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Cloud Containers and Microservices

W28 Using API Gateways for Flexibility and Governance of Your APIs Wednesday July 29 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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H04 YAML Pipelines for Modern Compute Thursday July 30 8:00am - 9:15am

Mike Benkovich, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Developer

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H19 Choose Your Identity Wisely Thursday July 30 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Mike Benkovich, Consultant, Cloud Architect, Developer

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Cutting-Edge AI

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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HOL02 Continued: Hands-On Lab: Building Intelligent .NET Applications Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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T01 The New Brain Behind Copilot in Visual Studio Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

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

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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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T04 What's New for Developers in SQL Server 2025 Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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T05 Building MCP Servers with C# and .NET Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

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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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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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T20 Agentic DevOps with GitHub and Azure DevOps: What Actually Works in 2026 Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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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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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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W08 Create Enterprise Apps with AI, MCP, and Embedded Analytics Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am

Jason Beres, Chief Operating Officer, Infragistics

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W09 From Business Problems to AI Success: Closing the Gap Between Promise and Reality Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am

Robert Bogue, President, Thor Projects LLC

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W11 Fast Focus: 20 Minute Speed Round - AI in Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am

Yeojun Han, Software Engineer, Microsoft

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W15 Fast Focus: Using Copilot to Build Migration Tools Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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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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W21 VAR, AI Referees, and the Future of Code Reviews Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

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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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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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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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H11 Be A More Productive .NET Dev with VS Code, Visual Studio, and the CLI Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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H14 Human Skills in an AI World: How Technologists Stay Essential Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Angela Dugan, Vice President, Product Delivery, Red Foundry

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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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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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Data and Analytics

HOL04 Hands-on Lab: Building Modern Applications with SQL Server 2025: AI and New Developer Features Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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HOL04 Continued: Hands-on Lab: Building Modern Applications with SQL Server 2025: AI and New Developer Features Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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T04 What's New for Developers in SQL Server 2025 Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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T09 Creating REST and GraphQL Database Endpoints with Data API Builder Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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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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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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W16 Fast Focus: What’s New Across Microsoft SQL and Developer Tooling in 2026 Wednesday July 29 11:45AM - 12:05PM

Anna Hoffman, Principal GPM, SQL Server/Azure SQL, 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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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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H09 What's New in EF Core 10 Thursday July 30 9:30am - 10:45

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

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H15 Threat Modeling for AI Agents: From Prompt Injection to Tool Abuse Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Spencer Schneidenbach Microsoft MVP, AI Architect and CTO, Aviron Labs

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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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Developing New Experiences

W03 The World of Microsoft Office Programming, Integration, and Automation Wednesday July 29 8:00am - 9:15am

John Baluka, Independent Software Developer

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W27 Getting Started with Cross-Platform Development Using UNO Wednesday July 29 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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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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H03 Injecting Innovation Into Applications Through Design Thursday July 30 8:00am - 9:15am

Billy Hollis, Developer. Designer. Speaker. Author.

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H13 Advanced UI in the Browser with the Uno Platform Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Billy Hollis, Developer. Designer. Speaker. Author.

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Fast Focus

W11 Fast Focus: 20 Minute Speed Round - AI in Visual Studio Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am

Yeojun Han, Software Engineer, 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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W13 Fast Focus: Caching Options in .NET Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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W15 Fast Focus: Using Copilot to Build Migration Tools Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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W16 Fast Focus: What’s New Across Microsoft SQL and Developer Tooling in 2026 Wednesday July 29 11:45AM - 12:05PM

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

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W17 Fast Focus: JavaScript Framework/Library Showdown Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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W18 Fast Focus: Bulletproof in 20 Minutes Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Christian Wenz Microsoft MVP, CEO, Actition GmbH

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Full Stack Web Development

HOL03 Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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HOL03 Continued: Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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T03 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET Core Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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T07 Hooking Up All the Things, Making Your Developer's Life Easier with Aspire Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am

Jeffrey T. Fritz, Program Manager, Microsoft

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T08 TypeScript: Moving Beyond the Basics Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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T15 How to Think in Blazor Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm

John Baluka, Independent Software Developer

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T18 Busy Developer's Guide to Web Assembly Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

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W10 Building RESTful Services with ASP.NET Core Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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W17 Fast Focus: JavaScript Framework/Library Showdown Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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W18 Fast Focus: Bulletproof in 20 Minutes Wednesday July 29 11:45am - 12:05pm

Christian Wenz Microsoft MVP, CEO, Actition GmbH

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W22 BFF and SPAs: Best Friends Forever Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Christian Wenz Microsoft MVP, CEO, Actition GmbH

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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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H08 Security APIs with OWASP Thursday July 30 9:30am - 10:45am

Christian Wenz Microsoft MVP, CEO, Actition GmbH

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F03 Workshop: Building Blazor Applications Friday July 31 8:00am - 5:00pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage
Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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Hands-on Labs

HOL01 Hands-On Lab: Get Started with Aspire 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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HOL03 Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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HOL04 Hands-on Lab: Building Modern Applications with SQL Server 2025: AI and New Developer Features Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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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: Building Intelligent .NET Applications Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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HOL03 Continued: Hands-On Lab: Build an ASP.NET Core Razor Pages App and EF Core with Copilot in a Day Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Philip Japikse Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, MCSD, PSM II, PSD and PST, CTO/Chief Architect, Author, Speaker, Pintas & Mullins

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HOL04 Continued: Hands-on Lab: Building Modern Applications with SQL Server 2025: AI and New Developer Features Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Leonard Lobel MVP, CTO, Sleek Technologies, Inc.

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Human Factors in Engineering

T14 Burnout in Software Development Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Robert Bogue, President, Thor Projects LLC

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T19 You’re Not Paid to Write Code Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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W04 Debugging Like a Coach: Fixing Team Bugs Before They Crash the Game Wednesday July 29 8:00am - 9:15am

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

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W09 From Business Problems to AI Success: Closing the Gap Between Promise and Reality Wednesday July 29 9:30am - 10:45am

Robert Bogue, President, Thor Projects LLC

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W14 Fast Focus: Visibility Is a Technical Skill Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am

Tony Champion , President, Champion DS

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W21 VAR, AI Referees, and the Future of Code Reviews Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Amber Vanderburg, Founder, Pathwayz Group

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W26 Fear and (Self) Loathing in IT – A Healthy Discussion on Imposter Syndrome Wednesday July 29 3:30pm - 4:45pm

Angela Dugan, Vice President, Product Delivery, Red Foundry

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H14 Human Skills in an AI World: How Technologists Stay Essential Thursday July 30 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Angela Dugan, Vice President, Product Delivery, Red Foundry

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Keynotes

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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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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Microsoft Sessions

HOL01 Hands-On Lab: Get Started with Aspire 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: Building Intelligent .NET Applications Monday July 27 2:00pm - 5:30pm

Jon Galloway, Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team, Microsoft

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T01 The New Brain Behind Copilot in Visual Studio Tuesday July 28 8:00am - 9:15am

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

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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 with Aspire 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

Marco Peyrot Carrion, Senior Software Engineer, 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

Yeojun Han, Software Engineer, 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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Modern Software Engineering

T10 Busy Developer’s Guide to Python Tuesday July 28 9:30am - 10:45am

Ted Neward, Principal, Neward and Associates

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T13 Microservices for Pragmatists Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Hazel Bohon, Software Engineer, Particular

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T20 Agentic DevOps with GitHub and Azure DevOps: What Actually Works in 2026 Tuesday July 28 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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W05 Orchestrating the Modern Software Factory: GitHub as the Intelligent Control Plane Wednesday July 29 8:00am - 9:15am

Esteban Garcia Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Head of GitHub AI Services, Lantern

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W23 Deploy Like a Pro: Get to Azure with GitHub Actions and GitHub Copilot - Esteban Garcia Wednesday July 29 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Esteban Garcia Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, Head of GitHub AI Services, Lantern

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H18 Too Late for TTD? Thursday July 30 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Jim Wooley, Senior Delivery Principal, Slalom Consulting

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F02 Workshop: Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure Friday July 31 8:00am - 5:00pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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The Core of .NET

HOL01 Hands-On Lab: Get Started with Aspire for Distributed Application Building Monday July 27 8:30am - 12:30pm

Jeffrey T. Fritz, Program Manager, 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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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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T11 Get the Most Out of VS - Tips/Tricks Tuesday July 28 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Marco Peyrot Carrion, Senior Software Engineer, 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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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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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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W13 Fast Focus: Caching Options in .NET Wednesday July 29 11:15am - 11:35am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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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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H06 Improving Performance in .NET Applications Thursday July 30 9:30am - 10:45am

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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H10 Running Background Tasks in .NET Core - In App, The Cloud, and Beyond Thursday July 30 9:30am - 10:45am

Spencer Schneidenbach Microsoft MVP, AI Architect and CTO, Aviron Labs

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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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H20 Building Packages and Tools Using the Compiler API Thursday July 30 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage

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Workshops

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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F02 Workshop: Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure Friday July 31 8:00am - 5:00pm

Brian A. Randell, Partner, MCW Technologies

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F03 Workshop: Building Blazor Applications Friday July 31 8:00am - 5:00pm

Jason Bock MVP (C#), Staff Software Engineer, Rocket Mortgage
Allen Conway Microsoft MVP, Principal Consultant, Xebia

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