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Azure Arc extends the use of Azure Services beyond the Azure cloud. With Azure Arc you are able to deploy and monitor Azure services in your own datacentres or other cloud providers. This event will focus on Azure Application Services and how they can be deployed outside of Azure through Kubernetes with Azure Arc.

Migrating a legacy .NET application to Azure is rarely as simple as "lift and shift." Jonah Andersson — Microsoft MVP for Azure — shares candid lessons from a real-world cloud migration that became a cautionary tale, not because of Azure, but due to unresolved technical debt, database complexity, and organisational readiness gaps. Discover the critical questions every team should answer before committing to the cloud, and what Jonah would do differently today.

Quantum computing promises to solve problems that classical computers simply cannot — from cryptography and drug discovery to large-scale optimisation. In this session, Chris is joined by Johnny Hooybergs, .NET consultant and author of "Introducing Microsoft Quantum Computing for Developers", to demystify quantum computing for software developers. Johnny explains qubits, superposition, entanglement, and quantum gates, then demonstrates practical examples in Microsoft Q# and Python on both a local simulator and real Azure Quantum hardware, including Azure Quantum Inspired Optimization (QIO).

Chris is joined by LaBrina Loving, Developer Advocate for Gaming at Microsoft, who shares her journey from twenty years of .NET and enterprise development into the world of game development. The episode covers growing cloud adoption among game studios, the key technical differences between enterprise and game development (latency, UDP vs TCP), how enterprise development skills transfer directly to gaming, and practical tips for any developer considering the leap.

Migrating to the Cloud is more than just deciding which technology you want to adopt, or building out the appropriate architectures for your implementation. There is a significant amount of planning needed before you take your initial steps. For example, the initial migration process, establishing a foundation for your ongoing governance, and the wider management of expectations from your business, as well as establishing team structure and responsibilities. This is where the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework comes in.

Most organizations undergoing digital transformation are moving through maturity stages — from localized, monolithic setups toward agile, cloud-native, data-driven platforms. But what does it take to architect that journey? In this session, Asanka Abesinghe shares a practical framework covering the six design principles of digitally-driven organizations (decentralized, lean-agile, open standards, customer-centric, cloud-native, and data-driven), how to layer business, information, application, and technology architecture, and the evolving role of the architect as an organizational bridge between business strategy and technical execution. From the build-vs-buy decision to maturity-model road-mapping, this is an essential session for architects leading or contributing to enterprise transformation programmes.

Cloud migration is as much a people and process challenge as it is a technical one — a fact underscored by a 2020 Cloud Security Alliance study in which 90% of respondents reported a failed migration. In this episode, Chris is joined by Suzanne Tedrick, Azure Infrastructure Specialist at Microsoft and award-winning author of 'Women of Color in Tech', to explore how the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework provides a holistic, structured path to successful migrations. From governance and stakeholder alignment to multi-cloud strategy, this conversation covers the critical foundations every organisation needs before and during their cloud journey.

Chris Reddington is joined by Ivo, a cloud evangelist based in Belgium with hands-on experience transforming one of the country's largest telco providers. They explore how telecommunications companies are leveraging Azure to evolve from traditional connectivity providers into platform-scale service businesses — covering 5G, IoT, edge computing, AI/ML, Azure Arc, security, compliance, and the cultural challenges of cloud adoption in a regulated industry.

Chris Reddington is joined by Lee Williams to explore game streaming — the technology that streams a game to your device from cloud-hosted infrastructure, rather than running it locally. The episode covers how cloud economies of scale make low-latency game delivery viable, the consumer shift toward subscription models (Xbox Game Pass, Google Stadia), what the streaming model means for game creators building games as living services, and the future of multi-device gaming experiences.

When COVID-19 forced the vOpen.Tech conference to pivot from a physical event to a fully virtual one, the organising team had fewer than two weeks to build a production-ready registration and identity system — with minimal budget. In this episode, Chris is joined by Facundo La Rocca (Faku), a .NET developer and conference organiser from Buenos Aires, who shares how Azure AD B2C became the silver bullet that made it possible: delivering a scalable, secure IAM platform with almost no custom code, at no cost, in under a fortnight.