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    Cutting-Edge AI

    With the advent of ChatGPT and the huge growth in generative AI, it suddenly seems like artificial intelligence is everywhere, and everyone's talking about it. AI technology is exciting and powerful, and the mainstream awareness of it can help adoption of your solutions and create opportunities. But learning how AI works, and how it can help you, requires getting beyond the hype, and examining the core of the subject matter itself.

    Visual Studio Live!'s Cutting-Edge AI track does exactly that, by teaching you how GPT, ChatGPT and other large language models work, how best to prompt them, and how you can use them as tools in your own work, including for generating and debugging code. Beyond Generative AI, the world of agents and “agentic” workflows with and without MCP integration is changing what we think is possible with AI. Want to get up to speed on real-world AI without sidelining your other important work? Visual Studio Live! gives you the expertise, education and pragmatic approach you need to get there.

    Topics in this track include:

    • Two-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI
    • Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Python
    • AI's Not Magic
    • Building an AI Agent to Work with Your Own Data Using Semantic Kernel
    • Designing Your AI Gateway
    • Fast Focus: GitHub Models--An AI-infused Developer Experience
    • Modern AI in SQL Server 2025: Vectors, DiskANN, and OpenAI
    • Supercharging GenAI Apps with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
    • Delta Parquet, Fabric, AI and LLMs, Oh My!
  • HOL02 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 1: Getting Started with Python Monday March 16 9:00am - 6:00pm
    • Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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  • T03 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Python
    Tuesday March 17 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

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  • T05 AI's Not Magic: A Developer's Guide to Using AI Tools Without the Hype
    Tuesday March 17 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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  • T06 Building Bulletproof AI Agents with Azure Functions
    Tuesday March 17 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Thiago Almeida, PM for Serverless, Microsoft

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  • T08 Enterprise AI: Spec-Driven Development vs. Vibe Coding
    Tuesday March 17 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Sameer Ranabhor , CGO, Wai Technologies

      Kaushik Gokhale , Principal AI Solutions Engineer, Wai Technologies

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  • T11 Building Intelligent .NET Applications: From AI Features to Agentic Systems
    Tuesday March 17 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    • Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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  • W05 Building an AI Agent to Work with Your Own Data Wednesday March 18 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Jerry Nixon , SQL Server Product Manager, Microsoft

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  • W13 Fast Focus: GitHub Models--An AI-infused Developer Experience
    Wednesday March 18 2:00pm - 2:20pm
    • Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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  • W17 SESSION CANCELLED: Utilizing GraphRAG to Drive Autonomous AI and Reduce Technical Debt Wednesday March 18 2:45pm - 4:00pm
    • Edwin "Ned" Gnichtel, CEO, CodeLogic

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  • H01 Deep Dive: Contextual AI for Developer Productivity
    Thursday March 19 8:00am - 10:45am
    • Sam Basu, Lead Developer Advocate, Uno Platform

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  • H13 Supercharging GenAI Apps with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
    Thursday March 19 1:15pm - 2:30pm
    • Lino Tadros, Founder & Principal Architect, The Training Boss

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  • H16 AI Backstage Pass: The Good, the Bad, and the Absolutely Weird
    Thursday March 19 2:45pm - 4:00pm
    • Joshua Brown, Founder & Principal Solutions Architect, NexArc Solutions LLC

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  • H17 Delta Parquet, Fabric, AI and LLMs, Oh My!
    Thursday March 19 2:45pm - 4:00pm
    • Lino Tadros, Founder & Principal Architect, The Training Boss

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  • HOL02 2-Day Hands-On Lab: Elevate Your Career with Python and AI - Day 2: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Using Python Friday March 20 8:00am - 5:00pm
    • Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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