Austin, TX is known as the Live Music Capital of the World®, but even more importantly it is the home of VSLive! March 30-April 3, 2020!

Every company is a software company and if you’re not staying ahead of the newest technologies then, really, you’re falling behind. With good food, unparalleled networking, and great technical learning, VSLive! Austin is here to help you get ahead and stay there, ready to help your team and organization be on top.

We’re Andrew Brust, Rockford Lhotka, and Brian Randell, and as Conference Co-Chairs for Visual Studio Live! Austin, we’d like to personally invite you to join us at the Hyatt Regency in Austin. As veterans of the show and longtime speakers, we may be biased, but we firmly believe that an in-person experience, where you get to have two-way conversations about the latest tools and technology, with some of the finest expert speakers in the business—and with the chance to network with your peers—continues to deliver the highest level of value. The rapid pace of change means there’s more you need to know. Our cohort of technical speakers will be ready to help you know what’s ready, what’s not, and provide their expert advice and knowledge on how to build the best solutions for your customers.

Visual Studio Live! Austin gives you a rich multi-track event with great 75-minute breakout sessions, deep dives, a full day of hands-on-lab training, and a full day of deep workshops, covering a wide array of development technologies for everyone. From security to databases to the latest Web and mobile technologies, we’ve got you covered. Our speakers will present on AI, machine learning, serverless, and enterprise software solutions in-depth, with experience on Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile platforms.

We have picked every hands-on-lab, workshop, deep dive, and session with the goal of transferring knowledge to you, so you can be a better developer and help your organization succeed in this ever-changing world.

You’ll find coverage on Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, .NET Core, container technologies, DevOps, and modern data warehouse technology. If the Web is more your style, you’ll find coverage of JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Blazor and WebAssembly on the client, as well as ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core on the server. Feeling confused about .NET? We’ve got sessions to clear it up. Want to improve the quality of your software? Mystified as to how you can bring DevOps to your organization? Our speakers will answer your questions with practical guidance on all these, plus mobile development, Web, database and more.

Our workshop content provides coverage of ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core, SQL Server for Developers, and In-Depth Coverage of Visual Studio 2019. Want to get your hands dirty? We’ve got three great all-day hands-on-labs covering Cloud-Native Development with .NET Core, DevOps with GitHub, and Web Development with React. During the week we have deep dives into Blazor, Angular, CosmosDB, UI Design, and Kubernetes on AKS. Our sessions, hands-on labs, and workshops drill deep into the subjects you need to master and the fundamentals that are always important.

Our industry continues the march toward the future. To keep up, you need to absorb rapidly and adapt. Go beyond Internet-based content to a live experience, where you get to ask questions in real-time and engage directly with the experts and your peers. Find a way to get to Visual Studio Live! Austin and get the tools to help yourself grow.

We hope to see you there!

Andrew Brust
Founder & CEO, Blue Badge Insights

Angela Dugan
Director, Polaris Solutions

Rockford Lhotka
CTO, Magenic

Brian A. Randell
Partner, MCW Technologies

Visual Studio Live! Conference Co-Chairs