Dublin - Microsoft Azure Community & AI Day
Details
Welcome and Housekeeping
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
This event will be joining with Dublin Azure User Group to do a Microsoft Azure
Community & AI Day.
Speaker 1: Michael Durkan Microsoft Azure MVP - Azure Cloud Architect
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Session - 50 Ways to Secure Your Azure
Paul Simon once famously proclaimed in song that "There must be 50 ways to leave your lover". It’s one of the most iconic and best recognised songs of the last century and one that we all hum along to for days after it comes on the radio.Join me in this session where I guide you through the (approximately) 50 different ways you can secure your Azure Tenants and Subscriptions!
Speaker 2 - Damian Fynn - Azure MVP, Azure Practice Lead @ Innofactor.
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Session - Architect with Confidence: Redefining Azure Documentation with C4, Structurizr, and AI
This session will dive deep into how these tools can transform your approach to in frastructure visualization, making your architecture not only easier to understand but also more efficient to manage. Discover how to use C4 to map out every layer of your Azure systems, from the broad context to individual code components. Learn how Structurizr turns these maps into living, interactive diagrams that adapt as your infrastructure evolves. We'll also explore how integrating Bicep and ARM JSON into this workflow enhances your architectural insights, and how AI can further streamline the process.
Speaker 3: Aidan Finn - Azure MVP, Principal Consultant@Innofactor
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Session - Azure Virtual Network Manager - Building Your Networks
In this session, you will see how to use Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) to enable self-service deployment of workloads within your governed networking scope. You can configure routing for security, enforce security rules at the subnet/NIC, and automatically connect networks ... all based on centrally defined policies. Come to this session to see this technology be built from scratch and in action.
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
Speaker 4: Alan Kinane - Azure Infrastructure Practice Lead | Microsoft Azure MVP | MCT - 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Session - Zero trust security for your Azure tenant
This session will cover the three principles of zero trust security and how these apply to protecting your Azure tenants.
In this session I will cover how to protect and mitigate against ransomware and cryptomining attacks and discuss methods for minimising the blast radius if you suffer a security breach.
Speaker 5: Önder Değer - Avanade, Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure MVP - 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
Session: Custom Copilots with the Azure AI Studio
In this session, we will look at integrating data from specialized data sources into a prompt for a generative AI model using the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technique. RAG is a widely used model for developing specialized Copilots, which are conversational applications that use a language model to interpret inputs and produce appropriate responses.
Speaker 6: Tushar Kumar | Microsoft MVP | Cloud Security Lead
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Session -SSE: The New Edge of Security
An in-depth exploration of SSE, a transformative cybersecurity approach that safeguards data and applications in today's distributed world. Discover how SSE components work together to provide comprehensive protection, delve into ZTNA for secure remote access, and protect sensitive data with SSE and DLP. Microsofts approach with Entra private Access.
15-Minute Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Speaker 7 - Dieter Gobeyn - Enterprise Integration Architect & Azure Cloud Solutions Architect - 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Session - Optimizing Email Triage Using Azure AI Language Studio and Logic Apps
This session will include a hands-on demo covering practical steps from Logic apps to leveraging Azure AI for text analysis. The techniques discussed will be applicable across various industries. Join us to discover how to create a scalable, low-code solution that enhances operational efficiency.
Quiz - 3:50-3:55pm
Networking - Pub 3:55 PM onwards