June 9-13, 2019 Hyatt Regency Cambridge

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  • In-depth Developer Training on
    the Microsoft Stack
  • Unparalleled Networking
  • World-Class Speakers
  • Boston Sightseeing & Nightlife
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Your Boston Adventure starts here! Customize your developer training experience with over 7 tracks, 60 sessions, 2 hands-on labs, and 3 workshops on the Microsoft Stack to choose from. Add the networking opportunities with featured speakers and your peers to create your own adventure itinerary. Explore everything Boston and Cambridge have to offer and further your education at the same time!

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  • Joseph Hill Principal Director PM for Xamarin and Visual Studio for Mac Microsoft
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  • Claire Novotny Executive Director of the .NET Foundation, and PM on the .NET Team Microsoft
  • Jim Wooley Senior Delivery Principal Slalom Consulting

Visual Studio Live! instructors possess real-world experience and deep technical knowledge. Let these expert trainers and Microsoft insiders guide you through your conference journey to tech enlightenment.

Start Planning Your Visual Studio Live! Boston Experience

Check out the topics covered all week long

  • .NET 5
  • .NET Standard and .NET Core
  • Angular
  • Apache Spark
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • ASP.NET Core 2.X
  • ASP.NET Core Security
  • Augmented reality
  • Azure Cognitive Services
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Service Fabric
  • Bootstrap 4
  • C# / C#8
  • Containers
  • Continues Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Deep Learning
  • Delegates
  • Dependency Injection
  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • Entity Framework Core 2.x
  • Git
  • JavaScript
  • Naked Objects
  • NoSQL
  • Power BI
  • Python
  • Razor Pages
  • Scrum
  • Serverless
  • SQL Server Security Features
  • Static Analyzers
  • The latest T-SQL enhancements
  • TypeScript
  • Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development
  • UX Design Fundamentals
  • Visual Studio
  • Voice and speech recognition
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux
  • WPF & WinForms
  • Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms

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Hands On Labs

Visual Studio Live! Boston offers two instructor-led, pre-conference Hands-On Labs. Get intensive in-depth training to complete your conference experience.

Agenda-at-a-Glance

Sunday June 9, 2019

  • Pre-Conference Full Day
    Hands-On Labs

    9:00 am – 1:00 pm

  • Lunch

    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

  • Pre-Conference
    Hands-On Labs Continue

    2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Monday, June 10, 2019

  • Pre-Conference
    Workshops

    8:00 am – 12:00 pm

  • Lunch

    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Pre-Conference
    Workshops Continue

    1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Dine-A-Round Dinner

    5:45 pm – 8:00 pm

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

  • Breakout Sessions

    8:00 am – 9:15 am

  • Breakout Sessions

    9:30 am – 10:45 am

  • Keynote

    11:00 am – 12:00 pm

  • Lunch

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

  • Welcome Reception

    4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

  • Breakout Sessions

    8:00 am – 9:15 am

  • Breakout Sessions

    9:30 am – 10:45 am

  • General Session

    11:00 am – 12:00 pm

  • Birds-of-a-Feather
    Lunch & Exhibits

    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

  • Fast Focus Sessions

    1:30 pm – 1:50 pm

  • Fast Focus Sessions

    2:00 pm – 2:20 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

  • VSLive! Trolley Tour of Historic Boston

    6:15 pm – 8:00 pm

Thursday, June 13, 2019

  • Breakout Sessions

    8:00 am – 9:15 am

  • Breakout Sessions

    9:30 am – 10:45 am

  • Breakout Sessions

    11:00 am – 12:15 pm

  • Lunch

    12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

  • Breakout Sessions

    3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Hear from Past Attendees

  • I return to Visual Studio Live! year after year (this is my third!) to see not only what bleeding edge technologies are being introduced, but to also see which technologies are fading; this helps me steer my organization in the right direction for our development needs. So many ideas gleaned from VSLive!, from Web APIs talking to SPA clients, to .NET Core, have helped me greatly!” — John Kasarda, Accuquote

  • Not only is the VSLive! content as good or better than other conferences, but it occurs multiple times a year in multiple locations so I am able to schedule it around my work and personal schedules. Being able to spend a few days focusing on many of the new frameworks and patterns gives me the ability to decide what to research further and to set aside.” — Jude Yakamavage, Lehigh County Government Center

  • I have been looking forward to attending the event for some years and I was finally able to come. I need to help keep my company current and secure. I am advocating for more test-driven dev and using more async as a resulting of attending the conference!” — Yessenia Figueroa, 1-800-Contacts

  • Last year, I got so much out of the SOLID principle sessions – it gave me great perspective on the subject. This year, I loved the HoloLens introduction. I work for an aerospace company, and I can see that the technology will be utilized for assembly, 3D design, 3D inspection and many other applications in the near future!” — Mani Nazari, IT Factory Automation Systems

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