Microsoft Ignite March 2021 - Best Sessions for Aussie Developers

Well... it's that time again! Microsoft Ignite is back for its early 2021 edition, kicking off March 2nd. I sat down and had a quick scrub through the sessions to find the ones I think will give the most value to developers here in Australia.

Microsoft Ignite tends to be more of an IT Pro event, but there are still some great nuggets in here that developers won't want to miss!

There are bunch of sessions that are already full, but you can bookmark them or "add to [your] backpack" so you can return after their run and watch them on demand.

All dates and times listed are in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) which is UTC+11.

Feel free to leave a comment if I've missed any sessions you think would be valuable for developers to catch!

Our local Australian connection is happening on Wednesday afternoon - make sure to tune in to hear about Quantum computing and also how to next-level your career in tech!

New Breakpoint - Australia @ Microsoft Ignite > session details Wednesday, March 3 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AEDT

Wednesday 3 March 2021 (AEDT)

Learn to program with .NET and C#, the platform for building anything > session details Wednesday, March 3 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AEDT

Get started with Power Apps > session details  Wednesday, March 3 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM AEDT   Azure Cognitive Search | Build semantic search into your apps > session details   Wednesday, March 3 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM AEDT   New Breakpoint - Australia @ Microsoft Ignite > session details Wednesday, March 3 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AEDT   Empowering every developer to innovate with Microsoft Azure > session details Wednesday, March 3 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AEDT

Table Talk: Azure Community Resources > session details Wednesday, March 3 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM AEDT   What's new and what's next for the Microsoft Power Platform > session details  Wednesday, March 3 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM AEDT   How to become a software developer > session details  Wednesday, March 3 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM AEDT   Ask the Experts: What's new and what's next for the Microsoft Power Platform > session details  Wednesday, March 3 6:30 PM - 6:59 PM AEDT

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Thursday 4 March 2021 (AEDT)

Hello, World! in 3 languages: beginning coding with C#, Python and JavaScript > session details  Thursday, March 4 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AEDT   GitHub for beginners: collaborating with the dev community > session details  Thursday, March 4 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AEDT

Microsoft Cloud ‘Unplugged’ with Scott Guthrie & Merrie Williamson > session details  Thursday, March 4 1:00 PM - 1:25 PM AEDT   Ask the Experts: Azure Platform Security > session details  Thursday, March 4 6:30 PM - 6:59 PM AEDT   Migrate your Spring Boot Apps to Azure Spring Cloud > session details  Thursday, March 4 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM AEDT   Getting started with Azure AI > session details  Thursday, March 4 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM AEDT

Sessions to bookmark

The following sessions are already full, but you can bookmark them and catch them at a later time that suits you. There are some fantastic speakers and content included here with folks like Brendan Burns, Scott Hanselman and Mark Russinovich.   Recipe for Modern Applications: .NET, Azure SQL, Functions, Geospatial, JSON > session details

What's new in Azure Cognitive Services > session details

Kubernetes for the hybrid enterprise > session details

What's New in Visual Studio 2019 > session details    More scale, More performance. Get the latest from Azure Cache for Redis and Azure Cosmos DB > session details

Inside Azure Datacenter Architecture with Mark Russinovich > session details    Roadmap for high productivity development in Power Apps > session details

Securing Containers on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) > session details

Getting 110% from You Azure App Services > session details

Becoming a Green Developer > session details

Dynamic websites with Azure Static Web Apps > session details    Python: A great first programming language > session details    Visual Studio Code - Your editor everywhere > session details

So there we are! Hopefully there are some sessions in here that scratch an itch you have or that unlock new possibilities for you!

I'll be back with another one of these for Build in May, so keep an eye out for that.

Until then...

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