.NET Conf 2024 After Party at NorthTorontoUG

Join us for the .NET Conf 2024 After Party at NorthTorontoUG.

Presentation: Building AI-Powered Endpoints with .NET Azure Functions and OpenAI Bindings

Presenter: Alex Pshul (Microsoft MVP)

Starting with Azure Functions is easy. They are a great tool to create a facade to different services you might have in your system and if you are brave enough, they can even be your entire backend of your system. The different hosting models allow you to pay as little as $0/month, while the different bindings allow you to speed up your development process for the commonly used services and tools that Azure provides.

But what if we want to make OpenAI easy as well? With the advancements in the LLM world, more and more apps are using OpenAI and Azure Functions can serve as a great tool to hide your OpenAI configurations, secrets and keys from the clients. Thanks to the addition of OpenAI bindings for Azure Functions, you can now achieve this faster, more securely, and with ease. (And with much less pain than you could even imagine)

Join Alex in this session where he will demonstrate how easy and fast it is to spin up your own AI oriented endpoints using Azure Functions and the new OpenAI bindings for .NET Azure Functions.

Speaker Bio

Alex Pshul is a software architect, Microsoft Azure MVP, consultant, speaker and a tech freak. He had worked on more than 35 projects in the past 14 years, using a vast range of Azure services and various .NET and TypeScript technologies. You can follow Alex on Twitter/X at @AlexPshul and visit his blog at https://pshul.com.

Host Bio

Jack Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a Senior Azure Certified Consultant with a passion for software development, cloud, and DevOps innovations. He is an active Microsoft tech community contributor and has presented at various user groups and conferences, including the Global Azure Bootcamp at Microsoft Canada. Jack is an experienced mentor and judge at hackathons and is also the president of the North Toronto Cloud & DevOps User Group. He has co-authored many books, including "Azure for Decision Makers", "Azure Integration Guide for Business", and "Azure for Architects". You can follow Jack on Twitter/X at @jlee_consulting and his user group at @NorthTorontoUG.