Live! 360 Events

Visual Studio Live! Agenda

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Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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7:00am - 8:00am Registration • Coffee and Morning Pastries

8:00am - 9:00am Visual Studio Live! Keynote: To Be Announced

9:15am - 10:30am VST01 Building Web Applications with ASP.NET Core

Philip Japikse

9:15am - 10:30am VST02 A Structured Technique for Observing and Learning from Users

Billy Hollis

9:15am - 10:30am VST03 Branches That Don’t Suck: Smarter Strategies for Modern Dev Teams

Benjamin Day

9:15am - 10:30am VST04 To Be Announced

10:30am - 11:00am Networking Break • Visit the EXPO Lounge

11:00am - 12:00pm Live! 360 Keynote: Anybody Can Use Agents & AI to Build Anything

12:00pm - 12:45pm Lunch • Visit the EXPO Lounge

1:30pm - 1:50pm VST05 Fast Focus: Mocking with Moq: A Quick Guide to Smarter Unit Tests

Benjamin Day

1:30pm - 1:50pm VST06 Fast Focus: API Documentation

Philip Japikse

1:30pm - 1:50pm VST07 Fast Focus: What's New in EF Core

Jim Wooley

1:30pm - 1:50pm VST08 Fast Focus: Git Tips & Tricks in 20 Minutes

Mickey Gousset

2:00pm - 2:20pm VST09 Fast Focus: Azure DevOps vs. GitHub - Which Do You Choose

Brian A. Randell

2:00pm - 2:20pm VST10 Fast Focus: Modern Web UI Showdown

Allen Conway

2:00pm - 2:20pm VST11 Fast Focus: Visibility Is a Technical Skill

Tony Champion

2:00pm - 2:20pm VST12 Fast Focus: Doing Fun Things with Unsafe Code

Jason Bock

2:20pm - 2:45pm Networking Break • Visit the EXPO Lounge

2:45pm - 4:00pm VST13 Visual Studio Tips & Tricks

Mads Kristensen

2:45pm - 4:00pm VST14 Build a UI for Your AI Chat Bot

Rockford Lhotka

2:45pm - 4:00pm VST15 Agentic DevOps with GitHub and Azure DevOps: What Actually Works in 2026

Brian A. Randell

2:45pm - 4:00pm VST16 To Be Announced

4:15pm - 5:30pm VST17 Advanced UI in the Browser with the Uno Platform

Billy Hollis

4:15pm - 5:30pm VST18 Fear and (Self) Loathing in IT – A Healthy Discussion on Imposter Syndrome

Angela Dugan

4:15pm - 5:30pm VST19 Too Late for TDD? Start Test Eventually Development Now

Jim Wooley

4:15pm - 5:30pm VST20 What's New in C#

Jason Bock

5:30pm - 7:00pm Live! 360 Welcome Reception