Julia Muiruri
Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
Nairobi, Kenya
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Julia Muiruri is a Microsoft Cloud Advocate, passionate about technology and enjoys experimenting with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and developer tools on Application development experiences. She works in a team that empowers the next generation of developers to learn new skills in moving their applications to the cloud. Julia started her Microsoft journey as a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, earning the prestigious Gold Ambassador title for her dedication to upskilling other students in her community.
Outside of upskilling the world, Julia also spends her time volunteering in hackathons as a mentor or participant to be at the forefront of changing the world through tech innovation.
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Take full control of AI APIs with Azure API Management
Join me in this session to discover how to harness the power of Azure API Management to expose Azure OpenAI services effectively. You'll learn about the new GenAI capabilities in API Management to manage token allocation, distribute load across multiple model deployments, and gain actionable insights into token usage across your intelligent application portfolio.
GitHub Copilot as an AI Agent in the Developer Workflow
See how GitHub Copilot acts as an AI agent in real-world development workflows—planning, executing multi-step tasks, and integrating seamlessly into engineering processes. Discover how Copilot can boost team productivity, accelerate software development, and support best practices. Go beyond autocomplete with practical, real-world examples that demonstrate measurable impact within your organization.
Elevate Your API Game: From Chaos to Control with Azure API Center
Dive into the dynamic world of Azure API Center, where your organization's APIs come together in a unified, centralized hub. In this session, I'll show you how to transform API management by enhancing discovery, governance, and reuse. Whether you're starting fresh or looking to optimize, I’ll guide you on creating a cohesive API inventory, streamlining API workflows, and integrating with tools like Visual Studio Code.
Join me to unlock the full potential of your APIs and elevate your development process from good to extraordinary.
Develop and Deploy AI Agents with AI Toolkit & Azure AI Foundry
Join this session to rapidly prototype and fine-tune AI agents locally, connect them to an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for real-world tool integrations, and then deploy your agents directly from VS Code into Azure AI Foundry—all in one seamless workflow, without leaving your favorite editor!
Build and launch AI agents fast with GitHub Models and Azure AI Foundry
Build and ship AI agents faster with GitHub Models and Azure. Prototype with open models, scale with Azure AI Foundry models, and streamline workflows using the AI Toolkit in VS Code. Experiment with models and prompts, evaluate agent responses, then move from prototype to cloud with cutting-edge developer tools.
GitHub Copilot Unleashed: A Journey into AI-Assisted Development
AI-assisted coding is more than just hype. GitHub Copilot, with its powerful capabilities, has the potential to revolutionize how we write code. However, like any tool, understanding how to use it effectively is crucial. In this session, we’ll dive into the practical techniques that will help you harness the full potential of GitHub Copilot.
Copilot Café: Brewing Code with a Dash of Artificial Intelligence
AI-assisted coding is more than just hype. But like every powerful tool, knowing how to use GitHub Copilot correctly is key to getting the most out of it. Join this session to learn how Copilot works, some best practices and what AI can realistically do for developers in the real world. We'll cover copilot benefits for developers such as code pairing: Copilot isn’t just a solo act, It’s the ultimate coding buddy, Code with confidence, Boosted developer productivity, Code diversity and even cover the reality of GitHub Copilot limitations
GitHub Copilot will change how you write code; but only if you are curious, creative, and you continue to think critically. AI is only as good as the developer who wields it.
Ctrl+Alt+RAG: A Shortcut to Intelligent Chats
Get ready for a mind-blowing journey into the thrilling world of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). We will unravel the puzzle behind RAG - a fusion of pre-trained language models and information retrieval systems.
What awaits you:
- The RAG Blueprint: We’ll dissect the inner workings of RAG!
- Quest for Context: Learn how RAG seamlessly blends context from your data with creativity from the future
- Hands-on Magic: Live code-walkthrough of an end-to-end customer ChatGPT + Enterprise experience
Why Attend:
- For Developers: Elevate your chatbot game from “Hello, World!” to “Greetings, intergalactic traveler! How may I assist you?” 🌏🚀
- For Data Scientists & AI Enthusiasts: Unleash RAG’s potential to predict user intent, answer queries, and even compose poetry (because why not?). 📊📝
Data API Builder: The Ultimate Solution for Fast and Effortless API Development
APIs are the backbone of modern software development, but they can be a headache to create and maintain. Traditional API development requires a lot of coding, testing, and debugging, which slows down your project and increases your costs.
What if you could create APIs in minutes, without writing too much code? Data API Builder (DAB) is a tool that lets you create REST and GraphQL APIs with ease. DAB allows you to define your data model, generate your API endpoints, and connect to your data sources in minutes. DAB also provides features such as authentication, authorization, caching, logging, and monitoring, to ensure your APIs are secure, reliable, and scalable.
In this session, I will show you how to use DAB to create robust APIs by adding a REST API to an existing shopping planner react application IN MINUTES. You will learn how to leverage DAB’s power and simplicity to create APIs that drive innovation and solve business problems, all while reducing development time and costs.
Will AI really take my job? - A Call for Complete Developer Mindshift!
AI is changing how we develop software. AI tools can generate, complete, debug, optimize, and review code. But how do you use them effectively and responsibly? How do you enhance your creativity and productivity, without losing your identity and autonomy as a developer?
In this session, you will learn about the current state of AI tools for software development, and how they can help you at distinct stages of your career, which may include.
- Starting off as a newbie developer
- Increasing your confidence as a junior developer
- Delivering higher quality work after a promotion to senior developer
You will also discover the challenges and opportunities of working with AI as a co-creator, and how to adopt a new mindset that embraces AI as a partner, not a competitor.
Join me, as we walk through a new world of AI and developers co-existing to accelerate innovation through short demos on AI code generation/ completion tools, debugging and documentation tools and code review tools.
Julia Muiruri
Cloud Advocate at Microsoft
Nairobi, Kenya
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