Brian A. Randell
Employers on the program
- 2019–2027MCW Technologies97 talks
Events27
Conferences1
Talks973 keynotes
Years active2019–2027
Talk freshness9222 different talks in 24 · 1 circuit, 24 monthsMiles between events36,95427 in-person events · 1 countryThe year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2027 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2027 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: State of the SQL Server Data Tools (aka ‘Data Dude’) Nation as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 22, 2027 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2027 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Local-First AI Development: Sovereignty, Silicon, and the Private Dev Loop as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 22, 2027 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2027 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Using AI (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) for the Rest of Your Job as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 22, 2027 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2027 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | What Do You Choose? GitHub Copilot, Claude, Codex, or ... as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 22, 2027 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2027 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Threat Model to Production - Securing AI Apps and Agents on Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Be A More Productive .NET Dev with VS Code, Visual Studio, and the CLI as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: Why YOU Should Use a CLI as a .NET Dev as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Secure AI Engineering and DevOps for .NET Developers on Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Agentic DevOps with GitHub and Azure DevOps: What Actually Works in 2026 as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Be A More Productive .NET Dev with VS Code, Visual Studio, and the CLI as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | AI's Not Magic: A Developer's Guide to Using AI Tools Without the Hype as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: GitHub Models--An AI-infused Developer Experience as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | VS Code and Visual Studio - Better Together with Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2026 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Modern & Secure AI Engineering with C#, GitHub, and Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 16, 2025 | Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2025 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | keynote | Live! 360 Keynote: Agentic DevOps in Real Life - Build Faster, Ship Safer, Keep Humans in the Loop as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Agentic & Agent - You Keep Saying Those Words as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Database DevOps with Next-gen SQL Projects as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: GitHub Models in 20 Minutes as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-On Lab: Build a Copilot Agent Now with C# and Modern DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Visual Studio Code for Everyone as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Continued: Hands-On Lab: GitHub Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: GitHub Models in 20 Minutes as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | GitHub Copilot Agent Mode & MCP: Autonomous Development in Action as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-On Lab: Getting the Most out of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Engineering AI into Your Apps with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | GitHub Copilot More Than You Know as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | State of the AI World for Developers as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2025 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Copilot Engineering in the Cloud with Azure & GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | AI Bingo: What are Today's Buzzwords? as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build Your First 'copilot' with .NET and the Semantic Kernel as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Do More with GitHub Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Copilot Engineering Everywhere as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | AI Bingo: What are Today's Buzzwords? as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build Your First 'Copilot' with .NET and the Semantic Kernel as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Do More with GitHub Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Copilot Engineering Everywhere as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | AI Bingo: What are Today's Buzzwords? as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build Your First 'Copilot' with .NET and the Semantic Kernel as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: Do More with GitHub Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2024 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Copilot Engineering Everywhere as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 12, 2023 | Live! 360 Orlando 2023 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | keynote | Live! 360 Keynote: Find the Right Copilot for Your Team as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Be More Productive Using GitHub Copilot as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | DevOps for the SQL Server Database as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: No, ChatGPT and Bard Won't Take Your Job as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Unveiling the Power of ChatGPT and Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Guide as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Ship Faster, More Securely with Azure PaaS as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Continued: Hands-On Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud PaaS App, in a Day with GitHub on Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: No, ChatGPT and Bard Won't Take Your Job as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-On Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud PaaS App, in a Day with GitHub on Azure as MCW Technologies | |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Unveiling the Power of ChatGPT and Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Guide as MCW Technologies | |
| May 15, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Nashville 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Be More Productive Using GitHub Copilot and GitHub Codespaces Today and GitHub Copilot X in the Future as MCW Technologies | |
| May 15, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Nashville 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | DevOps is Dead, Long Live DevOps! as MCW Technologies | |
| May 15, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Nashville 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: No, ChatGPT and Bard Won't Take Your Job as MCW Technologies | |
| May 15, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Nashville 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Unveiling the Power of ChatGPT and Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Guide as MCW Technologies | |
| May 15, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Nashville 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Ship Faster, More Securely with Azure PaaS as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 19, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build Apps Faster with GitHub Codespaces as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 19, 2023 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2023 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Move Your Brownfield Engineering to the Elysian Fields as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 25, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build .NET Apps More Quickly with GitHub Codespaces as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 25, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-on Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud Application in a Day with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Redmond 2022 (Microsoft HQ) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build .NET Apps More Quickly with GitHub Codespaces as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Redmond 2022 (Microsoft HQ) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Continued: Hands-On Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud Application in a Day with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 8, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Redmond 2022 (Microsoft HQ) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-On Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud Application in a Day with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Austin 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Build .NET Apps More Quickly with GitHub Codespaces as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Austin 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Database DevOps with SQL Server on Docker with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Austin 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-on Lab: Build a Secure, Cloud Application in a Day with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Visual Studio Live! Austin 2022 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | keynote | Keynote: GitHub – Have Another Look as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Do We Still Need DevOps in 2021? as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: Pick Your Desktop Development Stack as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Hands-On Lab: Build Your First Cross Platform Blazor App in a Day as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Next? Live! 360 Networking Event as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | panelist | Visual Studio Live! Panel Discussion: Defining The "New Normal" for Leaders and their Teams in this Post-Pandemic World as MCW Technologies | |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Live! 360 Orlando 2021 (incl. Visual Studio Live!) | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Enterprise DevOps with GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 1, 2020 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2020 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Deep Dive: DevOps Tools for Microsoft Development Teams - Azure DevOps and GitHub as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 1, 2020 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2020 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Full Day Hands-On Lab: Better DevOps using GitHub for Open Source and Inner-Source as MCW Technologies | |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Azure Pipelines as MCW Technologies | |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: What is WSL and Why Do I Care? as MCW Technologies | |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Get Your BASH on with WSL as MCW Technologies | |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Chicago 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: Go Serverless in the Azure Cloud with Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Azure Pipelines as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Better Azure DevOps - Security 101 as MCW Technologies | |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Full Day Hands-On Lab: Building a Modern DevOps Pipeline on Microsoft Azure with ASP.NET Core and Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Microsoft HQ 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Any App, Any Language with Visual Studio Code and Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Microsoft HQ 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Database DevOps with SQL Server as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Microsoft HQ 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Make GitHub a Daily Part of Your Day as MCW Technologies | |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Microsoft HQ 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: ASP.NET Core with Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Boston 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Azure DevOps in the Cloud and in Your Data Center as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Boston 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Data(base) DevOps in the Azure Cloud as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Boston 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Fast Focus: What is WSL and Why Do I Care? as MCW Technologies | |
| Jun 9, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Boston 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Full Day Hands-On Lab: Building a Modern DevOps Pipeline on Microsoft Azure with ASP.NET Core and Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 22, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! New Orleans 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Azure DevOps and AKS as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 22, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! New Orleans 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Azure DevOps in the Cloud and in Your Data Center as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 22, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! New Orleans 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | Calling All Developers - Get Your Bash on with WSL as MCW Technologies | |
| Apr 22, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! New Orleans 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Full Day Hands-On Lab: Building a Modern DevOps Pipeline on Microsoft Azure with ASP.NET Core and Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | DevOps on Azure with Containers, K8s, and Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | speaker | SQL Server Database DevOps as MCW Technologies | |
| Mar 3, 2019 | Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas 2019 | Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 | workshop | Workshop: ASP.NET Core with Azure DevOps as MCW Technologies |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Japikse | 25 | — | 2027 |
| Rockford Lhotka | 24 | 2 | 2027 |
| Jason Bock | 24 | — | 2026 |
| Eric D. Boyd | 23 | — | 2027 |
| Leonard Lobel | 22 | 1 | 2026 |
| Benjamin Day | 19 | 2 | 2027 |
| Marcel de Vries | 18 | — | 2027 |
| Andrew Brust | 17 | 1 | 2025 |
| Allen Conway | 17 | — | 2027 |
| Sam Basu | 17 | — | 2026 |
| Ted Neward | 16 | 1 | 2027 |
| Billy Hollis | 15 | — | 2026 |
| Angela Dugan | 14 | 2 | 2027 |
| Jim Wooley | 14 | — | 2026 |
| Bob Ward | 13 | — | 2027 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.