{"id":103,"date":"2021-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2024-10-15T01:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T09:49:10","slug":"build-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/build-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn. Connect. Code. Microsoft Build 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft Build is our primary 1st party developer event taking place this year on Tuesday, May 25 and Wednesday, May 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Build includes an emphasis on early-stage startups with a wide range of talks and breakout sessions delivering value to founders and everyone else in the startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can register now to access the full schedule<\/a> for Microsoft Build or check out some of the highlighted events below which will be of particular interest to startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building Scalable Startups with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click the link<\/em><\/a> to find the correct time wherever you are in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our own Jeff Ma<\/a> talks about developing a new generation of enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Azure and Microsoft Teams with Richard Borenstein<\/a> and Patricio Jutard<\/a> of Mural<\/a> together with Dan Reich<\/a> and Greg Ratner<\/a> of Troops<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask the Experts: Dynamic Workflow Orchestration with Azure Data Factory and Prefect<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click the link<\/em><\/a> to find the correct time wherever you are in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris White<\/a> and Kevin Kho<\/a> of Prefect<\/a> lead a live interactive session about Prefect’s open-source, general-purpose dataflow automation tool and how it complements Azure Data Factory in building dynamic workflows. Can’t make the live session, join them on-demand (see details below.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storage used to be so basic – Basically Available, Soft-state, Eventually-consistent<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click the link<\/em><\/a> to find the correct time wherever you are in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Microsoft cloud advocate Adi Polak<\/a> and Einat Orr<\/a>, CEO and co-founder of Treeverse<\/a> to hear about the power of having a Git-like experience for data, and using versioning concepts to fully automated CI\/CD process for data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three further on-demand sessions which will undoubtedly provide value for founders and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Traction with GitHub Actions<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brian Douglas<\/a>, developer advocate with GitHub, demonstrates how existing projects are using GitHub Actions to ensure that all projects, despite their size, can benefit collectively from knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a woman in tech is a super power\/unfair advantage – we’ll show you how<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this session, Microsoft’s Annie Parker<\/a> and Ruth Yakubu<\/a> will talk to Dr. Tope Mitchell<\/a>, CEO and co-founder of Reflektme<\/a> and Lorena Soriano<\/a>, CEO and founder of Every POINT ONE<\/a> about how being a woman in tech gives you an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dynamic Workflow Orchestration with Azure Data Factory and Prefect<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this session, we’ll go over some of the features that make Prefect the perfect complement to Azure Data Factory in building dynamic workflows. These features include task mapping, non-Azure resource tasks, and robust state handling. Prefect is also designed to run on user-managed infrastructure and provides an easy way to manage on-premise execution of workflows through Data Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured Partners \u2013 Microsoft for Startups Showcase<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft for Startups is delighted to showcase a range of companies<\/a> at this year’s Build including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n