Azure: Breakouts

Microsoft Build | May 25-27, 2021 | Digital event

Find out more about Azure cloud platform’s 200+ products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life to solve today’s challenges and create the future.

	.NET 6 deep dive; what's new and what's coming .NET 6 is the next version of .NET, a modern, open-source development platform for building apps for any OS with the best performance and productivity. .NET 6 completes the unification of the platform and adds new capabilities for building web, native and hybrid apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android with a single codebase. See how to write less code, target more devices and build cloud native apps faster. Learn how to move your .NET Framework apps forward with the .NET Upgrade Assistant. Dustin Campbell, Stephen Halter, Scott Hunter, Dmitry Lyalin, Maria Naggaga, David Ortinau, Daniel Roth, Mads Torgersen
	Accelerating enterprise Java workloads on Azure Many enterprises want to migrate their existing, mission-critical Java EE/Jakarta EE applications to Azure using application servers such as WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss EAP, and WildFly. This session will tour all the Azure efforts to better support migrating these workloads, and discuss what is possible right now and what is on the way. Topics include services, tools, and guidance to for customers using virtual machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, or Azure App Service. Reza Rahman
	Azure Kubernetes Service on Azure Stack HCI AKS-HCI: An Azure Arc enabled turnkey App Platform for modern .NET apps Learn how AKS-HCI simplifies the deployment, management, and security of Kubernetes clusters on-premises and helps developers run and manage modern .NET apps - all with AKS-consistency and best practices. Native integration with Azure Arc enables running of Azure services on-premises, cloud native development practices such as DevOps-anywhere, policy/compliance, and central Azure-based management. This session is full of demos to help you get started with AKS-HCI Mike Kostersitz
	Azure Maps Creator: Leverage Indoor Mapping Capabilities into your Apps Learn how to use Azure Maps Creator to develop applications with map features based on your private indoor map data, and augment experiences with Azure Maps provided content and experiences. See how can be used in multiple scenarios across industries taking advantage of map visualization, IoT, and location analytics. Creator offers a conversion service that enables developers to upload computer-aided drawing (CAD) based floorplans and convert them into geospatial data which can be further enriched with more Azure Maps capabilities. David Sanchez
	Build consistent hybrid and multicloud applications with Azure Arc Developers are increasingly using microservices-based architectures with containerized applications for agility and flexibility. Azure Arc extends the single control plane from Azure to enable you to build apps consistently across hybrid and multicloud environments. Learn how to write once and run anywhere using your preferred cloud-native application services. Ensure governance, compliance and security for your deployments, all through a single pane of glass management experience in Azure. Brendan Burns, Jason Hansen
	Build intelligent applications infused with world-class AI Create breakthrough experiences in your applications with industry-leading AI. Join Eric Boyd, Corporate Vice President, Azure AI, as he demonstrates the latest innovations. Learn how Azure is simplifying the developer experience and enabling you to harness the power of AI in your mission-critical applications. Eric Boyd, Gary Pretty, Ayşegül Yönet
	Building Digital Twins, Mixed Reality and Metaverse Apps What if you could have a digital twin of any physical asset or environment? One that empowered you to run simulations to discover things that are important to you. To understand the past and predict the future. To apply AI to sense that environment and to automate things. To interact with that digital twin and all the insights it contains in a collaborative way in mixed reality. All of this is happening on the Microsoft Cloud with leading edge companies taking advantage of digital twins, mixed reality, AI, IoT and the power of the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge. Learn about the services in the Microsoft Cloud that enable these Metaverse applications to drive transformational business outcomes. Sam George
	Building Well-Architected secure applications with Azure Have you wondered about building secure applications? This session will introduce the Well-Architected Security pillar and take a deep dive into building secure apps with Microsoft identity platform. Learn to create modern, standards-based authentication solutions as we take you through some fundamental concepts. John Patrick Dandison, Derek Martin
	Develop and Run Quantum Algorithms on Today’s Systems with Azure Quantum Quantum computing holds great promise, but what can developers do today? In this session, learn how to develop and run algorithms on today's quantum hardware with Azure Quantum, illustrated through workflow demonstrations and novel quantum chemistry experimentation results. Mariia Mykhailova, Brian Neyenhuis
	Enhancing the JavaScript Experience in Visual Studio Creating SPA Applications with JavaScript in Visual Studio is changing and for the better! This new experience brings in tooling and features that will make enhance your JavaScript development, even while you are working in .NET/.NET Core solutions. Come take a look at how Visual Studio is working to bring you the best JavaScript development experience possible. Gabrielle Crevecoeur
	Increase IT efficiency with new Azure Monitor capabilities Many of you already use Azure Monitor to track the health of your applications, diagnose issues, optimize performance, and create an efficient environment from coding to shipping. New capabilities in Azure Monitor now provide you with greater flexibility, improved sharing, and richer diagnostics to make managing Azure resources easier across the board. Join the Azure Monitor team to learn what's new in the monitoring space and see it in action! Rahul Bagaria, Kayode Prince
	Increase your .NET Productivity with Visual Studio Boost your .NET productivity with the latest additions to Visual Studio. This session includes what's new and coming for navigating, refactoring, generating code, and running tests. Mika Dumont, Kendra Havens
	Introducing Developer Velocity Lab to improve developers’ work and well-being Developer Velocity Lab (DVL) is a research initiative from Microsoft, its research labs, and GitHub. Our mission is to discover, improve, and amplify developer work and well-being. Nicole Forsgren, VP Research and Strategy at GitHub, digs into DVL's first publication, The SPACE of Developer Productivity: There's more to it than you think. We go into the ins and outs of developer productivity: share common misconceptions, and introduce a new solution for understanding and measuring productivity. Nicole Forsgren
	Logic Apps: Powering the future of Integration Azure Logic Apps is getting its largest update five years after the initial general availability and becoming more powerful than ever. Join us in this session to learn more about the amazing capabilities of the new runtime, from local development and debugging, seamless DevOps experience, hybrid connectivity, to high performance execution on Azure or in Containers and Kubernetes. Derek Li
	Mark Russinovich on Azure innovation and more! Join Rick and Mark in a conversation discussing Azure innovation, cloud native programming models, and other exciting technology. Mark Russinovich, Rick Claus
	Microservices made easy with Dapr Building distributed applications is  hard and can introduce a set of new challenges to developers. Dapr, the distributed application runtime, provides a runtime and a collection of building blocks that can be used with any language, in any cloud or on-prem environment. Dapr helps you simplify the creation of microservices while keeping your application portable. In this session, we'll dive into Dapr, discuss the various building blocks it supports, and see some demos of how you can make use of it in your .NET applications. Cecil Phillip
	Modernize applications using containers Containers are not only for cloud native applications, in fact there are benefits for using containers as vehicles for application modernization on Kubernetes. In this session, you'll get to know about how to plan for your project, prepare the environment, and ensure that you can meet your governance and security requirements in a cloud native fashion. You'll also learn about some of the supporting guidance, tools and programs Microsoft Azure provides to assist you through this journey. Jorge Palma
	Modernize your applications with Azure Storage Explore how customers are innovating by refactoring and building cloud-native, data-intensive apps. Learn how to run modern application development patterns like Kubernetes and web, mobile, and serverless apps using Azure Storage tools and best practices. Vamshi Kommineni, Vybava Ramadoss
	Power Platform is the best way for teams to build together All developers can now collaborate to develop Power Platform solutions together at speed, with the addition of pro dev tools and functionality from VS code extensions to distributed connectors. With the extension of Power Fx and an enhanced Power Apps maker experience, all developers will be empowered to build apps together more easily and efficiently, for a streamlined connected and unified end to end experience for all makers. Julie Strauss
	Run Linux web apps easily and securely on Azure App Service Author web apps in Node, Python, Java, or .NET Core with Linux on Azure App Service! Build and deploy your apps using deep GitHub integration, and setup a free TLS certificate that is automatically managed and updated. Secure inbound traffic using Private Endpoints, and secure outbound traffic with virtual network integration and managed identities. For the ultimate in isolation and single tenancy, deploy your Linux web apps onto the next generation App Service Environment v3 offering. Stefan Schackow
	Run Open Source Applications your way with Microsoft Azure Microsoft is your trusted open source partner and Azure can help you innovate today, tomorrow, and in the future. In this session, we will be sharing our open source journey, and describing the wide range of open source technologies and services available in Azure so that you can build applications with your favorite languages, platforms, tools, and databases. Donovan Brown, Sarah Novotny, Stormy Peters
	Scale, analyze and serve Microsoft Dynamics 365 application data with Azure Power Apps, Power Automate and Dynamics 365 allow developers to quickly create business applications that generate immense amounts of data. In this session, we'll show how to gain insights from this data with Azure Synapse and Power BI. We'll also show how Azure Purview allows organizations to discover and govern data assets across their organization. John Macintyre, Vishal Anil, Misha Desai, Nellie Gustafsson, Miguel Martinez
	Scaling DevSecOps with GitHub and Azure Adopting DevSecOps practices at scale requires that development teams can quickly and securely go from code to cloud. Learn how GitHub Actions for Azure and GitHub integrations with Azure Services can help your team build workflows that enable continuous delivery while integrating security and governance best practices like policy compliance, container scanning etc. The end-to-end traceability enabled through the integrations alerts developers to issues faster and improves remediation time. Lavanya Kasarabada, Steven Murawski
	Serverless: Event-driven application development Cloud native and serverless are enabling new patterns for teams and organizations to deliver value with greater agility. This session will showcase event driven patterns across Azure Functions, containers, Kubernetes, and messaging so you can better understand where event driven microservices fit, and what option will work best for your team. Maxime Rouiller
	The future of modern application development with .NET .NET 6 is the next version of .NET, a modern, open-source development platform for building apps for any OS with the best performance and productivity. .NET 6 completes the unification of the platform and adds new capabilities for building web, native and hybrid apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android with a single codebase. See how to write less code, target more devices and build cloud native apps faster. Learn how to move your .NET Framework apps forward with the .NET Upgrade Assistant. Scott Hunter
	Transforming Minecraft Dungeons into a Great Mobile Cloud Gaming Experience Join Mojang on a journey behind how they took the console and PC version of Minecraft Dungeons and updated it to play great and feel native on mobile in just seven weeks. The team will walk through what they learned in this process, and show examples of how you might be able to apply their learnings to your game or application. Shawn Farkas, David Nisshagen
	Understand the ML process and embed models into apps Machine Learning is becoming an important workload, and developers are increasingly being tasked with moving the models to production. In this session we'll walk you through the process of building machine learning models and show you how Azure ML enables tools like VS Code, to build ML models. More importantly, we'll discuss how you can augment your data science teams to operationalize these machine learning models within your apps and incorporate the right DevOps practices for machine learning, often referred to as MLOps. John Montgomery, Cassie Breviu, Seth Juarez
	What's new in Visual Studio Code Join us to see what's new in VS Code! From new capabilities for Node.js debugging and testing, to a whole new development paradigm with Notebooks, including Jupyter, to improved Python editing support, we'll take a look at exciting features and extensions for VS Code that might change the way you code… and think. Sana Ajani, Jeffrey Mew

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