Best Microsoft Build 2023 sessions for ANZ developers

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It's a safe bet that Build will be heavily AI-influenced this year, but I've tried to keep the mix a good one that focuses across many different areas of modern cloud app development.

There are quite a few sessions with Q&A which is great, but they are also often the in-person sessions which means you might struggle to get a question answered as a remote attendee. Regardless, it's still worth going along to hear other people's questions as it's pretty likely someone else has the same one as you do!

Even though the days start fairly early (4am) they are wrapped before midday, which means with a little planning you can attend sessions live, but also keep your boss happy!

You can download a PDF version of my Build Backpack which has all the sessions below listed in it.

All dates and times listed are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is UTC+10.

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

Wednesday 24 May 2023 (AEST)

Inject the power of the cloud and AI into your development workflow
>session details 4:30 AM - 5:15 AM AEST

Secure and observe your APIs no matter where they run
> session details 4:30 AM - 5:15 AM AEST

Achieve more with Azure PaaS: Azure App Service product experts, Q&A
> session details 4:30 AM - 5:15 AM AEST

Native Authentication for Customer-Facing Applications
> session details 4:30 AM - 5:30 AM AEST

Developer career tools: Saying NO to improve mental health, Q&A
> session details 5:30 AM - 6:15 AM AEST

GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps: Interactive deep dive, Q&A
> session details 5:30 AM - 6:15 AM AEST

Optimising Azure Cosmos DB: Strategies for cost efficiency and elasticity
> session details 5:30 AM - 6:30 AM AEST

What's new in .NET 8 for Web, frontends, backends, and futures?
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM AEST

Develop in the cloud with Microsoft Dev Box
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM AEST

Self-serve app infrastructure using Azure Deployment Environments
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM AEST

Ship-It safely with GitHub Advanced Security
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM AEST

Focus on code, not infra with Azure Functions, Azure Spring Apps, Dapr
> session details 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM AEST

Application reliability with Azure Load Testing and Chaos Studio, Q&A
> session details 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM AEST

Learn Live: GitHub administration for GitHub Advanced Security
> session details 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AEST

Build apps with state-of-the-art computer vision
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

Pragmatic techniques to get the most out of GitHub Copilot
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

ASP.NET Core and Blazor futures, Q&A
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

Playwright, Q&A
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

Hey! Look at that! Totally wrapped before midday... you can attend Build (remotely) and still make your boss happy!! Just make sure to have an early night! 😜

Thursday 25 May 2023 (AEST)

Harness the power of AI: extend Copilot and beyond
> session details 4:00 AM - 4:45 AM AEST

Cloud-native and Linux on Microsoft Azure, Q&A
> session details 4:00 AM - 4:45 AM AEST

Java experts at Microsoft, Q&A
> session details 4:00 AM - 4:45 AM AEST

The vision of the future with Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) as an authentication broker
> session details 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM AEST

Troubleshooting apps running on Kubernetes
> session details 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM AEST

Learn Live: Introduction to Azure OpenAI Service
> session details 5:15 AM - 6:15 AM AEST

Next-Level DevSecOps: Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework, Q&A
> session details 5:15 AM - 6:00 AM AEST

The future of AI and generative code, Q&A
> session details 5:15 AM - 6:00 AM AEST

New developer experiences in Windows
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM AEST

Build and ship global full stack serverless web apps, Q&A
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM AEST

Python web apps on Microsoft Azure, Q&A
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM AEST

New PubSub capabilities in Azure Event Grid
> session details 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM AEST

How GitHub builds GitHub with GitHub
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM AEST

Inside Azure innovations with Mark Russinovich
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM AEST

Learn how to get your machine to a ready-to-code state
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM AEST

Learn Live: Build a web app with Blazor
> session details 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM AEST

Modernising your applications with containers and serverless​
> session details 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM AEST

Seamlessly integrate security throughout your code to cloud workflow​
> session details 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM AEST

Advanced developer tips and tricks in Visual Studio​
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

Automated cloud application testing with Microsoft Azure and Playwright, Q&A​
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

Modernising with containers and serverless, Q&A​
> session details 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM AEST

On-demand sessions

The following sessions will be available for you to watch at any time once Build kicks off. You can add them to your backpack and catch them at a later time that suits you.

Azure Spring Apps: The easy way to run your apps
> session details

Deep dive on Azure Load Testing in CI/CD
> session details

How to Create a PDF Document in Blazor Using the .NET PDF Library
> session details

Microsoft Edge: State of web developer tools
> session details

As I said at the top of the post - if I've missed anything you think should be in this list please leave a comment below and I'll look to add it!

Hope you have a great Build!

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