User Groups
Rapidly Producing Real World IoT Projects – presented by Peter Cole [Microsoft]
Peter was given the challenge of producing a low cost customer tracking solution for the Microsoft Technology Centre in Sydney. The team was astounded at how he made a working prototype in just 3 days, using open source technology, RFID tags and Azure IoT services. Watch this presentation and see how you can do it…
Read MoreAvoiding Agile Anti-patterns with #NoProjects and #AgileManagementTransformation
Agile project methodologies are widely adopted by the IT industry, but the project failure rates remain consistent. John will share his experience of common Systemic Agile anti-patterns, examine the underlying causes of these failures and present remedies in order to #MakeAgileGreatAgain.
Read MoreAzure Functions and the future of Serverless in the Enterprise | Jeff Hollan [Microsoft]
Serverless hit the ground running with plenty of excitement, skepticism, and conversation. Hear from the product manager lead for the Azure Functions runtime on where serverless has succeeded today, it’s shortcomings, and where it is headed for tomorrow.
Read MoreBuild the Real-time Web with SignalR Core and Azure SignalR Service | Anthony Chu [Microsoft]
Azure SignalR is a fully managed real-time messaging service. Learn how it integrates with ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, and Azure Functions to add real-time capabilities using WebSocket to your applications.
Read MoreReal-time Face Recognition With Microsoft Cognitive Services
This session is all about Microsoft Face API in practice! JK, the man behind SSWSophie.com, will cover what it means to use Microsoft Cognitive Services in real-time, why offline detection libraries are essential and why you should use infrared and depth cameras like Kinect and Intel RealSense in your applications.
Read MoreMicrosoft Ignite 2018 SharePoint News – Drinking from the firehose!
Microsoft Ignite is the largest event of the year for Microsoft unveiling new features and future roadmap for Office 365, SharePoint and related services. This session will bring together the most important and relevant SharePoint related announcements from 100+ sessions at the conference that were in some way related to SharePoint! Given the sheer volume…
Read MoreSolving first world problems with .NET Core and SignalR | Liam Elliott
SignalR has been around since 2013, offering real-time push notifications for our websites. This year, Microsoft gave us SignalR Core, combined all of the features of SignalR with the benefits of .NET Core. Join Liam as he walks you through how easy it is to build a real-time web client in both Angular and React…
Read MoreDeveloping Enterprise Apps with ASP .NET Core 2.1
The explosive growth of web frameworks and the demands of users have changed the approach to building web applications. Many challenges exist, and getting started can be a daunting prospect. Let’s change that now. This talk provides practical guidance and recommendations. We will cover architecture, technologies, tools, and frameworks. We will examine strategies for organising…
Read MoreDevOps Best Practices for Azure and VSTS – Damian Brady
Azure and VSTS are a match made in heaven but navigating the countless features and options can be tricky! There are many ways you can deploy an application, but what are the DevOps best practices that should be followed? In this session, learn now to deploy safely to production on Windows or Linux, with no…
Read MoreFacebook and Cambridge Analytica – Adam Cogan’s Analysis
Quick analysis of the Cambridge Analytica scandal currently facing Facebook.
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