HQ DevRel Localization Team members joined this event and celebrated for our great “Musketeers.” Here are the top 3 winning teams from the three countries and some of our favorite content that was published by attendees:

China

Top 3 Teams:

1. Minzhang He 2. Team4(刘俊哲shelley Liu, 张煜, 刘瑞恒, 依婷婷) 3. Xiaodi Yan

Picked Up Content:

Korea

Top 3 Teams:

1. Translation Uncles (번역AJ) 2. Underdog(언더독) 3. Untitle(언타이틀), Azaer(아재)

Picked Up Content:

 

Japan

Top 3 Teams:

1. No Name (ノーネーム) 2. Various Expertise Heroes 3. Nombiri Sorosoro (のんびりそろそろ)

Picked Up Content:

You can watch the interview videos in each country here.   Nowadays, a lot of localized content is usually generated by machine translation to keep up with the latest technology day by day. Your feedback is therefore key to improving the quality of content as a practical development experience. It is highly important to fill in the gaps between machine-translated localization and the best references for local developers. Interested in starting your own community localization project? Head to the Cloud + AI Localization Community page here for more info!  ]]> Reconnect Series: Christian Stahl https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/reconnect-series-christian-stahl Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32495 Christian Stahl is a Reconnect Member who is heavily invested in giving back to his community using Microsoft technologies. He was awarded Microsoft MVP in SharePoint Server in 2011 for four years and has just started a new job as Senior Enterprise Architect at Tieto in Sweden. Christian has used his skills and knowledge in SharePoint in various local projects. Working as the main front-end developer, and in architectural roles, Christian has been involved in large and complex SharePoint assignments for all schools in Stockholm, Sweden. He has helped give access to students, teachers and parents across the country. This has resulted in one million user accounts spanning from SharePoint server to SharePoint online with integrations to several APIs, Azure integrations and mobile apps. He said, “What has been especially fun is that I got the chance to deepen myself in the latest technologies in SharePoint Online development such as SPFx, React, TypeScript, SASS etc. A great and challenging project!” As an MVP Christian regularly participated in the Global Summit in Redmond each year - “I must say that has been my favorite conference because it was fantastic to meet so many talented and committed people under one roof.” As a Reconnect Member Christian continues to attend local community connections and stays connected with former MVPs through the Reconnect Yammer channel and other webinars and tech calls. Christian also attended the MVP Community Connection that was held in Lyngby, Denmark for all Nordic and Benelux MVPs and Reconnect Members. “It was a great event packed with lots of valuable information on what’s going on in the Microsoft stack,” said Christian. Christian is also a member of the international network Azure Office SharePoint (AoS) as an ambassador for his home country Sweden. As well as mentoring students in programming, he speaks regularly at national and international conferences whenever he can. Just over a year ago he was in Bangalore and Mumbai for the AoS Microsoft tour, and next month he is invited to speak at the Swedish Share and Evolve in Office 365 Forum (SEF). On top of his consultancy work in SharePoint, Christian also teaches front end developing for students in higher vocational education in Stockholm. Looking to the future Christian is excited about his new role at Tieto and the opportunities it will open in up in terms of participating more actively in the community.  Christian Stahl is a Reconnect Member from Stockholm, Sweden. He was awarded Microsoft MVP in SharePoint Server in 2011. Follow him on Twitter @CStahl and check out his blog here. ]]> ASP.NET MVC5, Azure Security Center, and More on This Week's Friday Five! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/friday-five-march-29 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:00:19 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32475

Optimize Security and Compliancy with #Azure Security Center 

James van den Berg has been working in ICT with Microsoft Technology since 1987. He works for the largest educational institution in Netherlands as an ICT Specialist, managing datacenters for students. He’s proud to have been a Cloud and Datacenter Management since 2011, and a Microsoft Azure Advisor for the community since February this year. In July 2013, James started his own ICT consultancy firm called HybridCloud4You, which is all about transforming datacenters with Microsoft Hybrid Cloud, Azure, AzureStack, Containers, and Analytics like Microsoft OMS Hybrid IT Management. Follow him on Twitter @JamesvandenBerg and on his blog here.  

Building microservices through Event Driven Architecture part4: repositories 

Gora Leye is a Solutions Architect, Technical Expert and Devoper based in Paris. He works predominantly in Microsoft stacks: Dotnet, Dotnet Core, Azure, Azure Active Directory/Graph, VSTS, Docker, Kubernetes, and software quality. Gora has a mastery of technical tests (unit tests, integration tests, acceptance tests, and user interface tests). Follow him on Twitter @logcorner.

Upload a SharePoint Sandbox solution to Office 365

Oscar Garcia is a Principal Software Architect who resides in Sunny South Florida. He is a Microsoft MVP and certified solutions developer with many years of experience building solutions using .Net framework and multiple open source frameworks. Currently, he specializes in building solutions using technologies like SharePoint, ASP.NET, NodeJS, AngularJS, and other JavaScript frameworks. Follow him on Twitter @ozkary.    

The future of Roaming Profiles - Add fast logon performance and Office 365 support to your virtual desktop (VDI) - DaaS environment with Microsoft/FSLogix Profile Container, including existing UEM solutions

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Cloud Architect and Evangelist and owns his own independent consulting firm, where he focuses mainly on Public Cloud infrastructures and End-User Computing environments for the larger multinational enterprise customers for the EMEA and USA regions. He helps customers with the Digital Transformation, advises on Cloud strategies, and realizes on-premises and cloud-based environments. In addition to his work, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at several large international conferences, writes guest blogs, as well on his website, to share his passion for Cloud innovation.  Follow him on Twittter @Brinkhoff_C

How To Save & Display HTML Content In ASP.NET MVC5

Asma Khalid is a Technical Evangelist, Technical Writer and Fanatic Explorer. She enjoys doodling with technologies, writing stories and sharing her knowledge with the community. Her core domain is Software Engineering, but she’s also experienced in Product Management, Product Monitoring, Product Implementation, Product Execution and Product Coordination. She is the 1st female from Pakistan to receive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition and the 1st female from Pakistan to receive C-sharp corner online developer community Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition. She has 6+ years of experience as IT professional, freelancer & entrepreneur. She is currently working on her entrepreneur venture, AsmaKart. Follow her on Twitter @asmak. ]]> Reconnect Series: Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/reconnect-series-afzaal-ahmad-zeeshan Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:00:52 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32455 Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a Reconnect Member and Software Engineer from Rabwah, Pakistan. He was awarded Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and Development Technologies in 2016 and has since enjoyed being part of the community, particularly the Microsoft Community Connection in Dubai. “Being a Reconnect MVP allows me to stay in touch with all the awesome MVPs that I have collaborated with in the past, and to grow the experts-circle I have,” said Afzaal. It has also been the perfect platform for him to continue sharing his activities and contributions with flexibility and ease. Afzaal is currently working with various online and offline communities, including C# Corner Lahore Chapter. You will usually find him participating in speaking sessions for these communities or exploring new venues and cities to “start more local chapters.” Afzaal has his sights set on participating more actively in local development groups, mentoring students, and to become “some sort of an evangelist.” His most recent projects involve using AI-based forms for user input and sentiment analysis. One such project includes an application for tourists, allowing them to find their tour spots, tourism providers, and other related information quickly through the app. Alongside this, Afzaal’s interests lie in all things mobile, cloud, database and more! To learn more about the MVP Reconnect Program click here. Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a Reconnect Member from Rabwah, Pakistan. He was awarded Microsoft MVP in Visual Studio and Development Technologies in 2016. Follow him on Twitter @afzaalvirgoboy and check out his blog! ]]> Friday Five: Enforce Budgets with Azure Automation, Visual Studio 2019 and More! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/friday-five-march-15 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:00:39 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32425

Learn To Make ASP.NET Core Store Procure Call In 9 Steps

Asma Khalid is a Technical Evangelist, Technical Writer and Fanatic Explorer. She enjoys doodling with technologies, writing stories and sharing her knowledge with the community. Her core domain is Software Engineering, but she’s also experienced in Product Management, Product Monitoring, Product Implementation, Product Execution and Product Coordination. She is the 1st female from Pakistan to receive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition and the 1st female from Pakistan to receive C-sharp corner online developer community Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition. She has 6+ years of experience as IT professional, freelancer & entrepreneur. She is currently working on her entrepreneur venture, AsmaKart. Follow her on Twitter @asmak.

Enforce Budgets with Azure Automation 

Sam Cogan is a solution architect with Willis Towers Watson, based in the UK. He is focussed on Cloud and Azure and in particular on areas around cloud automation and deployment, DevOps, configuration management, along with high performance and grid computing in the cloud. Follow him on Twitter @samcogan.   

ASP.NET MVC Apps on Virtual Directory with IIS Express

Oscar Garcia is a Principal Software Architect who resides in Sunny South Florida. He is a Microsoft MVP and certified solutions developer with many years of experience building solutions using .Net framework and multiple open source frameworks. Currently, he specializes in building solutions using technologies like SharePoint, ASP.NET, NodeJS, AngularJS, and other JavaScript frameworks. Follow him on Twitter @ozkary.    

syed-shanu

Visual Studio 2019 RC: Getting Started ASP.NET Core (Part 2)

Syed Shanu is a Microsoft MVP, a two-time C# MVP and two-time Code project MVP. Syed is also an author, blogger and speaker. He's from Madurai, India, and works as Technical Lead in South Korea. With more than 10 Years of experience with Microsoft technologies, Syed is an active person in the community and always happy to share his knowledge on topics related to ASP.NET, MVC, ASP.NET Core, Web API, SQL Server, UWP, Azure, among others. He has written more than 70 articles with on various technologies. He's also a several-time TechNet Guru Gold Winner. You can see his contributions to MSDN and TechNet Wiki here. Follow him on Twitter @syedshanu3. 

abhishek-kumar

Logic Apps - Large Audio - Speech to Text Batch Transcription 

Abhishek Kumar works as an Integration Consultant at Datacom New Zealand. His main expertise is in Azure and Microsoft BizTalk Server. He is currently working on Microsoft new offerings, such as Logic Apps, Azure functions, PowerBI and API Apps. He is the author of Robust Cloud Integration with Azure, which is featured on Packt. Follow him on Twitter @abhishekcskumar.   ]]> Friday Five: NHibernate Querying in Core 2.2 Framework, Azure NSG, and More! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/friday-five-march-8 Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:00:16 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32405
 

Building microservices through Event Driven Architecture part2: domain objects and business rules

Gora Leye is a Solutions Architect, Technical Expert and Devoper based in Paris. He works predominantly in Microsoft stacks: Dotnet, Dotnet Core, Azure, Azure Active Directory/Graph, VSTS, Docker, Kubernetes, and software quality. Gora has a mastery of technical tests (unit tests, integration tests, acceptance tests, and user interface tests). Follow him on Twitter @logcorner.

Managing and Working with #Azure Network Security Groups (NSG) 

James van den Berg has been working in ICT with Microsoft Technology since 1987. He works for the largest educational institution in Netherlands as an ICT Specialist, managing datacenters for students. He’s proud to have been a Cloud and Datacenter Management since 2011, and a Microsoft Azure Advisor for the community since February this year. In July 2013, James started his own ICT consultancy firm called HybridCloud4You, which is all about transforming datacenters with Microsoft Hybrid Cloud, Azure, AzureStack, Containers, and Analytics like Microsoft OMS Hybrid IT Management. Follow him on Twitter @JamesvandenBerg and on his blog here.  

NHibernate Querying in Core 2.2 framework 

Rebaï Hamida is a Tunisian Microsoft MVP now based in Canada. She is a software architect, and developer who enjoys building sample code source, writing articles and blogs. Rebaï always strives to find the right way to explain tips, learning and the best teaching practices. She has been using Microsoft technologies in her work for international companies since 2009 and is on a mission to make a change in her country by leaving her footprint. Follow her on Twitter @RebaiHamida.

Use Azure File Sync to bridge your storage SMBs and NFS needs with Azure Files Cloud Storage for Windows Virtual Desktop, Citrix Virtual Desktops and other DaaS workloads on Azure 

Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Cloud Architect and Evangelist and owns his own independent consulting firm, where he focuses mainly on Public Cloud infrastructures and End-User Computing environments for the larger multinational enterprise customers for the EMEA and USA regions. He helps customers with the Digital Transformation, advises on Cloud strategies, and realizes on-premises and cloud-based environments. In addition to his work, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at several large international conferences, writes guest blogs, as well on his website, to share his passion for Cloud innovation.  Follow him on Twittter @Brinkhoff_C.

Extended Security Updates For SQL Server And Windows Server 2008 And 2008 R2 On Azure Stack 

Thomas Maurer works as a Solutions Architect and Technology Lead (Member of the Executive Team) at itnetX AG, a consulting and engineering company located in Switzerland. Thomas helps companies to transform their business to the Cloud. Thomas is focused on Microsoft Technologies, especially Microsoft Cloud Platform based on Microsoft Azure, Office 365, System Center, Microsoft Virtualization and Microsoft Datacenter Solutions. Thomas works closely with Microsoft and partners to promote Microsoft Technology as speaker for Microsoft and other Technical events such as Microsoft TechDays and Microsoft Ignite. Check out his blog and follow him onTwitter @ThomasMaurer.  ]]> Reconnect Series: Johan Åhlén https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/reconnect-series-johan-ahlen Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:00:24 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32365 “…if you want to do great things you need to do little things in a great way first.” Johan Åhlén is a Reconnect Member with a passion for exploring and making sense of data. He has been familiar with Microsoft SQL Server for over 20 years, and has also worked with .NET, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Azure, Xamarin and Microsoft AI, to name a few. Johan was awarded Microsoft Data Platform MVP in 2011 until 2018, and he was also one of the first to be certified as a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) on SQL Servcer Data Management and Analytics. Sharing his knowledge and skills is a core part of Johan’s life; “teaching and sharing knowledge to others is the best way to learn things yourself.” During his time as MVP, Johan focused on offline, in-person community activities. “Nothing is better for the engagement level and community building than real physical meetings,” said Johan. He was the leader of the Swedish SQL Server User Group during 2009-2016, growing the group to about 900 members. As a side-activity, the group started a triathlon team, the “SQL Server Fast Track Team”, and 35 of them even took part in the Stockholm Triathlon 2010! “My absolute favorite project as MVP was building up PASS SQLRally Nordic, one of the largest Microsoft SQL Server conferences in the world,” added Johan. In his first year, 2011, the team booked a venue for about 500 attendees and completely sold out a month before. Johan also contributed to an MVP book written by over 50 MVPs on SQL Server. 100% of the royalties from the book went to charity. While the MVP award was “like winning the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory,” Johan maintains these MVP connections as a Reconnect member. He is still active in offline, in-person activities and enjoys speaking on his favorite technical topics. Johan has also started a regional Azure User Group which this year will run its 3rd Global Azure Bootcamp event. Now living in a small, former fishing village outside of Malmö, Sweden, Johan divides his time between work and creating music - you can even find him on Spotify! In fact, working as a musician was how he was able to finance his first IT company. Johan’s latest project is Boxentriq, a code-breaking puzzle game. “Boxentriq is built on Microsoft Azure and Xamarin, and is a very good example of how you can build a globally scalable mobile app and website without big costs,” said Johan. It first started in 2015, after he was inspired by the puzzles posted by Cicada 3301 (a secret organization, ranked in the top 5 eeriest, unsolved mysteries of the internet). Johan then decided to create his own puzzles, launching his first later in 2015 (in Swedish only), which became popular beyond all his expectations. Johan now has plans for a follow-up puzzle, with a plot of secret societies and clues hidden in unusual places. For example, his photo in this article (below) contains a secret code that you can try to figure out yourselves. This code-breaking guide may help! “It was really a no-brainer to join the Reconnect program after my MVP period ended,” added Johan. “It is invaluable for staying connected with this amazing network of people, attending tech calls, and learning about cutting-edge technology. I’m very happy that this Reconnect program exists. Once an MVP, always an MVP!" To learn more about the MVP Reconnect Program click here. Johan Åhlén is a Microsoft Reconnect Member from Sweden. He was awarded Microsoft MVP in Data Platform in 2011. Follow him on Twitter @johanahlen and check out his blog here. ]]> Azure AD B2B, Azure Infrastructure Compliance and More, on The Friday Five! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/friday-five-march-1 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:05:46 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32335

Test your Azure infrastructure compliance with Inspec

Mikael Krief is a Microsoft MVP living in France as a DevOps consultant. He is passionate about ALM and DevOps, and is very interested in the integration with Microsoft (Azure and Azure DevOps) and all open source tools (terraform, ansible, Jenkins, … ). Mikael has also been a member of the ALM | DevOps Rangers community since 2015 where he contributes blog posts and some extensions for Azure DevOps. He also contributes on open source project, writes a personal blog, on meetup and Azure DevOps Extensions. Follow him on Twitter @MikaelKrief.

Azure AD B2B deep-dive

John Craddock is a Microsoft MVP based in the UK. He has designed and implemented computing systems ranging from high-speed industrial controllers through to distributed IT systems with a focus on security and high-availability. John is a key player in many IT projects for industry leaders including Microsoft, the UK Government and multi-nationals that require optimized IT systems. He has developed technical training courses that have been published worldwide, co-authored a highly successful book on Microsoft Active Directory Internals, and presents regularly at major international conferences including Ignite, TechEd, IT Forum and European summits. Follow him on Twitter @john_craddock. 

A Fairy Tale of F# and Durable Functions 

Mikhail Shilkov is a Microsoft Azure MVP, Russian expat living in the Netherlands. He is passionate about cloud technologies, functional programming and the intersection of the two. In his spare time, you can find him answering “azure-functions” questions on StackOverflow, tweeting as @MikhailShilkov about serverless, blogging about functional programming, or presenting the stories of serverless and functional adoption at conferences and meetups. Follow him on Twitter @MikhailShilkov.

Microsoft Azure: Setting Up Data Science Windows 2016 Virtual Machine

Asma Khalid is a Technical Evangelist, Technical Writer and Fanatic Explorer. She enjoys doodling with technologies, writing stories and sharing her knowledge with the community. Her core domain is Software Engineering, but she’s also experienced in Product Management, Product Monitoring, Product Implementation, Product Execution and Product Coordination. She is the 1st female from Pakistan to receive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition and the 1st female from Pakistan to receive C-sharp corner online developer community Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition. She has 6+ years of experience as IT professional, freelancer & entrepreneur. She is currently working on her entrepreneur venture, AsmaKart. Follow her on Twitter @asmak.

Exploring C#'s ref return to better understand it 

Jiří Činčura is an independent developer focusing on data and business layers, language constructs, parallelism and databases. Specifically Entity Framework, asynchronous and parallel programming, cloud and Azure. He’s a Microsoft MVP and you can read his articles, guides, tips and tricks at www.tabsoverspaces.com. Follow him on Twitter @cincura_net.    ]]> Friday Five: Getting Started with Azure IaaS Inventory, Opinions on AI and More! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mvpawardprogram/friday-five-february-22 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:00:36 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mvpawardprogram/?p=32265

Generating Reports For NightScout Data Using Flow, Excel, And OneDrive

Leon Tribe is a business thought leader, passionate public speaker, and the National Project Director at PowerObjects in Sydney, Australia. His passion is helping others make the world a better place through the intelligent use of technology. He does this with Dynamics 365. In recognition of his passion and focus on Dynamics 365, Leon was awarded Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP award) in 2009 and has been re-awarded every year since. Follow him on Twitter @leontribe. 

Getting started with Azure IaaS Inventory, Change Tracking and Updates Management

Samuel Erskine has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry and is currently a Cloud Solutions Architect (Senior Mgr) and author focused on Cloud technologies with a core competency in Microsoft Azure. Samuel is the content designer and lead author of four Microsoft System Center Cookbooks and co-author of two System Center Unleashed books. He’s also a Microsoft MVP and a regular speaker at community user groups and conferences worldwide. Follow him on Twitter @samerskine.

Artificial Intelligence is an Engineering Problem, Not Magic!

Allen O'Neill is a consulting architect with a background in enterprise systems. His current obsessions are IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning. When not chained to his desk he can be found fixing broken things, playing music very badly or trying to shape things out of wood. He runs his own company specializing in systems architecture and scaling for big data and is involved in a number of technology startups. Allen is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the British Computing Society, and a Microsoft MVP. He writes for CodeProject, C-Sharp Corner and DZone. He is also a ball throwing slave for his dogs. Follow him on Twitter @ajsondev. 

Securely traffic communication between ingress and pods #core2.1 #kubernetes #docker #azure

Sergii Bielskyi is a multi-skilled expert with comprehensive experience in designing, developing and deploying Cloud and Hybrid architectures and infrastructure for software applications. He has over 10 years of IT experience in Azure and SharePoint infrastructures and possesses a proven ability to lead project teams to successfully deliver agreed upon solutions of the highest quality, often in complex and challenging customer environments. He has managed SharePoint Competence Center working in MS partner company. Sergii organizes events in the community group, writes articles on his blog, and participates in various conferences as a speaker, including TechEd, Local communities, SQLSaturday, MS Swit, .Net Fest, Azure Boot camp, and Azure Day. He also leads the Ukrainian IoT and SharePoint Community. Follow him on Twitter @sergey_belskiy. 

SQL Server Data Migration: Tools and Services 

Sergio Govoni has been a software developer for almost 20 years. He received a Computer Science degree from Italy State University in 2000. He’s since worked at Centro Software, which produces an international multi-company ERP on the Windows platform. At Centro Software, Sergio currently serves as Technical Lead and manages the architecture and mission-critical technical details on team projects. Based in Bologna, Italy, Sergio has been a Microsoft Data Platform MVP (SQL Server category) since 2010. Follow him on Twitter @segovoni. ]]>