Christopher Gill
Cloud Architect| Microsoft Azure MVP | MCT | Learn-it-all | Blogger | Mentor | Speaker | Diversity & Inclusion Ally
Rochester, New York, United States
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My name is Christopher Gill and I am a learn-it-all with a combined 20 years of experience in Cloud Design and Administration, Enterprise Architecture, DevOps, and App management. I currently hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from St. Bonaventure University and maintain over 30 technology industry certifications. I am passionate about learning and growing a community of experts and am frequently found on social media sharing best practices and experiences helping others be successful in their Datacenter and Cloud management journeys.
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Implementing Security with Azure AI Foundry
As organizations increasingly adopt AI to accelerate innovation, the need to embed security from the ground up has never been more critical. In this session, we’ll explore how Azure AI Foundry can be a strategic enabler of secure-by-design application development. You’ll learn how to integrate Azure’s latest intelligent security services and recommended features into the AI solution lifecycle, from prompt engineering to deployment.
Whether you’re a cloud architect, developer, or security lead, this session will help you map AI innovation to Zero Trust principles while navigating real-world challenges like model integrity, secure data pipelines, and compliance in the AI era.
From Black Box to Glass Box: Observability in Azure AI Foundry
As AI systems move from proof of concept to production, observability becomes essential—not just for performance, but for trust, compliance, and continuous improvement. This session demystifies observability in the context of Azure AI Foundry, giving you the practical tools to monitor, trace, and govern complex AI workloads across training, fine-tuning, deployment, and inference.
You’ll explore how to instrument your AI stack with Monitoring, model leaderboards, tracing, AI Red Team Agent, governance and optimization techniques to maintain visibility and control. This is your blueprint for making the AI lifecycle transparent, auditable, and resilient—from the inside out.
Unleashing Real-Time Intelligence Superpowers in Data Analytics with AI and Microsoft Fabric
Step into the world where AI is the ultimate superhero revolutionizing the data analytics landscape. At the heart of our mission lies Microsoft Fabric, the secret lair where business and technical users harness their powers. Join us as we embark on an adventure through real-world scenarios, showcasing the incredible feats achieved by combining Microsoft Fabric with AI.
Enhanced Data Insights: See how AI, our data superhero, uncovers hidden patterns and insights, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence.
Customer Interaction Analysis: Witness AI in action as it analyzes customer interactions with lightning speed and accuracy, providing a 360-degree view of your audience.
Custom Machine Learning Models: Learn how AI crafts bespoke machine learning models, tailored to your unique needs, empowering your team to conquer any data challenge.
Whether you're a data crusader or a tech wizard, join us to unlock the full potential of AI and take your data analytics to heroic heights.
Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is a cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) solution that provides comprehensive visibility into permissions assigned to all identities (users and workloads), actions, and resources across cloud infrastructures.
Integrate your power platform with SOC
Keeping your apps and data safe is more important than ever. In this session, we’ll show you how to connect Microsoft Sentinel with the Power Platform to build a strong and smart security system.
We’ll guide you step-by-step on how to set up this integration with a Security Operations Center (SOC). You’ll learn how Sentinel can track activities, spot potential threats, and respond quickly to keep your data protected.
We’ll also share simple tips and tricks to improve your security. Whether you’re working on a small app or managing a large system, you’ll discover easy ways to strengthen your defenses and make your setup more secure.
This session will explain how this integration can improve not just your security but also how you manage your platform.
Whether you’re new to Microsoft Sentinel or have used it before, this session will give you the tools and knowledge to better protect your Power Platform apps.
The ABC's of Christmas Continuity
Ho Ho hold on to your Santa hats! Dive into the festive realm of Azure Business Continuity with our spirited session, "The ABCs of Christmas Continuity". As the holiday cheer ramps up, so does the need to ensure your business stays as jolly as old Saint Nick, even in the face of unexpected hiccups.
Join us for a sleigh ride through the snow-covered landscape of the Azure Business Continuity Center (currently in its magical preview phase). Just like Rudolph guides Santa's sleigh, we'll guide you through the best practices and innovative features designed to keep your operations as smooth as Santa's yearly flight.
Expect a stocking full of fun, laughter, and a sprinkle of holiday cheer as we unwrap:
A: Azure's top-tier tools for maintaining merriness and avoiding any Grinch-like disruptions.
B: Best practices to ensure your business sleigh bells keep ringing, even during a blizzard of technical challenges.
C: Creative continuity solutions that’ll make even the busiest elves green with envy.
Whether you're a tech novice or a seasoned pro, this session will deck your halls with knowledge and strategies to keep your business jingle-jangling through any storm. With a touch of humor and a lot of heart, we'll ensure your holiday season is bright, merry, and continuous.
Get ready to:
Ensure your business stays on the "Nice" list.
Discover how Azure can safeguard your holiday operations.
Laugh, learn, and leave with a sack full of practical insights.
Don’t miss out on this magical journey through the Azure Business Continuity Center – because when it comes to your business, we're committed to a "no-coal-in-the-stockings" policy!
Achieving Phishing-resistant Passwordless Protection with Passkeys
Join us for an enlightening session on “Achieving Phishing-resistant Passwordless Protection with Passkeys,” where we’ll dive into the future of cybersecurity. Say goodbye to the era of complex passwords and hello to a seamless, secure login experience.
Session Highlights:
Unlock the Power of Passkeys: Discover how passkeys offer a more secure alternative to traditional passwords, protecting against phishing attacks.
Seamless Integration: Learn how to integrate passkeys into your existing security framework with minimal disruption.
User Experience Redefined: Experience how passkeys can simplify user authentication without compromising on security.
Live Demonstration: Witness a live demo of setting up and using passkeys across different platforms.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to revolutionize your security measures with passkeys and lead the charge towards a passwordless future!
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Overview
This session delves into the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, cloud-native application protection platform that is designed to protect cloud-based applications from cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
“Creative responses to Letters to Santa using Azure OpenAI
Do you want to make your children’s Christmas more magical and memorable? Do you want to surprise them with personalized and witty replies from Santa Claus? Do you want to learn how to use Azure OpenAI to generate natural language content that is engaging and relevant? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this session is for you!
In this session, you will learn how to use Azure OpenAI, a cloud-based service that provides access to powerful artificial intelligence models, such as GPT-3/4 and ChatGPT, that can generate text on any topic. You will see how to use Azure OpenAI to create creative responses to Letters to Santa, using real examples from children around the world. You will also learn how to customize the tone, style, and content of the responses, using various parameters and techniques. By the end of this session, you will be able to create your own Letters from Santa that will delight your children and make their Christmas more special.
The Powerful Multitool: Power Platform and Microsoft Graph
Looking for a powerful productivity multitool that fits in your back pocket? Join us as we demonstrate using Microsoft Graph API, connectors, and Data Connect to power and extend Microsoft 365 experiences while working together to build unique, intelligent applications within Power Platform.
Not all mentors wear capes!
Come join us as we host a lively panel discussion on how to sustain rewarding mentorships that help others to change the outcome of their career and lives! Topics covered include but are not limited to: how to get started as a mentor, how to set expectations, how to budget both time and resources, and finally how to not overlook our own events and obligations as additional opportunities for growth and mentorship.
Sharing is Caring: How to plan live streaming your content
We will share tips, best practices, and actions for anyone looking to get started with planning your content, branding, and live streaming engaging and actionable videos. While we will discuss how we achieve this as a team, you can also achieve this individually by having a textable tribe to support and keep you honest.
Microsoft Zero Trust
Microsoft has adopted a modern approach to security called “Zero Trust,” which is based on the principle: never trust, always verify.
12 Festive Mental Focus Tips
Feeling distracted, lost, or languishing with things that you want to accomplish especially BEFORE the holidays? This blog article will share an actionable list of 12 festive Mental Focus tips and tools that will help you improve your focus and inspire healthy habits!
"Yule" Learn Azure Monitor Log Analytics
Showing tips, tricks, and best practices for workspace design and access control within Azure Monitor Log Analytics, including some handy and reusable queries
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