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George Kosmidis

George Kosmidis

Microsoft MVP | Cloud Solutions Architect | .NET Software Engineer

Munich, Germany

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George is an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect and .NET Software Engineer with over two decades in the field. Originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, where he earned a bachelor's in applied informatics and associate degrees in software and network engineering, he now resides in Munich, Germany.

As a recognized Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, George is deeply involved in the Microsoft community. He founded the "Munich .NET Meetup," which has grown to over 1,700 members. George also shares his expertise at conferences and user groups, writes blog posts, contributes to open-source projects on GitHub, and supports the next generation of innovators as a judge and mentor for the Microsoft Imagine Cup.

George works for Slalom, a highly reputable global consulting firm with over 12,000 employees worldwide where he brings his knowledge and experience, contributing to Slaloms' mission of delivering innovative and impactful solutions to clients across the globe.

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Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Azure
  • Csharp
  • .NET
  • ASP.NET Core Web API
  • Azure DevOps
  • C#
  • Microservices
  • OpenAI
  • Microsoft OpenAI
  • Microsoft MVP
  • GitHub

.NET Aspire

Let's meet with .NET Aspire, a forward-thinking, opinionated stack designed specifically for the development of distributed applications that are ready for the cloud environment.

GitHub Copilot - Productivity Revolution

Join me for an engaging session as we delve into the world of GitHub Copilot and explore how it integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio Code to revolutionize coding workflows. We've got a cool agenda lined up, with just three slides but lots of code and live experimentation!
Lets find the limits of Copilot and test how much helpful it really is!

Using Azure OpenAI to create Marv!

In this session we will talk about Marv, a reluctant and sarcastic bot that was build using Azure OpenAI, Azure Funtcions and a static web apo for the frontend!

Azure Static Web Apps, Github Actions and a Blog Builder

Use Azure Static Web Apps, Github Actions and Geko.BlogBuilder to build, deploy and host a super SEO optimized blog for free!

Using Azure DevOps to build and deploy a Docker image to Azure

In this session we will see how to use Azure DevOps to build and then publish a docker image as an Azure App Service, using Azure Container Registry.

Using Github and Azure DevOps to publish to Nuget.org

In this session we will cover:
• Create a dummy .NET Core library and parameterize it
• Push it to Github.com, setup branches and take a quick tour of some of the Github settings
• Setup Azure Pipeline to build, test and deploy
• Test our solution, push some updates!

Introduction into Quantum Computing with Q#

Join for a journey into the extraordinary Quantum Computing, where we will fist talk about some of the spooky properties of elementary particles, line superposition and entanglement, and then we will build our first Quantum Program!

In order to do that, we will install Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit and use Q# to create a random number generator with an upper limit bigger than the number of the atoms in the universe. At the end, we will learn how to consume Q# libraries, like the one created, from a C# or F# app.

A Hello World with Microsoft’s Machine Learning framework, ML.NET

In this hands on session we will explore what Machine Learning is, and create a predictor for the global average temperature using real data from kaggle.com

Create and publish a Blazor Component as Nuget Package

In this session we will create together a simple Blazor Component which will publish as a Nuget package using Azure DevOps

Create a weather widget - your first Blazor Component!

In this session we will create together a Blazor Weather Widget which can be published as a Nuget package using Azure DevOps

Deploying and securing Azure FrontDoor with Function Apps

In this session we will learn how to deploy Azure Frontdoor with a Function App that lives a happy and safe life in a subnet. In doing so, we will also learn how to use federated credentials to deploy to Azure from Github.

Designing and Hosting a simple microservice architecture (without Kubernetes!)

In this session we will learn how to break a problem into subdomains, design the architecture, and organise Azure and Github for the engineering teams

Azure Function Apps with .NET

Will it be C# Script, dotnet in-proc, or dotnet out-of-proc?
Lets explore the possibilities and learn how to choose the write one!

An Azure Function connecting to a CosmosDB using RBAC

Learn how to write an Azure Function in C# that connects to CosmosDB using RBAC, plus the supporting infrastructure (Azure Function, Azure Storage, CosmosDB, Azure KeyVault, App Insights and RBAC setup) written in bicep.

Sustainability: Carbon Aware Azure Functions

Learn how to use the Carbon-Aware SDK to create and deploy Carbon Aware Azure Functions, that wakeup and process their payload only during the greener times for their regions.

End2End: Azure Function to CosmosDB, C# & IaC, Github & YAML, IAM & RBAC

Learn how to write an Azure Function in C# that connects to CosmosDB using RBAC, plus the supporting infrastructure (Azure Function, Azure Storage, CosmosDB, Azure KeyVault, App Insights and RBAC setup). We will explore Azure Functions, Azure Portal, Github and IaC with bicep.

Semantic Kernel

Semantic Kernel is a lightweight, open-source Software Development Kit (SDK) designed to enable the integration of AI capabilities with existing code through plugins.

Wanna see how? Then join this session and lets meet Semantic Kernel!

Web Developer Conference '22 Sessionize Event

September 2022 Hamburg, Germany

Developer Week '22 Sessionize Event

July 2022 Nürnberg, Germany

Global Azure 2022 Sessionize Event

May 2022

DEVCON 6 Sessionize Event

January 2022

Global Azure Virtual 2021, Greece Sessionize Event

April 2021

IT Pro|Dev Connections 2020 Sessionize Event

December 2020

George Kosmidis

Microsoft MVP | Cloud Solutions Architect | .NET Software Engineer

Munich, Germany

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