Best Microsoft Build 2024 sessions for ANZ developers

If 2023 was the year of "AI for the developer" at Microsoft Build, it's safe to say that 2024 continues that theme, though with more focus on practical delivery of secure, scalable solutions.

Even though the days start fairly early they are wrapped before midday, which means with a little planning you can attend sessions live, but also keep on shipping code at work! 😜

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 ANZ developers to be across!

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (AEST)

Developer's Guide to Customising Microsoft Copilot
>session details 4:30 AM - 5:15 AM AEST

Inside AI Security with Mark Russinovich
> session details 6:00 AM - 6:45 AM AEST

Build apps from the cloud with Microsoft Dev Box, Visual Studio & more
> session details 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM AEST

Developer experience improvements in Windows
> session details 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM AEST

Developer deep dive on building plugins for Microsoft Copilot
> session details 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM AEST

Platform Engineering: Creating Scalable and Resilient Systems
> session details 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM AEST

Nice! We're done in time for morning coffee! ☕

Thursday 23 May 2024 (AEST)

An early start, but you can catch the session later at a more reasonable hour!

Next generation AI for developers with the Microsoft Cloud
> session details 1:30 AM - 3:00 AM AEST

Understanding cloud powered development environments
> session details 3:30 AM - 4:15 AM AEST

Secure your Intelligent Applications with Microsoft Entra
> session details 4:45 AM - 5:30 AM AEST

Demystify cloud-native development with .NET Aspire
> session details 6:00 AM - 6:45 AM AEST

.NET Aspire development on any OS with the Visual Studio family
> session details 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM AEST

Design and build multi-tenant SaaS apps at scale with Azure Cosmos DB
> session details 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM AEST

Scott and Mark learn AI
> session details 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM AEST

Serverless architectures: Effortless Intelligent Apps at extreme scale
> session details 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM AEST

How GitHub builds GitHub on GitHub
> session details 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM AEST

What's new in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio
> session details 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM AEST

Level up your dev box, how devs at Microsoft are productive on Windows
> session details 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM AEST

Friday 24 May 2024 (AEST)

Yes, yet another early one.. remember to catch them on-demand later!

What's new in C# 13
> session details 1:30 AM - 2:15 AM AEST

Deploy, test and run apps with Azure Deployment Environments
> session details 2:45 AM - 3:30 AM AEST

Windows Subsystem for Linux, Your enterprise ready multitool
> session details 2:45 AM - 3:30 AM AEST

"Highly Technical Talk" with Hanselman and Toub
> session details 5:30 AM - 6:15 AM AEST

Extending GitHub Copilot
> session details 6:45 AM - 7:30 AM AEST

Leverage Azure Testing Services to build high quality applications
> session details 6:45 AM - 7:30 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 Boards New and Noteworthy
> 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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