Microsoft HQ
CODE HOME.
August 9-13, 2021

  • Why Journey with Visual Studio Live!?

    Visual Studio Live! is proud to be one of the most respected, longest-standing independent developer conferences, bringing folks together for intense developer education on the Microsoft Stack, knowledge-share and networking for over 28 years.

  • Kick-Off VSLive! at the Welcome Reception & Microsoft Ask the Experts

    Join us in the expo area to network with fellow conference attendees and speakers, talk with the event sponsors and Microsoft product teams, enjoy complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and participate in the conference raffle.

  • Top Titles Joining VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ

    Check out some of the top job titles that attend Visual Studio Live! events and make Microsoft HQ your coding destination in 2021.

    Coder, Full Stack Web Developer, Programmer, Software / Web Developer, Software Engineer, Software Architect, System Analyst, .NET System Administrator and more!

  • Birds-of-a-Feather Lunch

    Enjoy lively lunchtime discussions by joining one of our table topic conversations or sit with your favorite speaker. Interact with your fellow attendees and ask additional questions to the speakers. You may even learn a new trick or two or some great tips to take back to the office.

                        
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Start Planning Your Visual Studio Live! Microsoft HQ Experience

Explore the trending hot topics that we will cover all week long

  • Angular
  • Apache Spark
  • ASP.NET Core 2.x
  • Azure
  • Azure AD B2C
  • Azure App Services
  • Azure Data Explorer
  • Azure Databricks
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Azure Machine Learning Service
  • Azure Pipelines
  • Azure Services
  • Bootstrap 4
  • Browser Threats
  • Building a Strong Team
  • Containers
  • Conversational Interfaces
  • Cosmos DB
  • Cross-Platform C#
  • Cross-Platform Development
  • Dependency Injection
  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • Dotnet CLI
  • Entity Framework Core 2.x
  • JavaScript
  • Micro-habits
  • Microservice Architecture
  • PaaS
  • Power BI
  • PowerApps
  • Project Rome
  • Git
  • Razor Pages
  • Roslyn
  • SaaS
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Scrum
  • Serverless
  • SignalR
  • Single Page Applications
  • The latest T-SQL language enhancements
  • Typescript
  • Unit Testing Entity Framework
  • UWP
  • Visual Studio 2019
  • WebAssembly
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux
  • WPF & WinForms
  • Xamarin

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Agenda-at-a-Glance

The Visual Studio Live! Conference Team is hard at work on the full agenda, bringing expert speakers, informative Hands-On Labs, Workshops and sessions to plan your own training agenda. Stay tuned for further details and the full agenda to be available in January.
*Schedule subject to change as sessions and speakers are selected.

  • Monday

    August 9, 2021

    • Pre-Conference Hands-On Labs

      9:00 am – 6:00 pm

    • Pre-Conference Registration

      2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    • Dine-A-Round Dinner

      6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

  • Tuesday

    August 10, 2021

    • Breakout Sessions

      8:00 am – 9:15 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      9:30 am – 10:45 am

    • Conference Panel

      11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    • Lunch

      12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

    • Welcome Reception

      4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

  • Wednesday

    August 11, 2021

    • Breakout Sessions

      8:00 am – 9:15 am

    • Breakout Sessions

      9:30 am – 10:45 am

    • Keynote

      11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    • Lunch & Exhibits

      12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

    • Breakout Sessions

      3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

  • Thursday

    August 12, 2021

    • 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

    • Special Event

      7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

  • Friday

    August 13, 2021

    • Post-Conference Workshops

      8:30 am – 5:30 pm

Hands-On Labs

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

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What People Are Saying About Visual Studio Live!

  • "Learning the latest and greatest stuff from industry experts will allow me to come up with new directions to find solutions for our business and technology challenges." — Ritesh Salot, Netsmart Technologies
  • "This is my first VSLive! event. I would love to return again next year because I feel like I've learned a lot and have really benefited from the opportunity to network with professionals interested in the same things I am." — Marcel Mensah
  • "I have loved learning about all of the latest offerings in the Visual Studio ecosystem from experts in the field. All of the sessions provided candid information about what is new and what is coming, but it never felt like a sales pitch. It has also been great to network with fellow developers to hear about what they are working on in their jobs." — Katie Gray, The University of Texas at Austin
  • "This conference has done a great job of getting attendees to mingle and network. I've enjoyed the talks but the social aspects of this conference has been great. I've met a lot of great people and hope to see them at future conferences." — Timothy Franzke, Ascend Learning
  • "I have learned a lot about Azure, VSTS, DevOps and ML from this event. I am planning to implement DevOps using Visual Studio Team Services for my organization. This will be biggest change for our IT software deployment procedures. I am inspired by this event and planning to build a first Bot with help of LUIS to help our productions and quality operations." — Chinmay Trivedi, Essar Steel Algoma Inc.