Distributed Tracing and Monitoring with OpenCensus in C# OpenCensus is an emerging standard for tracing and metrics of cloud services. You can use it to gain observability into applications that span multiple clouds and technological stacks. In this talk, we will use open source and vendor agnostic client libraries for OpenCensus and export telemetry to common […]
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Every .NET Developer There’s a lot of buzz and hype on AI, ML, deep-learning, within Microsoft and the competition, and for good reasons! But, how can you easily learn about it without being a Data Scientist? – How can you start extending your .NET and .NET Core applications with […]
PASS Summit is where the world's largest community for technical data professionals come together for a week of learning, networking, career development, and fun. Every year, over 4000 attendees receive world-class, practical training on the latest technologies and services from global industry experts. Numerous onsite and offsite activities and sponsor events round out the full […]
Brad Smith is the president of Microsoft, where he leads a team of more than 1,400 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals in 56 countries. He serves as the company’s chief legal officer and leads work on a wide range of issues involving the intersection between technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, ethics and artificial […]
Chris Barbour is a Green River College alum, a software engineer at REI, and a DevOps champion. When he's not working, he's either spending time with his wife and kids or hacking on a side project. Chris will talk about CI/CD, micro-services, infrastructure as code, monitoring/logging/testing and how they all tie in to DevOps. Aaron […]
45 years ago a company was formed that changed the world forever. In 1975, childhood friends Paul Allen and Bill Gates formed Microsoft. Microsoft has provided a lasting impact in many areas over the last 45 years, not only in the software field but a plethora of others including hardware, productivity, gaming and more. To […]
Engineering Quantum Defects for Quantum Network Applications Point defects in crystals are the solid state analog to trapped ions. Thus these “quantum defects” have gained popularity as a qubit candidate for scalable quantum networks. Kai-Mei Fu from the University of Washington will introduce some of the basic quantum defect properties desirable for quantum network applications […]
More than 70% of startups fail because of premature scaling. Avoiding the pitfalls of premature scaling requires a personalized approach for every company, every product, and every founder, but there are some key takeaways all founders should know. Tamara Steffens, Managing Director at M12 (Microsoft's venture arm)—who accelerated growth at startups like Acompli and Path […]
VSLive! Developer Conference has been training developers, software architects, engineers, and designers like you since 1993. As we celebrate our 30th Anniversary, we return to the Tech Mecca, Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, WA for five days of in-depth training, networking, and fun! Sharpen your skills in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, .NET 6, DevOps, MAUI, JavaScript, […]
Join other founders, investors, product leaders, and fans for the first Acquired Podcast meetup in Seattle. Come grab a drink and meet other enthusiasts of tech, startups, and the stories of the amazing companies covered in the podcast. We’d love to have folks who worked at Microsoft in the ’80s and ’90s join us and […]
