// Git and GitHub for the Data Professional

You've heard of GitHub. You've heard of GitHub Actions. You've heard of Azure. But how can GitHub Actions help you deploy your workloads to Azure? In this demo-filled, action-packed session, we will Introduce GitHub and GitHub Actions, Cover the fundamentals on what you need to know to build a GitHub Action Workflow, Identify resources that you can use to continue your journey in using GitHub Actions to deploy to Azure

You may be familiar with GitHub for your own Open Source (OSS) projects. But, did you know that you can use those same practices internally for your end-to-end development using GitHub Enterprise? Join Chris for a whistle-stop tour into GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Actions, GitHub Copilot and how you can bring DevSecOps best practices into your day-to-day work!

Azure RBAC is a critical security control — but managing custom role definitions manually is error-prone, hard to audit, and doesn't scale. In this episode, Chris is joined by Marcel Lupo, DevOps MVP and Solutions Architect, who demonstrates how GitHub Actions can automate the full lifecycle of custom Azure RBAC role definitions. This session goes beyond typical developer workflows to show how GitHub can serve as the governance backbone for your Azure security posture — with role definitions version-controlled, reviewed via pull requests, and deployed through automated pipelines.