Microsoft Tech Summit Switzerland

Mark Russinovich is Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s global enterprise-grade cloud platform. A widely recognized expert in distributed systems and operating systems, Mark earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He later co-founded Winternals Software, joining Microsoft in 2006 when the company was acquired. Today he remains the primary author of the Sysinternals tools and website, which include dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities. Mark is a popular speaker at industry conferences such as IPExpo, Microsoft Ignite and Build, and RSA Conference. He has also authored several nonfiction and fiction books, including the Microsoft Press Windows Internals book series, as well as fictional cyber security thrillers Zero Day, Trojan Horse and Rogue Code.

Reporting directly to the founder and Chief Architect at Docker, Patrick Chanezon helps drive the direction of the company’s open source projects, acting as an advocate for the developer community to assure that their requirements and issues are addressed in the Docker platform. From 2013 to 2015, he led the Enterprise Evangelism efforts in Microsoft Developer Experience team, and helped create the Strategic Engagement team. From 2011 to 2012, he built out the developer relations team at VMware, for Spring and Cloud Foundry. Prior to that, he worked at Google from 2005 to 2011, where he managed the Cloud and Tools Developer Relations team in San Francisco, and created teams for many other platforms. Prior to that, Patrick held various positions at Sun Microsystems, AOL, Accenture and Netscape.

Digicomp helps Microsoft Professionals to get ready for Microsoft certifications – you can prepare for the exams in in-class trainings during the day or in the evening, in weekend courses and in so called bootcamps in a hotel in the mountains. We also offer you a self-paced learning option (learning as a service model), where you combine in-class training, video learning, 1:1 expert coaching with a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and MOOCs to create your individual learning experience. Our trainings not only prepare you for the intended certification but improve your productivity in the work place as well.

More than 90% of all participants reported after 60 days of finishing a course that it helped them to speed up their daily work. We accompany you in practical and efficient way to your Microsoft Certification.

Founded in 2011 by four MVPs, Experts Inside is an international group of exclusive experts in Information Management, Collaboration, Enterprise Social and Productivity working on some of the largest brands and most cutting edge SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure projects across Europe and Africa.

Microsoft recognizes leading experts with the annual Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. Experts Inside has several MVPs, giving privileged access to the Microsoft product teams and technical information.

itnetX AG is a dedicated Microsoft Gold Partner for inovativ IT Infrastructure solutions. As a 6 time swiss partner of the year award winner, and finalist for the global windows and devices deployment award in 2017, itnetX proves with outstanding employees, some of which are MVPs, to be a value adding partner to customers for datacenter, cloud and workplace needs and to enable their digital transformation and business success.

LiveTiles began as an Australian startup company in 2014. Driven by the vision to create a user-centric platform to help organizations collaborate, founders Karl Redenbach and Peter Nguyen-Brown imagined the concept of software that prioritizes the human experience without compromising function. Since then, we’ve established our headquarters in New York City, and expanded from offering two technology solutions to providing a suite of complementing products that serve small and large businesses across all industries of every size.

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Avanade’s industry knowledge and experience delivers results with a digital edge. 30,000 digitally connected people across 24 countries work at Avanade. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.

Barracuda (NYSE: CUDA) simplifies IT with cloud-enabled solutions that empower customers to protect their networks, applications, and data, regardless of where they reside. These powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions are trusted by more than 150,000 organizations worldwide and are delivered in appliance, virtual appliance, cloud and hybrid deployments. Barracuda’s customer-centric business model focuses on delivering high-value, subscription-based IT solutions that provide end-to-end network and data security.

As a personal strategy and IT partner, baseVISION supports organizations in an efficient, cost-optimized and successful future focused on secure and modern workplaces. With years of expertise in simplifying business, support and management processes, our customer-specific solutions guarantee optimized implementations considering both, current and future requirements. All our projects are always based on Microsoft EMS, SCCM or Windows 10!

Codit is an IT Consultancy organization helping companies to create business value through cloud, SaaS and big data by connecting applications via integration, API’s, cloud development and the Internet of Things, using a wide range of Microsoft technologies. We are leader in IT integration and connect things, people, devices, applications, systems, cloud environments… You name it, Codit integrates it.

We employ about 155 people in Switzerland, Belgium, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Malta.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) help customers use technology to slash the time it takes to turn ideas into value. In turn, they transform industries, markets and lives. Some of our customer run traditional IT environments. Most are transitioning to a secure, cloud-enabled, mobile-friendly infrastructure. Many rely on a combination of both. Wherever they are in that journey, we provide the technology and solutions to help them succeed.

isolutions has been realising custom-made information management solutions since 1999, on the basis of Microsoft platforms SharePoint, Dynamics CRM and Office 365. We refine software and adjust them perfectly to the business requirements of our customers thus generating added value for them..

Today, over 110 committed employees in Berne, Zurich and Basel will be glad to offer you their cooperation.

We are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the fields:

• Collaboration and Content
• Customer Relationship Management
• Cloud Customer Relationship Management
• Application Development
• Cloud Productivity

Noser Engineering is a market-leading digital solutions provider headquartered in Switzerland. With 170 employees, we successfully develop business models and products for Fortune 500, local, European and multinational companies. We accompany you from vision to completion through to operation, maintenance and further development. Trust our broad experience and use of the latest tools and technologies. Let yourself be inspired. Together we can achieve your business goals – we know how.

Scheuss & Partner is your competent IT partner for infrastructure solutions, cloud services, project procurement and much more! Highly trained, certified, experienced and committed we offer individual IT services. These range from consulting, project planning, and procurement to the installation and operation of comprehensive infrastructure solutions.

As a cloud service provider, we are one of the first Microsoft Azure Stack Partners who are already working today with the technology of tomorrow.

Swisscom is the largest ICT provider for major customers in Switzerland. With its broad set of solutions and services, Swisscom inspires and supports companies in the working world of the future. It offers its convergent assortment as a managed service, system integration and outsourcing, partially or completely in the cloud.

250+ million endpoints. 500,000+ companies worldwide. One security software company.

For nearly 30 years, Trend Micro’s unwavering vision has been to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Security is our entire focus, and it shows. This single-minded passion has inspired our innovations that keep up with the bad guys despite a changing IT landscape, riskier user behavior, and constantly evolving threats. The depth of our experience remains unmatched. From the endpoint to the network to the cloud, we’ve got you covered with a connected threat defense recognized by analysts, customers, and industry gurus of all kinds.

Trivadis is a leading provider of IT consultancy, system integration, solution engineering and IT services, with a focus on Microsoft technologies in the German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Denmark). These services are supplied by Trivadis’ strategic business units: Business Intelligence, Application Development, Infrastructure Engineering, Training and Operations. Trivadis combines methods developed in-house and tested in the market and products based on these methods with quality leadership in its core technologies.

Adobe gives everyone - from emerging artists to global brands - everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful content, videos, and apps, and transforming how companies interact with their customers across every screen.

Mark Russinovich
Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

Join Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure as we take a glimpse into the platform, trends and services at the forefront of digital transformation. Learn how companies around the world are enabling their innovation, how we are meeting the most rigorous and mission critical requirements of governments and how open source technologies are an integral part of the Azure cloud.

Patrick Chanezon
Chief Developer Advocate, Docker Inc.

Session abstract

Docker and Microsoft have been collaborating both in open source and through their commercial partnership to bring the benefits of Docker Windows and Linux containers to Azure Enterprise customers. Docker’s container platform, Docker Enterprise Edition, is used to modernize traditioal applications, and move them to Azure, as well as to develop new cloud native applications using microservices architecture, bringing agility to developers and control to IT Pros. This talk will cover the latest developments in Docker’s container platform with planned support for Kubernetes in Docker for Windows, and Docker Enterprise Edition for Azure, Docker for Azure Stack to enable hybrid cloud deployments, Windows containers, Linux containers on Windows.

David Kurth
Cloud + Enterprise Business Group Lead, Microsoft Switzerland

Session abstract

Learn about our investments in these 3 key areas; Innovation, Security, and Education. Hear firsthand from our guests, how they have successfully joint forces with Microsoft and are leading the way in their transformation. Plus, we have exciting announcements to share.

Samuel Zuercher
Principal Consultant, Experts Inside

Session abstract

Today we have to switch between many applications forth and back to do our daily Tasks. We are so used to it, that we often don’t realize, how much time we loose in this Context switch. See in this session how Microsoft Teams can become the Center of your Teamwork, and how a Teams strategy could look like to profit best from Microsoft Teams. If done smart, Teams can be the place you do 80% of your every day information work. In many Companies People use Dropbox and Whatsapp and Data is going outside your control. See in this session how you can consolidate all of that, and more into one simple eady to understand client.

Laurent Bugnion
Senior Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

Xamarin enables C# devs to become native iOS, Android, and Windows mobile app dev overnight. Learn how to leverage your existing .NET and C# skills to create iOS and Android mobile apps in Visual Studio. In addition to allowing you to write your iOS and Android apps in C#, Xamarin lets you reuse existing .NET libraries and share your business logic across iOS, Android, and Windows apps. During this session we cover the Xamarin platform and how to create native iOS, Android, and Windows apps in C#. See what's new and next for Xamarin development inside of Visual Studio.

Paige Bailey
Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate – Machine Learning and AI, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

The Microsoft AI platform allows developers and data scientists to create the next generation of applications that span an intelligent cloud, and an intelligent edge powered by AI. Learn how to use the comprehensive set of AI services, enterprise-grade AI infrastructure that run AI workloads anywhere at scale, and the modern AI productivity tools for developers and data scientists.

Thomas Maurer
Technology Lead & Microsoft MVP, itnetX

Session abstract

Microsoft released Azure Stack as an Azure appliance for your datacenter. Learn what Azure Stack is, what challenges it solves, how you deploy, manage and operate an Azure Stack in your datacenter. Learn about the features and services you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers and how you can build a true Hybrid Cloud experience. In this presentation Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP) will guide you through the highly anticipated innovations and experience during the Azure Stack Early Adaption Program and Azure Stack Technology Adoption Program (TAP).

Christoph Eberle
Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat

Session abstract

Container is a big hype in IT. Container platforms simplify application lifecycles. Modern application architectures drive digitalisation within enterprises providing flexible ways to provide new services. But - what does it need to operate containers at scale? What are technical and organisational challenges when adopting containers? In this session you will gain insights how Red Hat helps customers to successfully adopt container technology based on real-life examples.

Jörg Derungs
Principal Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Switzerland

Session abstract

GDPR affects everyone who collects data from users, customers, and employees who are from the European Union. In this session, you will learn firsthand from the developers of Microsoft’s social listening product group how you can improve your application to reduce the costs of GDPR related requests. Being GDPR compliant and empowering your customers to easily handle inquiries coming from their customers will give you a competitive advantage in the market!

Ruth Yakubu
Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

In this session I’ll share best practices and practical architectural patterns for building a cloud foundry infrastructure that is secure, robust and scales well. We’ll use a demo of Spring code running microservices on web apps and explore special considerations for both Virtual Machines and Docker containers. I’ll also discuss helpful cloud services that can be integrated into app infrastructures to offer more value. By the end of the session you should have a good overview of what a powerful cloud architecture needs to function and how that architecture can be adapted for the most common app scenarios.

Marko Hotti
Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

Power your data estate from On-Prem to Cloud including SQL Server on RHEL, Azure Data Services such as Cosmos DB, Big Data, Advance Analytics, Spark, Machine Learning ( with messaging from Intel supporting both On Prem and Azure).

Pieter de Bruin
Solution Engineer, Docker Inc.

Session abstract

Docker isn’t just for new microservices applications in containers. You can take existing applications and package them to run in Docker, without changing any source code. Packaging apps in Docker is a great way to make the move to the cloud. You can quickly build out your components as a set of images, and run them in containers locally to verify the solution works. Then you can spin up a Docker cluster in the cloud, and deploy your app using the exact same Docker artifacts that you use in dev. In this session I’ll demonstrate that process, taking an n-tier .NET application on my laptop and moving it to Azure.

Jeremy Likness
Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

ASP.NET Core is an open source and cross-platform web framework that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's lightweight and fast, and works great in containers. In this session we'll learn about ASP.NET Core's speed and flexibility for making web apps, web apis, and javascrpt-heavy single page applications. We'll see how ASP.NET Core lights up when deployed to Microsoft Azure with logging and Application Insights, dependency tracking and timing information. We'll also explore the ways you can deploy ASP.NET Core includes App Services and Azure Functions.

Marko Hotti
Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

Come and join this technical session and learn what’s new in SQL Server 2017. This demo heavy session will also deep dive into SQL Server 2017 on Linux and containers.

Mark Allibone
Head of Mobile & Microsoft MVP, Noser Engineering

Session abstract

Microsoft’s App Center combines build, analytics, testing and distribution or in other words all the necessary tooling for supporting your DevOps ambitions. Since all the services are hosted on Azure, app creators can boost their productivity and customer interactions in no time. In this talk we will dive into how you can leverage App Center for your needs and provide your customers with high quality apps.

Stefano Tempesta
VP of Intelligence & Microsoft MVP, Certain Six

Session abstract

Blockchain is an emerging technology for organizations to create and verify transactions, streamlining business processes, saving money, and reducing the potential for fraud. This session introduces Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) in Microsoft Azure to build a secured data structure and create a digital ledger that is shared between customers and businesses. By combining the openness of the internet with the security of cryptography, the BaaS solution provides everyone with a faster, safer way to perform peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries.

Michael Rüefli
Solutions Architect / Technology Lead & Microsoft MVP, itnetX

Session abstract

Serverless computing allows you to build and run applications and services without thinking about servers in the background. Serverless applications don't require you to provision, scale, and manage any servers. You can build them for nearly any type of application or backend service, and everything required to run and scale your application with high availability is handled for you. In this session you will learn how to leverage LogicApps, EventGrid und Azure Functions for a cost-, and ressource-effective automation of IT- and business processes.

Abel Wang
Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft Corp.

Session abstract

DevOps is the union of people, process and our products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users. This is ridiculously important in our world today but is very difficult to do right. Come see how to implement Zero to DevOps for any language targeting any platform with the Microsoft Stack. This talk features many war stories, real world successes as well as many fast-paced demos using C#, Java, Node, Containers etc.

Stefan Johner
Cloud Platform Manager & Microsoft MVP, Post Schweiz

Session abstract

IoT is on everyone's lips and Microsoft offers a comprehensive range of IoT solutions in the cloud. Azure IoT Hub is at the heart of these solutions and we will get to know it from a OSS perspective. After an introduction to Azure IoT, we will cover the basic functionalities of Azure IoT Hub as well as the concepts of device twins and direct methods. All based on a practical example. No Windows, no Powershell. Everything you need is Python, Visual Studio Code and a RaspberryPi.

Marcel Zehner
Corporate Ambassador & Microsoft MVP, itnetX

Session abstract

Azure offers tons of services to create awesome solutions for businesses. What now? Go to the marketplace and install some of the available offerings? This is what you should do ... NOT! When using Azure in production you first need to have a proper strategy how to deploy and manage resources in Azure, either for manual or automated deployments. Marcel, long-time Microsoft MVP and Microsoft RD shows you how to become a real professional when it comes to Azure resources management by demonstrating everything you need to know: ARM, ARM templates, resource governance, release pipelines and much more. Get inspired – become professional!

Guillaume Lebaud
Strategic Consultant, PROS

Session abstract

PROS combines Machine Learning, Azure based data analytics and latest Microsoft HoloLens device technology to deliver a completely different customer engagement. In this session, you will learn how PROS leverage Microsoft technologies to accelerate the digital transformation of your sales process. This session will focus on three topics : the importance of algorithmic and dynamic pricing, the support of machine learning to identify new opportunities and the power of HoloLens to disrupt customer engagement.

Fabian Gosebrink
Software Consultant & Microsoft MVP, Offering Solutions Software

Session abstract

If you want to start with Angular you have a lot of issues to face: The ecosystem, building your components and finally the architecture of your application. If you solved all those issues you have to put your application to production. In this talk Fabian Gosebrink will show you how to start your application right, how to use state management systems like ngrx in your application, setting up all parts and how you can deploy and run it on Azure in the end.