Brian McKeiver!

Microsoft Azure MVP; Co-Owner at BizStream

Bio!
Brian McKeiver is Co-Owner at BizStream, digital agency in Allendale, MI. At BizStream he is a solution architect, visionary, Microsoft Azure MVP, Kentico Xperience MVP, and Kontent.ai MVP. He has over 20 years of experience leading his agency of more than 35 employees, about a hundred clients spread out across North America, and one heck of an interesting story of how it all started from a two-person team. In addition to his expertise in web development, cloud, integration, and digital marketing, Brian is active with the tech community via his blog at Mcbeev.com.
Session!

How to Build Your Own Copilot for .NET Devs


Curious about building your own AI-powered assistant, but not sure where to start? Join me for a deep dive into Microsoft's Azure AI services. We will review which approach in Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel SDK, and Copilot Studio fits best for various scenarios. The talk aims to strip away complexities and simplify the learning curve of choosing the right tool for you. We’ll focus on practical demonstrations, including quickly deploying a model, building AI agents, and showing how options for code orchestration functions. We'll also explore integration with Azure OpenAI services, highlighting how these resources work together. Ultimately, discover how to build such a good Copilot that it might take your job... but probably won’t.
Where/When?

Time:
9:30 AM

Room:
Hulk