Best Microsoft Ignite 2023 sessions for ANZ developers

Continuing the trend of Microsoft focusing the future on AI as the driver for their business, we have an AI and Copilot heavy schedule for this year's Ignite.

As always, Ignite covers a lot of non-developer content, so there's not a huge amount of content to dig into, but I think I've found the developer gold in amongst the lot.

There are a few overlapping sessions, but the good news is many of them are recorded so you can check them out later. Those that aren't recorded are marked with ⭐.

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

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!

Thursday November 16 2023 (AEDT)

Learn Live: Build an AI-enabled chat w/ Azure OpenAI & Azure Cosmos DB
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6:45 - 7:00 AM

Accelerate innovation with Azure Integration Services Q&A
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6:45 - 7:00 AM

Learn Live: Generate images with Azure OpenAI Service
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8:30 - 9:30 AM

Productive and secure end-to-end developer experiences powered by AI
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8:30 - 9:15 AM

Ask The Experts: Microsoft Certifications
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9:45 - 10:30AM

Vector Search: Retrieval Augmented Generation and Generative AI Apps
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9:45 - 10:30AM

Data for the era of AI: Build intelligent apps with Azure Cosmos DB
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11:00 - 11:45 AM

Cloud Native Development with .NET 8, Q&A
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11:00 - 11:45 AM

Contribute to the advancement of Python in Excel ⭐
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11:00 - 12:00 AM

Evaluating and Designing Responsible AI Systems for The Real World
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12:15 - 1:00 PM

GitHub Copilot and AI for Developers: Potential and Pitfalls with Scott Hanselman
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12:15 - 1:00 PM

Choosing the right Azure database for your workloads Q&A
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12:15 - 1:00 PM

Platform engineering Q&A with the Microsoft platform engineering team
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12:15 - 1:00 PM

Friday November 17 2023 (AEDT)

Build your own Copilot with Azure AI Studio
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6:45 - 7:30 AM

Beyond Coding Suggestions: Exploring AI Features in Visual Studio, Q&A
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6:45 - 7:30 AM

Cloud Native Innovations with Mark Russinovich
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7:50 - 8:10 AM

Towards a SpeechGPT: Adapting GPT for Speech Input and Output ⭐
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8:30 - 9:30 AM

Develop in the cloud with Dev Box and Azure Deployment Environments
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9:45 - 10:30 AM

Optimize app reliability with automated Load and Chaos testing, Q&A
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9:45 - 10:30 AM

What's New in Generative AI?
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11:00 - 11:45 AM

The ins and outs of deploying Microsoft Dev Box inside Microsoft, Q&A
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11:00 - 11:45 AM

Vector search and state of the art retrieval for Generative AI apps
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12:15 - 1:00PM

End-to-End AI App Development: Prompt Engineering to LLMOps Q&A
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12:15 - 1:00PM

On Demand

You can catch these sessions any time once Ignite starts.

10x Java Dev-to-Prod with VS Code, Copilot & Azure Spring Apps
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Bringing Passkey into your Passwordless Journey
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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 Ignite!

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