5:00 AM - 6:20 AM (UTC)

More than 100 Azure services offer everything you need to build and run your applications with all the performance, redundancy, security, and scale the cloud offers. But knowing where to begin with all these services can seem overwhelming. Join Vivek Sridhar to get started with Azure and Azure services for Startups. This session will be completely hands-on and a masterclass for startups to start with Azure. What we plan to cover: Azure Container Instance, Container Apps, App Service, Azure Functions, Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Static Web app & Azure AI services. Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 17 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

5:00 AM - 6:30 AM (UTC)

This talk will give an overview of the different aspects of Azure product portfolio across Infrastructure, Containers, AI, Security, Developer Tools and IoT. After this webinar, the participants will get a good idea of the different services that make up Azure and what to use when. This is the first step in enabling developers/startups to use Azure. Speaker Bio: Speaker: Vinayak Hegde Vinayak currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/

5:00 AM - 6:30 AM (UTC)

The Azure Well-Architected Framework is a set of guiding tenets to build high-quality solutions on Azure. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to designing an architecture. These concepts are not all-inclusive, but focusing on them will help you build a reliable, secure, and flexible foundation for your application. The Azure Well-Architected Framework consists of five pillars: • Cost optimization • Operational excellence • Performance efficiency • Reliability • Security The session will focus on: Developers and IT Pros & Solutions Architect What will you learn from this session: Pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework Learn Module- https://aka.ms/AzureWell-ArchitectedFramework Speaker Details Dixit Arora started his journey with Microsoft in 2015 as a part of IIS team and later moved to Azure in 2016. During his cloud journey, he has worked in various PAAS technologies like Azure App service , Azure Functions, APIM and Logic apps. Currently, he is a part of Fast Track team helping start-ups in their cloud journey. Social Handle of the speaker Twitter: @dixit604 #ReactorBengaluru

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (UTC)

More than 100 Azure services offer everything you need to build and run your applications with all the performance, redundancy, security and scale that the cloud offers. But knowing where to begin with all these services can seem overwhelming. In this talk, let's understand cloud computing, different service types, core architectural components of Azure, Azure compute & networking services, storage services, Azure Identity access & security (role-based access control), cost management in Azure, compliance, Azure Advisor and more. Event Agenda: 6:00pm to 06:30pm - Registration/ Check-in 06:30pm - 08:00- Session by Vivek Sridhar Cloud Skill Challenge: https://aka.ms/AzFundamentals-TechEspresso Speaker Bio: Vivek Sridhar Vivek Sridhar is a technophile and an Open Source contributor with around 17 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Vivek is happy to chat on Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless & Azure AI. Vivek resides in India and enjoys travelling and food. Social Handle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsridh/ #ReactorBengaluru

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

There are many options to build and deploy cloud native and containerized applications on Azure. This session will help you understand various Azure container offerings and which scenarios and use cases are best suited for each Azure service and how it compares to various container options on Azure including. • Azure Container Apps • Azure App Service • Azure Container Instances • Azure Kubernetes Service • Azure Functions • Azure Spring Apps • Azure Red Hat OpenShift The session will focus on- Developers and IT Pros & Solutions Architect. What will you learn from the session – Various container offerings in Azure. Guidance and recommendations as a starting point to help find the best fit for your team and for your requirements. Speaker Details : Dashleen Bhandari Dashleen Bhandari has been working in Microsoft Azure App technologies for the past 9 years & providing solutions to the developer across the World who are using Microsoft Azure as cloud platform. She has been working on PAAS technologies, Networking of Apps with on-premises resources, Services bus, VMs in Azure, containerization of the apps and hosting of Apps on Azure. She is Microsoft Certified Trainer MCID: 12706967. She has conducted Azure trainings for Microsoft Partners. She is AZ-204, AZ [1]304, AZ-303 certified. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashleen-bhandari-99426249/ #ReactorBengaluru

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Learn AKS from scratch, including deployment and management of applications running on AKS and other best practices. The session will focus on- Developers and IT Pros & Solutions Architect. What will you learn from the session – Learn AKS from scratch, including deployment and management of applications running on AKS and other best practices. Speaker Details Dixit Arora started his journey with Microsoft in 2015 as a part of IIS team and later moved to Azure in 2016. During his cloud journey, he has worked in various PAAS technologies like Azure App service, Azure Functions, APIM and Logic apps. Currently, he is a part of Fast Track team helping start-ups in their cloud journey. Social Handle of the speaker Twitter: @dixit604 #ReactorBengaluru

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Learn KEDA and DAPR extension Introduction and various use cases in AKS. The session will focus on- Developers and IT Pros & Solutions Architect. What will the attendees learn from session – Learn KEDA and DAPR extension Introduction and various use cases in AKS. Speaker Details Dixit Arora started his journey with Microsoft in 2015 as a part of IIS team and later moved to Azure in 2016. During his cloud journey, he has worked in various PAAS technologies like Azure App service, Azure Functions, APIM and Logic apps. Currently, he is a part of Fast Track team helping start-ups in their cloud journey. Social Handle of the speaker Twitter: @dixit604 #ReactorBengaluru

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Computer vision is an artificial intelligence (AI) area in which software systems are designed to perceive the world visually through cameras, images, and video. Multiple specific types of computer vision problems AI engineers and data scientists can solve using a mix of custom machine learning models and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions - including many cognitive services in Microsoft Azure. We will learn - How to Analyze images with Computer Vision service, classify images with Custom Vision service, instrument code to consume models, Detect objects in images, detect & analyze faces, and more. Further Learning: https://aka.ms/Computer-Vision-Microsoft-Azure Speaker Bio: Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 16 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Azure OpenAI Service offers industry leading coding and language AI models that you can fine tune to your specific needs for a variety of use cases. Azure OpenAI Service provides REST API access to OpenAI's powerful language models including the GPT-3, Codex and Embeddings model series. These models can be easily adapted to your specific task including but not limited to content generation, summarization, semantic search, and natural language to code translation. Users can access the service through REST APIs, Python SDK, or our web-based interface in the Azure OpenAI Studio The session will focus on - Learn about Open AI, the different model available and the Azure Open AI service. The webinar will include demos and customer uses cases. What will you learn from this session - You will learn about OpenAI model and Azure openAI service and how to incorporate them into their products. Content Level for the attendees- Beginner / Intermediate Further Learning - https://aka.ms/ExploreAzure-OpenAI Speaker Bio - Vinayak Hegde. Vinayak currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, he has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar Social Handle of the speaker: Twitter - https://twitter.com/vinayakh , LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ #ReactorBengaluru

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Learn how to develop speech-enabled applications by using the Speech service. The Speech service enables you to build speech-enabled applications. This talk focuses on using speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs, which enable you to create apps capable of speech recognition and synthesis. We will also learn - Translation of speech builds on speech recognition by recognizing and transcribing spoken input in a specified language and returning translations of the transcription in one or more other languages. What we will learn: •Use the Speech-to-Text API to implement speech recognition •Use the Text-to-Speech API to implement speech synthesis •Configure audio format and voices •Use Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) •Generate text translation from speech. •Synthesize spoken translations. Speaker Bio: Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 17 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM (UTC)

Network concepts for applications in Azure Kubernetes Service. The session will focus on- Developers and IT Pros & Solutions Architect. What will you learn from session– Network concepts for applications in Azure Kubernetes Service. Kubernete (basic) networking & Azure CNI (advanced) networking. Learn Module - https://aka.ms/Networkconcepts-AKS Speaker Details- Dixit Arora Dixit started his journey with Microsoft in 2015 as a part of IIS team and later moved to Azure in 2016. During his cloud journey, he has worked in various PAAS technologies like Azure App service, AKS, Azure Functions, APIM and Logic apps. Currently, he is a part of ISV CoE team helping start-ups in their cloud journey. Social Handle of the speaker Twitter: @dixit604

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (UTC)

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that suggests code and entire functions in real-time, right from your editor. In this session, learn more about GitHub Copilot, its features, and how it can help improve developer productivity. Session will focus on: • What is GitHubCopilot • Features of GitHub Copilot • GitHub's vision for the future of AI-powered software development with GitHub Copilot X • Demos What will the attendees learn: • Basics of GitHub Copilot • How it can benefit in software development • Tips to use GitHub Copilot Content Level: All skill levels Further Learning - https://aka.ms/CodewithGitHubCopilot Speaker Bio: Karan M.V. Karan leads international developer relations for GitHub. He runs programs to support developers' learning journey, help open source projects grow and for engineers to better use GitHub in their development workflows. Being an active developer, he also frequently contributes to the development and improvement of the GitHub platform. Social Handle: Twitter - @mvkaran LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mvkaran/ #ReactorBengaluru

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (UTC)

The session will focus on automating the creation of a private Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster and its associated resources using Bicep templates and Azure DevOps. What will you learn from this session: In this scenario, you'll explore how to deploy a private Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using Bicep templates in combination with Azure DevOps. By leveraging Bicep templates, you can define the desired state of your infrastructure as code, including the private AKS cluster, virtual networks, and related resources. Azure DevOps provides a powerful continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that automates the deployment process. With this approach, you can ensure a secure and isolated environment for your AKS cluster while leveraging the robust capabilities of Azure DevOps for seamless integration, testing, and deployment of your containerized applications. Prerequisite for the session: Basic knowledge of AKS, Azure DevOps and IaC templates Further Learning: https://aka.ms/Intro-AzureDevops https://aka.ms/FundamentalsofBicep https://aka.ms/Intro-Kubernetes Content Level for the attendees- All Skills levels Speaker Bio - Shagun (She/her) Shagun is a Azure DevOps Engineer, is working at Microsoft. Her job is to assist customers with pipeline configuration and help with break-fix issues related to Azure DevOps, Azure Lab Services, Microsoft DevBox and most of the Services that integrate with Azure DevOps. Having a new challenge each day to work on interests her most. Azure DevOps was the base from where she started and it gave her exposure to variety of technologies like Kubernetes, Azure Services, etc. Apart from it, she loves to solve mystery/puzzles and learn foreign languages. Social Handle: LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shagun15/ Speaker Bio: Akshay Rohilla (He/Him) Akshay is a Software Engineer working at Microsoft. He started working with Microsoft in 2019 as an Aspire hire working on Azure DevOps, GitHub, Azure Lab Services and DevTest Labs with the customers. Then, he moved as a Software Engineer in 2022 in the Azure Compute Team and he's currently working on Azure Migrate, Movere and Change Tracking/Inventory. He is passionate about DevOps and containers and Kubernetes. If he is not at his workstation, then there's 99% probability of finding him in the badminton court or at the Xbox zone. Social Handle: LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshayrohilla98/ #ReactorBengaluru

5:30 AM - 6:30 AM (UTC)

In today's rapidly evolving development landscape, maximizing productivity and streamlining workflows are paramount. Docker, with its cutting-edge developer tools, presents an opportunity to supercharge your development workflow and unlock new levels of efficiency. Join us in this enlightening session as we dive into Docker's dynamic and innovative tools. Discover how embracing Docker's cutting-edge developer tools can transform your development process. From docker init for seamless project initialization to Compose Watch for real-time monitoring and VirtioFS for enhanced performance, Docker empowers developers with a comprehensive toolbox. Additionally, explore the power of Rosetta 2, Docker Extensions, and WebAssembly support, opening doors to multi-platform development and broader compatibility. Whether you're a seasoned developer seeking to optimize your workflow or an aspiring coder starting your journey, this session will equip you with valuable insights and practical techniques. Learn how Docker's developer tools can simplify development, testing, and deployment, allowing you to focus on innovation and rapid iteration. Session will focus on: Discovering the power of features like docker init, Compose Watch, VirtioFS, Rosetta 2, Docker Extensions, and the support for WebAssembly. Unleash your potential and explore a world of possibilities with Docker's cutting-edge tools for developers. What will you learn from this session: The attendee will learn the latest and most powerful developer tools provided by Docker. They will get familiar with Docker's dynamic tools to enhance their developer workflow . They will also learn techniques for simplifying project initialization and optimizing development, testing and deployment processes. Some real-world examples and practical insights on utilizing Docker's developer tools for increased productivity. Content Level - Intermediate Further Learning: https://collabnix.com 2.https://dockerlabs.collabnix.com 3.https://dockertools.collabnix.com 4.https://aka.ms/Container-Docker-Intro Speaker Bio: Ajeet Singh Raina Ajeet is a Docker Captain & Community Leader. He is a full-time employee at Docker, Inc and has more than 16 years of IT experience. He is an author, and blogger with extensive experience in containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes. He also maintains a popular blog at https://collabnix.com/, where he shares insights, tutorials, and best practices on a range of DevOps and containerization topics. With millions of DevOps and developers visiting his blog annually, Ajeet's expertise and tutorials greatly influence the containerization community. As a frequent speaker at industry conferences and Meetup events, Ajeet actively engages with the community, sharing his knowledge and experiences. He runs his own Slack channel of 8400+ DevOps engineers. Social Handle: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeetsraina/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ajeetsraina #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Search is not just traditional TF/IDF anymore but the current trend of machine learning and models has opened another dimension for search. This talk gives an overview of: "Classic" search and its limitations What is a model and how can you use it How to use vector search or hybrid search in Elasticsearch. Where OpenAI's ChatGPT or similar LLMs come into play to with Elastic. The session will focus on: Vector search & Hybrid search. What will you learn from this session? - How to use vector search or hybrid search in Elasticsearch Content Level - Intermediate / Advance Know More - https://aka.ms/Elasticsearch-AnAzureNativeISVService Speaker Bio - Ashish Tiwari Meet Ashish, a tech enthusiast hailing from Mumbai, India. With a strong background in the Software & Email Industry, he now thrives as a Senior Developer Advocate at Elastic. Starting as a Software Engineer, he's navigated diverse stacks, databases, and languages, crafting solutions for various use cases. Beyond coding, Ashish has dabbled in system design, scaling, architecture, and even donned marketing and community engagement hats during his startup stints. An avid Open Source advocate, he loves sharing tech insights and speaking at events. Off-screen, Ashish delves into R&D, enjoys Netflix, and expresses his thoughts through blogging. Join him on his journey as he explores and contributes to the ever-evolving tech landscape. Social Handle - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishtiwari93/ #ReactorBengaluru