Workshop Schedule for Dom-Daniel

Clock 11:00
11:00

Speaker

David Manvelyan

The Sheriff in the Cloud: Enforcing Compliance via Azure Policy

Take command of your cloud environment by implementing precise restrictions and automated guardrails with Azure Policy.

Clock 11:40
11:40

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Unified Customer Conversations Across Every Channel

Discover how to design unified communication solutions that span multiple messaging platforms using Azure Communication Services. This session demonstrates integrating WhatsApp Business, Telegram bots, and Microsoft Teams chat into a single orchestration layer. You’ll see how to manage identities, message routing, and consistency across channels. The focus is on scalable, real-world architectures for omnichannel communication.

Clock 12:20
12:20

Speaker

Suren Edilyan

Real-Time Natural Language Analytics for iGaming Player Behavior

This presentation showcases how real-time natural language analytics can be used to understand and predict iGaming player behavior. Using Microsoft Fabric IQ as a SaaS data analytics platform, we demonstrate how streaming and textual data can be analyzed to extract insights across operational, behavioral, and business dimensions.

Clock 13:00
13:00

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

From Telemetry to Insight: Prompt-Driven Analytics

Discover how natural language prompts can transform raw telemetry into actionable insights without complex queries or dashboards. This session demonstrates how prompt-driven analytics convert operational data into clear, decision-ready intelligence at scale.

Clock 13:40
13:40

Speaker

Suren Edilyan

Streaming Poker Data Real-Time Analytics with Microsoft Fabric Eventstream and KQL

This session demonstrates how to build an end-to-end real-time analytics pipeline for streaming poker data using Microsoft Fabric Eventstream and KQL. We walk through setting up the Fabric environment, ingesting data via the Real-Time Hub, publishing an Eventstream, and analyzing live data with KQL queries and real-time dashboards.

Clock 14:20
14:20

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

Real-Time Game Analytics from Visual Data: Card Recognition and OCR

Discover how visual data can unlock a new layer of real-time analytics for iGaming platforms through a poker game use case. This session demonstrates how computer vision and OCR convert on-screen poker gameplay into actionable insights using scalable, cloud-native AI services.

Clock 15:00
15:00

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

From Code to Cloud with Azure and Azure Pipelines

This session walks through the complete journey from source code to production using Microsoft Azure and Azure Pipelines. You’ll learn how to structure pipelines, manage infrastructure as code, and automate testing and deployments. The focus is on real-world CI/CD patterns for modern cloud-native applications. Ideal for teams modernizing their delivery workflows.

Clock 15:40
15:40

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

Automating Telemetry Analytics with FARA AI Agent

Discover how AI-driven automation can streamline iGaming telemetry analysis by executing analytics workflows directly from natural language prompts. This session demonstrates how a FARA AI Agent automatically interacts with dashboards, runs analytics queries, and generates downloadable insights, reducing manual effort and accelerating operational decision-making.

Clock 11:00
11:00

Speaker

Suren Edilyan

Real-Time iGaming Data Monitoring and Business Recommendations with AI Agent

This presentation explores how real-time iGaming data can be monitored and transformed into actionable business recommendations using AI Agents built with Microsoft AI Foundry.

Clock 11:40
11:40

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Embedding Real-Time Voice & Video into Your Apps for Exceptional Customer Support

Learn how to build cloud-native VoIP and calling solutions using Azure Communication Services. This session covers core concepts such as call automation, PSTN integration, media flows, and identity management. You’ll see how to design reliable, low-latency calling architectures suitable for enterprise and customer-facing scenarios. Practical guidance and demo-ready patterns are included.

Clock 12:20
12:20

Speaker

David Manvelyan

The AI Operator: Conversational SRE Agent for Streamlining Incident and Cloud Management

Experience the next generation of cloud operations with the Azure SRE Agent, a conversational assistant designed to simplify your day-to-day workflows. Discover how this intelligent agent transforms complex operational tasks into seamless, natural language interactions.

Clock 13:00
13:00

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

AI-Driven Player Behavior Profiling in iGaming

Discover how game analytics can be elevated into actionable player behavior insights that drive personalization, ethical gaming, and risk management. This session shows how AI-powered profiling builds on visual and gameplay data to support smarter decision-making and scalable business outcomes.

Clock 13:40
13:40

Speaker

Suren Edilyan

Detecting Player & Dealer Anomalies, Tilt, and Collusion

This presentation provides a high-level overview of how data analytics and AI can be used to detect unusual player and dealer behavior in gaming environments with the help of Microsoft AI capabilities in Azure.

Clock 14:20
14:20

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Making Code More Functional with GitHub Copilot

Explore how GitHub Copilot can help refactor imperative code into more functional, predictable designs. This session focuses on replacing exception-driven logic with explicit success and failure modeling and composable results. You’ll see how Copilot assists with refactoring, pattern discovery, and consistency across a codebase. The result is more testable, resilient, and readable code.

Clock 15:00
15:00

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

From Manual QA to Autonomous Testing: FARA AI Agent in CI/CD

Discover how FARA AI Agent can automate end-to-end testing across CI/CD pipelines by interacting with applications the same way real users do. This session shows how AI-driven computer-use agents execute tests, validate workflows, and improve release reliability while significantly reducing manual testing effort in DevOps environments.

Clock 15:40
15:40

Speaker

Garegin Gasparyan

Publishing and Securing On-Prem Web Applications Using Microsoft Entra Application Proxy

Securely publish on-premises web applications to internal, remote, and partner users without exposing them to the internet, while enforcing Zero Trust controls through identity-based access, Conditional Access policies, and full auditing.

Clock 16:20
16:20

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Azure MCP Server Integration with GitHub Copilot

This session introduces integrating an Azure-hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server with GitHub Copilot to deliver context-aware AI assistance. You’ll learn how to expose APIs, schemas, and operational knowledge so Copilot understands your system, not just your code. The talk covers architecture, security boundaries, and practical use cases. Ideal for organizations building internal AI-powered developer platforms.

Clock 11:00
11:00

Speaker

Julieta Gasparyan

Balancing Cost and Quality Trade-offs with Microsoft Foundry’s Model Router

Discover how iGaming and enterprise teams can balance AI performance and cost without compromising business outcomes. This session demonstrates how Microsoft Foundry’s Model Router dynamically selects the right AI model for each workload, optimizing quality, latency, and spend at scale.

Clock 11:40
11:40

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Sending Verifiable Emails at Scale with Proof and Insight

This session explores how to extend Azure Communication Services Email beyond its out-of-the-box capabilities using custom ACS Extensions. You’ll learn how to build an API gateway that intercepts email flows to enable full logging, campaign tracking, and advanced analytics. The talk covers real-world architecture patterns, SQL-based persistence, and observability strategies. Ideal for teams that need enterprise-grade email compliance and insight.

Clock 12:20
12:20

Speaker

David Manvelyan

Inoculating the Platform: Why We Break Things to Stay Unbreakable

Elevate your platform's reliability by embracing the power of intentional, controlled disruptions. We’ll explore how to use Azure Chaos Studio to test your environment, gaining critical visibility into how your systems react and recover under real-world pressure.

Clock 13:00
13:00

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

AI-Powered SQL Server Development with GitHub Copilot

Learn how GitHub Copilot enhances Microsoft SQL Server development inside modern tooling such as VS Code. This session covers schema-aware query generation, query optimization, and refactoring existing SQL safely. You’ll see how Copilot helps developers move faster while preserving performance and correctness. Perfect for developers and DBAs working in hybrid DevOps environments.

Clock 13:40
13:40

Speaker

Garegin Gasparyan

Zero-Trust Access to On-Prem Servers and Applications with Microsoft Entra Private Access

Securely provide internal users with access to on-premises applications and network resources without using a VPN, using identity-aware connectivity on Entra-joined or hybrid-joined devices. Access is granted on a per-resource basis, enabling granular control, reduced attack surface, and full auditing and visibility of all access activity.

Clock 14:20
14:20

Speaker

Karen Tazayan

Developing Unit Tests with GitHub Copilot

This session shows how GitHub Copilot can accelerate and improve unit test development in modern .NET applications. You’ll learn how to generate meaningful test cases, edge-case coverage, and mocks directly from production code. The focus is on writing maintainable, intention-revealing tests rather than boilerplate. Ideal for teams looking to raise code quality without slowing delivery.