Holy Tech Night - in Berlin

Let’s celebrate the Holy Tech Night.

On December 11, 2024, I invite the entire Microsoft community to the Holy Tech Night. This time, it will be a bit different. I have invited three speakers to talk about their favorite topics. First, the wonderful Luise Freese, who is traveling all the way from Düsseldorf to tell us about deploying to the Azure Cloud and why it can be done on Fridays. Then, we have Sandra Ahlgrimm from Microsoft and Fabian Moritz, both of whom are involved in AI and will be sharing their insights. I am still waiting for the details and will provide them here as soon as I have them.

The plan is to provide you with gingerbread and punch/mulled wine during the presentations so that we can celebrate the Holy Tech Night properly.

I am particularly pleased that adesso SE has agreed to provide us with their premises. The doors will open at 6:00 PM, and after a short warm-up phase, we will start the presentations at 6:15 PM, each lasting about 40 minutes.

This Meetup will be hosted by the Berlin Azure Meetup Group, but of course you're invited too.

Content

Luise Freese: (EN)
Let's deploy on fridays?!

"Let’s be real—deploying on a Friday can feel like tempting fate. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Luise will show you how to ditch the YOLO mindset and replace it with a secure, governed, and totally stress-free approach to Azure deployments.
We will use Azure Container Registries (and secure them properly) and combine this approach with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)—think RBAC, but smarter and way more flexible. This will make sure, that only the right people (or apps) can access your resources.
But wait, there’s more! Through live demos, you’ll see how these tools and strategies come together to transform chaotic, nerve-wracking deployments into confident, repeatable workflows. By the end, you’ll be ready to deploy on any day of the week—even Fridays—with zero fear."

Sandra Ahlgrimm:
"AI for (Java) Developers"

"Join Sandra Ahlgrimm as she highlights how Copilot makes you a more effective programmer and explores business use cases for AI in software solutions. Learn to implement AI following industry standards with practical demos featuring LangChain4j and SpringAI."

Fabian Moritz: (DE)
Copilot Studio Agents - Die Revolution in der Software-Entwicklung?

Was sind Agents? Was nicht? Was sind Copilot Agents? Was ist der Unterschied zu Copilot Studio Agents? Welche Rolle spielt Azure AI? Und warum sollte ich mich überhaupt damit beschäftigen? In dieser Session wollen wir das Thema vertiefen, beleuchten und auseinander nehmen. Mit vielen Demos, versprochen.