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Brian Randell

Brian Randell

Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Brian A. Randell is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub where he works to ensure GitHub can help everyon deliver solutions faster and more securely. For more than 30 years, he has been building software solutions. As a Partner at MCW Technologies, he educated teams on Microsoft technologies via writing and training—both in-person and on-demand. He’s been a consultant for companies small and large, worldwide, including Fortune 100 companies like Microsoft. Brian is a passionate software craftsman who still enjoys coding as he helps teams to improve their processes from idea to release. He was a Microsoft MVP for 18 years and has co-authored books, written magazine articles, and more. When not working, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife, two children, dog, and extended family.

Area of Expertise

  • Business & Management
  • Finance & Banking
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Media & Information
  • Travel & Tourism

Topics

  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • GitHub
  • Github Copilot
  • Azure DevOps
  • Azure
  • Azure App Service
  • SQL Server
  • SQL Server Data Tools
  • Database DevOps
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • PowerShell
  • C#
  • Hyper-V
  • Virtualization
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure Pipelines
  • Git
  • Copilot
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Copilot Studio
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Copilot/AI
  • AI / Copilot
  • Copilot Extensibility
  • Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Platform Engineering
  • Testing and Quality
  • Test Automation
  • Agile Testing

Azure Boards vs. GitHub Projects & Issues – Fight!

In this championship for the heavyweight boxer of the world … wait wrong event. 😁 In this demo-packed session, Brian, a former 17-year Azure DevOps MVP and former GitHub Developer Relations employee will dive deep and provide opinionated answers to your questions about which technology you should pick to manage your software development projects. Whether you use big “A” agile, Scrum, Kanban, or YOLO, you’ll see how Azure Boards and GitHub Projects & Issues work inside and out. From ease of use to API support, he’ll bring the praise and the shame to each product so you can make the right choice for you, your team, and your organization. And because it’s the age of AI, he’ll cover how agents and Copilot fit into the ring.

Brian Randell

Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub

Los Angeles, California, United States

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