Speaker

Jim Wilcox

Jim Wilcox

The Granite State Hacker, Microsoft MVP, Author, Architect with EQengineered

Raymond, New Hampshire, United States

As a lifetime coder, technical team leader, and trusted software industry-insider, Jim develops teams that develop software by hands-on example, especially in the Microsoft tools space. Jim Wilcox is a front-to-back, edge-to-edge (full-stack, versatile role) software architect & engineering craftsperson with EQengineered in the Greater New Hampshire Area. Jim is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional ("MVP") Award Winner in the category of Developer Technologies every year since 2019.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • dotNet
  • Visual Studio
  • Mobile Development
  • Azure
  • Databases
  • sql server
  • UWP
  • Uno Platform
  • c#
  • .NET
  • Azure DevOps
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Dev Team Development

Getting Started with .NET Aspire

In November, Microsoft released a new stack set on top of the (also new) .NET 8. We'll dig into what .NET Aspire is made of, and how to build cloud ready apps on it.

How to Keep a Secret with Azure Key Vault

Every experienced developer has made the rookie mistake of putting passwords, sensitive configurations, or private key certificates in files and committing them to a code repository. Azure Key Vault is made to be the stronghold fortress of secrets. In Standard mode it's economically unfeasible to penetrate. In premium mode, with Hardware Security Module storage (HSM) enabled, key vaults are centralized, compliance audit-ready FIPS 140-2/L2 cloud native storage for all the things no mortal human can know. We'll check out Key Vault and explore configuring a C# / .NET 6 application from one.

Granite State Code Camp 2023 Sessionize Event

December 2023 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Granite State Code Camp 2022 Sessionize Event

November 2022 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

CollabDays New England - Microsoft 365 - 2022 Sessionize Event

October 2022 Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Granite State Code Camp 2021 Sessionize Event

November 2021 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

SharePoint Saturday New England 2019 Sessionize Event

October 2019

Jim Wilcox

The Granite State Hacker, Microsoft MVP, Author, Architect with EQengineered

Raymond, New Hampshire, United States