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    Microsoft Sessions

    There are many perks to attending training at Microsoft Headquarters and one of the biggest is getting to hear from Microsoft insiders who are "in the trenches" working with developers just like you on a daily basis. These sessions are a chance to hear the newest and latest techniques from those truly in the know, and provide the most-up-to-date analysis and detail on any development announcements made at Build.

  • HOL01 Hands-On Lab: Get Started with .NET Aspire & ASP.NET Core for Distributed Application Building Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm
    • Jeffrey T. Fritz, Program Manager, Microsoft

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  • HOL02 Hands-On Lab: Building Intelligent .NET Applications with AI, MCP, GitHub Copilot SDK, and Agents Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm
    • Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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  • HOL01 Continued: Hands-On Lab: Get Started with .NET Aspire & ASP.NET Core for Distributed Application Building Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm
    • Jeffrey T. Fritz, Program Manager, Microsoft

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  • HOL02 Continued: Hands-On Lab: .NET App Modernization Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm
    • Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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  • T01 Build Next-Gen Apps with AI Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am
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  • T02 Master Debugging and Performance Optimization in Visual Studio Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Harshada Hole, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft

      Sireesha Pisipati , Principal Software Engineering Leader , Microsoft

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  • T06 Building Intelligent .NET Applications: From AI Features to Agentic System Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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  • T07 Hooking Up All the Things, Making Your Developer's Life Easier Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Jeffrey T. Fritz, Program Manager, Microsoft

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  • Tuesday Keynote: You and AI -- Building The Future Together Tuesday July 28 11:15am - 12:15pm
    • Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

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  • T11 Get the Most Out of VS - Tips/Tricks Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    • Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

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  • T12 SQL MCP Server: Bringing AI Agents to Your SQL Data Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    • Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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  • T16 Unit Testing on Steroids Using VS Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm
    • McKenna Barlow, Product Manager, Microsoft

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  • T17 The Enterprise Developer in 2026: An Interactive Session with the Visual Studio PM Team Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm
    • Taysser Gherfal, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

      Dalia Abo Sheasha, Product Manager, Visual Studio team, Microsoft

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  • W01 The Next Generation of Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot & Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Simona Liao, Product Manager, Microsoft

      Leah Tran, Product Manager, Microsoft

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  • W02 Beyond Embeddings: Practical Vector Search with DiskANN in SQL Server Wednesday July 29 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Anna Hoffman, Principal GPM, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

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  • W06 Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C# Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Mads Torgersen, C# Lead Designer, .NET Team, Microsoft

      Dustin Campbell, Principal Software Engineer, .NET Developer Experience Team, Microsoft

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  • W07 How the Visual Studio Team Uses AI Internally Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am
    • Sebastian Hernandez, Software Engineer II, VS Version Control, Microsoft

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  • W11 Fast Focus: 20 Minute Speed Round - AI in Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am
    • Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

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  • W12 Fast Focus: Dream a Little Dream: Dev with the CLI Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am
    • Kayla Cinnamon, Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate, Microsoft

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  • W19 Modernizing .NET Applications Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    • Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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  • W20 SQL Projects in SSMS and Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm
    • Drew Skwiers-Koballa , Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

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  • W24 Building and Using MCP Servers in Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 3:30pm - 4:45pm
    • Leslie Richardson, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft

      Mike Kistler, Product Manager , Microsoft

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  • W25 The Developers Guide to Azure SQL Hyperscale Wednesday July 29 3:30pm - 4:45pm
    • Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

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  • H01 .NET MAUI in 2026 - How AI has Transformed App Development Forever Thursday July 30 8:00am - 9:15am
    • James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

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  • H02 Explore the Future of ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11 Thursday July 30 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Daniel Roth, Principal Product Manager, ASP.NET, Microsoft

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  • H05 The Forgotten Features of Visual Studio You NEED In Your Life! Thursday July 30 8:00am - 9:15am
    • Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

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  • H07 Turn Every Idea into an AI App with the GitHub Copilot SDK Thursday July 30 9:30am - 10:45am
    • James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

      Kayla Cinnamon, Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate, Microsoft

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  • Keynote - SQL and AI for Developers in Action Thursday July 30 11:30am - 12:30pm
    • Bob Ward, Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data, Microsoft

      Anna Hoffman, Principal GPM, SQL Server/Azure SQL, Microsoft

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  • H12 The Future of Visual Studio: Interactive Expert Panel Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm
    • Mads Kristensen , Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio, Microsoft

      Andy Sterland, Principal PM Manager, Microsoft

      Anson Horton, Partner Architect for Visual Studio, Microsoft

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  • H16 Modern WinForms Development: How AI is Reshaping Your Approach Thursday July 30 3:15pm - 4:30pm
    • Merrie McGaw, WinForms Developer, Microsoft

      Klaus Loeffelman, Senior Software Engineer .NET Runtime/Desktop UI, Microsoft

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  • H17 Build Modern and AI-Ready Apps with SQL and GitHub Copilot in VS Code Thursday July 30 3:15pm - 4:30pm
    • Carlos Robles, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

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  • F01 Workshop: Mastering AI Development & Building AI Apps with GitHub Copilot Friday July 31 8:00am - 5:00pm
    • James Montemagno, Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community, Microsoft

      Kayla Cinnamon, Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate, Microsoft

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