PUNE DEVCON 2023
PUNE DEVCON 2023
4 Tracks covering 20 sessions on technologies like Azure, AI, DevOps, Visual Studio, Blockchain etc.
As always, registration to Pune User Group's event is free.
Get all your queries solved from the 25+ industry experts present at the venue.
Aalok is a Cloud engineer specializing in Microsoft Azure. He has the privilege of working with clients across diverse industries, including healthcare, retail and finance over the past 6 years at Rapid Circle.
Having spent 15+ years in the software wonder world, Amrita Rai is a relentless executor while building and executing solutions that bring value to businesses. She has worked with MS Tech stack for architecting various business solutions for retail, energy, fintech, and pharma industries. With Icertis, she is deeply involved in the execution of Tech Upgrade initiatives.
Aniket works with Blue Ridge India, a Supply Chain provider, as Associate Technology Architect. He is passionate about Microsoft Technologies and Cloud and has more than 7 years of software engineering experience. Aniket leads the product design and has been working in critical performance engineering group for Blue Ridge for several years.
Cloud Solution Architect / Enterprise Architect – Expertise in Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, IoT Platform, Big Data, Data Engineering, Machine learning application with Computer science professional 18+ years of experience in the Software industry. Currently working as global Cloud Practice Lead at Thoughtworks and part of Enterprise Modernisation Platform and Cloud service line. My area of focus is to help customer in building their tech strategy and road map to achieve the business goals. My area of expertise involves in Cloud Strategy , Multi-Cloud , Cloud Modernisation , Cloud Migrations and Cloud Governance. Along with delivery and tech advisory , i also play pre-sales role and assist demand team in RFI/RFP response and be part of inception/workshops to decode the business problem and built tech architecture for design critical components.
Among first five AI MVP from INDIA |☁️ Cloud Evangelist at Capgemini| 🎙️Global AI Speaker | ✍️ Published Author | 👨💻 MS Docs Contributor | Founder of Dear Azure.
As a Senior Cloud Solution Architect with over 16 years of experience in the technology industry, Kunal has established himself as a highly technical professional with expertise in Microsoft Azure technology, particularly in applications modernization, infrastructure and cyber security. He is a respected public conference speaker, blogger, and technical leadership development leader. Kunal is committed to sharing knowledge and experience with the broader technology community, and has a deep passion for mentoring and developing emerging leaders in the field.
Microsoft certified trainer for last 7 years, overall corporate training experience of 11 years. Worked on consulting assignments (DevOps, Cloud, Containers).
Selected for Hogwarts School, but couldn't get through Platform 9 3/4. So, joined Rapid Circle and now spreading love for technology.
Nabajyoti has 15+ years of experience in Software Development, consulting & architecting. He is currently working on the Microsoft cloud platform in the field of AI & applications. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer also, currently working with Synergetics as AVP - Technology.
A results oriented consultant with experience in Microsoft Technologies especially with Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Experienced in design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of several large-scale projects.
Building and shipping enterprise products @ Rapid Circle leading a high caliber engineering team at the Innovation Lab. I have spent most of the last decade building products and handling product-based deliveries for enterprise customers on the cloud. I enjoy working with engineering and business teams transforming business goals into technical delivery. I have designed and developed enterprise facing Automation, Analytics, Distributed Ledger and IoT solutions on Azure.
Sameer is the founder organizer of Experts Live India, organizing physical and online conferences. He also hosts a tech/semi tech podcast, Experts Live India podcast. He has been awarded Azure content hero and Azure community hero badgers by Microsoft.
Shivprasad Koirala loves teaching and learning. He started QuestPond website 20 years back with the one single goal of creating quality step by step IT programming related lessons which helps developers to get to their dream job easily.
Shweta has over a decade of experience in the tech industry. Presently, she serves as a Solutions Architect at Rapid Circle, where she uses her expertise to craft innovative solutions on the Azure platform. Throughout her career, Shweta has played a pivotal role in developing .NET-based products for Rapid Circle, with a focus on intranet, SharePoint, Azure automation, and Governance. Notably, she has recently spearheaded a successful initiative to assist a client in constructing a robust Data Platform on Azure, leveraging key technologies such as ADLS, Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and more.
As an Independent Consultant with around 15 years of experience, Siddharth has expertise in M365 Development as in SharePoint development, Teams App Development, Power Platform, Azure, and . NET and Integration of M365 with external applications. Siddharth also has vast experience in implementing CMS, collaboration, and communication solutions wherein he has architected various custom end-to-end solutions. Siddharth has found his passion in sharing his knowledge by writing articles, conducting webinars, organizing various community events, and contributing to the PnP initiative. He also loves to develop reusable solutions, samples, and scripts and contributed to open source repos. He has also been awarded as Microsoft MVP in the 3x M365 and Business Application Category and 4 times C# Corner MVP.
SharePoint professional with 14+ years of experience in design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of large-scale projects. Focuses on architectural design and implementation, website design and development, and complete application development cycles, with an intense focus on SharePoint and Office 365. A frequent speaker at various community events, including SPS, Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp, and Global Power Platform Bootcamp.
Sonu Sathyadas is a Microsoft Certified Trainer on Azure cloud services. He has 12+ years of experience in training and development in various Microsoft and open-source technologies. He delivers certification training on Azure Administrator, Azure Developer, Azure Architect, and AI Engineer. He has acquired valuable experience in open-source technologies such as .NET Core, HTML5, Angular, Azure, Cognitive Services, Bot Framework, and Office 365.
Rohit is a senior director of product management and platform experience at Icertis. He is a big proponent of blending technical expertise with solid customer empathy. Rohit, a practitioner of design thinking and agile methodologies, excels at transforming complex ideas into user-centric products. Embracing a growth mindset, Rohit believes that change is the only constant in life and that evolution through flexible strategies and continuous learning is imperative for success. Rohit eagerly anticipates sharing insights on “Harnessing LLMs and Inversion Models for Developers”.
Explore the transformative impact of large language models (LLMs) on software development. Dive into how developers can leverage these advanced AI tools and adopt inversion strategies to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.
In recent years, the field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) has witnessed unprecedented advancements, propelling the creation of realistic and diverse content through sophisticated algorithms. This session will delve into the cutting-edge techniques that drive the evolution of generative models and their wide-ranging applications across various domains.
In the dynamic landscape of artificial intelligence, the integration of generative models has emerged as a transformative force, propelling innovation across various industries. This session delves into the realm of Generative AI, focusing on the capabilities and advancements offered by the Azure Open AI Service, while also providing a glimpse into the broader landscape of generative models.
In this session, you will learn how to leverage the power of large language models (LLMs) and prompt flow, a development tool that helps you create, test, and deploy AI applications powered by LLMs. You will see how prompt flow enables you to build executable flows that connect LLMs, prompts, and Python tools through a visual graph. You will also discover how to debug, share, and improve your flows with your team through cloud collaboration. Finally, you will explore how to deploy a real-time endpoint that unleashes the full potential of LLMs for your application.
In the world of OpenAI, the ability to harness and integrate your own data into AI models has become a game-changer. Azure OpenAI and LangChain, two powerful tools open up a world of possibilities for bringing your own data to the AI applications. You can personalize and enrich your Teams chatbot with your own data, making it a true extension of your organization’s knowledge and processes.
While it is always exciting to introduce the latest tech in your software ecosystem, it comes with its execution challenges. This session will look at the holistic approach of moving to containers, integrating it with your CI/CD pipeline, development strategy, and incorporating the best security and AKS version upgrade practices. We will also understand the preparations or POCs required by Architects to project the business value of containers.
In this 45 minutes talk, we will try to understand important patterns which are used in MicroServices - CQRS , Aggregate Root , Event Sourcing, Retry , Circuit breaker and API gateway.
This session will cover understanding the anatomy of prompts and tokens, the critical relationship between prompts and cost efficiency, and the general and technical recommendations for effective prompt design. We will also dive into the realm of few-shot prompts, prompt chaining, and prompt flow, unlocking their potential for enhancing AI interactions and problem-solving.
This session helps to understand how the large amount of enterprise data in supply chain management can be processed using Microsoft set of technologies such as .NET, and SQL Server. In this session, We will present our practical a case study that will help .NET developers and architects to gather insights with different mechanisms that can be used to improve the performance for large scale applications and provide practical tips and tricks to use them in their projects.
Experience the Developer Productivity Booster Show, showcasing GitHub Copilot's AI-driven coding prowess. Witness live demonstrations unveiling Copilot's seamless integration and its transformative impact on code generation, accelerating productivity and elevating coding experiences to new heights.
Databases stand as a central component of today's websites and services. They are often one of the most expensive resources in your architecture and a bottleneck for site performance. But we live with them. Maybe out of habit? In this session, let us sit back and review. Do we really need a database? Why do we need them? What are the alternatives? In this talk, we will discuss the evolution of websites to web services and the tools we have more or less standardized in favor of developer productivity. I invite developers, architects & enthusiasts to join me in this discussion and reflect on how we can build better on the cloud.
Manage your application dependencies in one place. Azure artifacts support multiple packages like NuGet, Maven and Python. Also provides option to setup Upstream sources.
In this session we will discuss what observability is and why just monitoring is not enough. We will talk about implementing observability in your application using Microsoft tech stack including Azure monitor, DevOps, cost management, etc.
In this session, we will explore how Azure Private Link provides a secure and efficient way to connect to essential Azure services while keeping your data and resources shielded from external threats. Azure Private Link enables you to access Azure PaaS Services (for example, Azure Storage and SQL Database) and Azure hosted customer-owned/partner services over a private endpoint in your virtual network. Traffic between your virtual network and the service travels the Microsoft backbone network. Exposing your service to the public internet is no longer necessary.
In this enlightening session, we'll delve into the realm of Microsoft 365 (M365) and explore the numerous opportunities it offers for crafting tailored solutions that amplify productivity and collaboration within organizations. Join Mayur to learn about why, what, how and where to start building these solutions.
In this session, we will explore the crucial intersection of financial intelligence and environmental stewardship, where the principles of FinOps seamlessly integrate with the innovative practices of GreenOps. Discover how organizations can go beyond profit margins to embrace a holistic approach that aligns financial strategies with eco-friendly initiatives, paving the way for a resilient and sustainable future.
In this session, we will explore how we can leverage Power Platform to build a custom Request management system and key considerations around it. Following are the Key Points which would be discussed - Impact of inefficient request management on business operations, How low code has revolutionized request management, Exploring low-code development tools and platforms, Power Automate Approval vs Custom Approvals, Leveraging Power Automate for request routing and escalation., Implementing workflow rules and decision-making processes, Creating intuitive user interfaces, Email Templates, Integrating with Existing Systems, Key considerations when implementing low-code request management solutions, Quick Tips for ensuring successful adoption and user acceptance.
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