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Hey guys,

it's that time again. After last year's successful Holy Tech Night, here we go again. Holy Tech Night organized by Janek. Three speakers will once again provide us with nerdy stuff for the evening, covering three different topics from the Microsoft world. During the breaks and afterwards, mulled wine and gingerbread will be available to see out the year in style.

Anyone who wants to is welcome to come in a suitable outfit - some of you still have an ugly sweater at home. 🫣😆

Here ist the agenda:

18:00 doors open 18:15 first talk 19:00 short break 19:05 second talk 19:50 short break 20:00 third talk 20:45 networking

Our speakers and its topics this year:

Michael Greth Psst ... Private Local AI – Turn your Mac into a Private AI Power House

As the year winds down and things get a little quieter, it’s the perfect moment to take a fresh look at what my computer (MacMini M4) can already do. In this session, you’ll discover how to turn it into a private AI powerhouse — without cloud dependencies, subscriptions, or data leaving your device. We’ll explore Small Language Models, LM Studio, MacWhisper, and AnythingLLM, and walk through practical examples for local transcription, document analysis, and fast on-device reasoning. By the end, you’ll know exactly what to play with between Christmas and New Year.

Thomas Stensitzki Holy Hybrid: The Last Jedi of the Exchange World

Exchange Hybrid is more than a temporary solution. It is the strategic bridge between on-premises and the cloud. In this session, you’ll learn why hybrid setups remain relevant in 2025, the common pitfalls to avoid, and how to implement best practices for a smooth migration. We will dive into authentication, connectivity, and the future of Exchange in a cloud-first world. Perfect for IT pros who want to master the middle ground without getting lost in complexity.

Markus Raatz Fabric IQ

With the new Fabric IQ, Microsoft is taking a big leap forward: rather than IT specialists, it is the business users who define and describe how the business works using an ontology, via entities with properties and relationships between them. They then explain to Microsoft Fabric where the relevant data can be found, and a data agent can then be used to query all aspects of the business and analyze them. And because it knows the entire business with its rules and not just one department, it can automatically make decisions that are almost as good as those made by its human colleagues. Not quite clear? No matter, this presentation has some good examples.

Let’s celebrate the Holy Tech Night.

On December 11, 2024, I invite the entire Microsoft community to the Holy Tech Night. This time, it will be a bit different. I have invited three speakers to talk about their favorite topics. First, the wonderful Luise Freese, who is traveling all the way from Düsseldorf to tell us about deploying to the Azure Cloud and why it can be done on Fridays. Then, we have Sandra Ahlgrimm from Microsoft and Fabian Moritz, both of whom are involved in AI and will be sharing their insights. I am still waiting for the details and will provide them here as soon as I have them. The plan is to provide you with gingerbread and punch/mulled wine during the presentations so that we can celebrate the Holy Tech Night properly.

I am particularly pleased that adesso SE has agreed to provide us with their premises. The doors will open at 6:00 PM, and after a short warm-up phase, we will start the presentations at 6:15 PM, each lasting about 40 minutes. This Meetup will be hosted by the Berlin Azure Meetup Group, but of course you're invited too.

Content Luise Freese: (EN) Let's deploy on fridays?! "Let’s be real—deploying on a Friday can feel like tempting fate. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Luise will show you how to ditch the YOLO mindset and replace it with a secure, governed, and totally stress-free approach to Azure deployments. We will use Azure Container Registries (and secure them properly) and combine this approach with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)—think RBAC, but smarter and way more flexible. This will make sure, that only the right people (or apps) can access your resources. But wait, there’s more! Through live demos, you’ll see how these tools and strategies come together to transform chaotic, nerve-wracking deployments into confident, repeatable workflows. By the end, you’ll be ready to deploy on any day of the week—even Fridays—with zero fear."

Sandra Ahlgrimm: TBD

Fabian Moritz: (DE) Copilot Studio Agents - Die Revolution in der Software-Entwicklung? Was sind Agents? Was nicht? Was sind Copilot Agents? Was ist der Unterschied zu Copilot Studio Agents? Welche Rolle spielt Azure AI? Und warum sollte ich mich überhaupt damit beschäftigen? In dieser Session wollen wir das Thema vertiefen, beleuchten und auseinander nehmen. Mit vielen Demos, versprochen.

--- German Version --- (English below)

Lasst uns die Holy Tech Night zelebrieren.

Am 11.12.2024 lade ich die gesamte Microsoft Community zur Holy Tech Night ein. Diesmal wird es ein bisschen anders. Ich habe drei SprecherInnen eingeladen, um über ihre Lieblingstehemen zu referieren. ZUm einen die wunderbare Luise Freese, die extra aus Düsseldorf anreist und uns etwas über das Deployment in die Azure Cloud berichten möchte und warum man das auch Freitags machen kann. Dann erwartet euch Sandra Ahlgrimm von Microsoft und Fabian Moritz, beide sind im Bereich AI unterwegs und berichten darüber. Auf die Details warte ich noch und werde sie euch hier sofort zur Verfügug stellen, sobald ich sie habe.

Der Plan ist es euch wärend der Vorträge mit Pfefferkuchen und Punsch/Glühwein zu versorgen, damit wir die Holy Tech Night gebührend begehen können.

Ich freue mich besonders, dass sich die adesso SE bereit erklärt hat, uns ihre Räumlichkeiten zur Verfügung zu stellen. Die Türen werden um 18:00 Uhr geöffnet und nach einer kurzen Aufwärmphase beginnen wir um 18:15 mit den Vorträgen, die jeweils ca 40 Minuten lang sein werden.

--- English Version ---

Let’s celebrate the Holy Tech Night. On December 11, 2024, I invite the entire Microsoft community to the Holy Tech Night. This time, it will be a bit different. I have invited three speakers to talk about their favorite topics. First, the wonderful Luise Freese, who is traveling all the way from Düsseldorf to tell us about deploying to the Azure Cloud and why it can be done on Fridays. Then, we have Sandra Ahlgrimm from Microsoft and Fabian Moritz, both of whom are involved in AI and will be sharing their insights. I am still waiting for the details and will provide them here as soon as I have them. The plan is to provide you with gingerbread and punch/mulled wine during the presentations so that we can celebrate the Holy Tech Night properly. I am particularly pleased that adesso SE has agreed to provide us with their premises. The doors will open at 6:00 PM, and after a short warm-up phase, we will start the presentations at 6:15 PM, each lasting about 40 minutes.

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Inhalt der Vorträge / Content

Luise Freese: "Let's deploy on fridays?!"

"Let’s be real—deploying on a Friday can feel like tempting fate. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Luise will show you how to ditch the YOLO mindset and replace it with a secure, governed, and totally stress-free approach to Azure deployments.

We will use Azure Container Registries (and secure them properly) and combine this approach with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)—think RBAC, but smarter and way more flexible. This will make sure, that only the right people (or apps) can access your resources.

But wait, there’s more! Through live demos, you’ll see how these tools and strategies come together to transform chaotic, nerve-wracking deployments into confident, repeatable workflows. By the end, you’ll be ready to deploy on any day of the week—even Fridays—with zero fear."

Sandra Ahlgrimm: "AI for (Java) Developers"

"Join Sandra Ahlgrimm as she highlights how Copilot makes you a more effective programmer and explores business use cases for AI in software solutions. Learn to implement AI following industry standards with practical demos featuring LangChain4j and SpringAI."

Fabian Moritz: "Copilot Studio Agents - Die Revolution in der Software-Entwicklung?"

"Was sind Agents? Was nicht? Was sind Copilot Agents? Was ist der Unterschied zu Copilot Studio Agents? Welche Rolle spielt Azure AI? Und warum sollte ich mich überhaupt damit beschäftigen? In dieser Session wollen wir das Thema vertiefen, beleuchten und auseinander nehmen. Mit vielen Demos, versprochen."

Let’s celebrate the Holy Tech Night.

On December 11, 2024, I invite the entire Microsoft community to the Holy Tech Night. This time, it will be a bit different. I have invited three speakers to talk about their favorite topics. First, the wonderful Luise Freese, who is traveling all the way from Düsseldorf to tell us about deploying to the Azure Cloud and why it can be done on Fridays. Then, we have Sandra Ahlgrimm from Microsoft and Fabian Moritz, both of whom are involved in AI and will be sharing their insights. I am still waiting for the details and will provide them here as soon as I have them.

The plan is to provide you with gingerbread and punch/mulled wine during the presentations so that we can celebrate the Holy Tech Night properly.

I am particularly pleased that adesso SE has agreed to provide us with their premises. The doors will open at 6:00 PM, and after a short warm-up phase, we will start the presentations at 6:15 PM, each lasting about 40 minutes.

This Meetup will be hosted by the Berlin Azure Meetup Group, but of course you're invited too.

Content

Luise Freese: (EN) Let's deploy on fridays?!

"Let’s be real—deploying on a Friday can feel like tempting fate. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Luise will show you how to ditch the YOLO mindset and replace it with a secure, governed, and totally stress-free approach to Azure deployments. We will use Azure Container Registries (and secure them properly) and combine this approach with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)—think RBAC, but smarter and way more flexible. This will make sure, that only the right people (or apps) can access your resources. But wait, there’s more! Through live demos, you’ll see how these tools and strategies come together to transform chaotic, nerve-wracking deployments into confident, repeatable workflows. By the end, you’ll be ready to deploy on any day of the week—even Fridays—with zero fear."

Sandra Ahlgrimm: "AI for (Java) Developers"

"Join Sandra Ahlgrimm as she highlights how Copilot makes you a more effective programmer and explores business use cases for AI in software solutions. Learn to implement AI following industry standards with practical demos featuring LangChain4j and SpringAI."

Fabian Moritz: (DE) Copilot Studio Agents - Die Revolution in der Software-Entwicklung?

Was sind Agents? Was nicht? Was sind Copilot Agents? Was ist der Unterschied zu Copilot Studio Agents? Welche Rolle spielt Azure AI? Und warum sollte ich mich überhaupt damit beschäftigen? In dieser Session wollen wir das Thema vertiefen, beleuchten und auseinander nehmen. Mit vielen Demos, versprochen.