NDC Conferences Courses

Cloud-Native Kubernetes Workflows on AKS with Argo

Build Kubernetes-native Argo workflows with YAML, and see how Argo supports event-driven automation and blue/green or A/B deployments.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Power of Performance Feedback

Use specific, relational feedback conversations and feedback data to turn individual and team performance reviews into practical improvement.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Fixing Poor Performance Patterns in Azure SQL Database Applications

Learn how latency, over-fetching, and memory use can undermine Azure SQL Database application performance—and how to identify and correct those patterns.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Effective Communication in a Remote First World

Explores remote communication across teams and customer interactions, with a focus on choosing channels and making asynchronous communication work well.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Distributed Tracing Made Easy with .NET Core

Use .NET Core diagnostics and OpenTelemetry standards to trace operations end to end across distributed systems without vendor lock-in.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Securing Serverless Applications in Azure

See how Azure serverless applications can be secured, including options such as Azure Key Vault and ClaimsPrincipal binding data for Azure Functions.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Common Quandaries Implementing Your First Event Driven Architecture

Explore the choices behind publishing a first production event, from event naming and stream design to technology and reporting decisions.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

PWA for Games - An Enhanced Web Gaming Experience

A walkthrough of turning HTML5 games into progressive web apps, from implementation structure to performance considerations.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Practical Domain-Driven Design with EF Core

Practical guidance for shaping cohesive domain models in legacy and new applications, then persisting them with EF Core without coupling domain code to the ORM.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Friendly Introduction to Deep Learning for Computer Vision

A guided path from perceptrons to convolutional neural networks shows how deep learning models are used in computer vision.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Kafka as a Platform - The Ecosystem from the Ground Up

Shows how Kafka grows from a key-value pair into a streaming platform, connecting scalable messaging with stream processing, schemas, and legacy systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Production Readiness in Azure - A Practical Guide

A practical walkthrough of turning a sample Azure application into a production-ready environment through monitoring, security, operations, and automation.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Tackling Social-Technical Complexity in the Heart of Your Team

Explores how social dynamics, team structure, and technical decisions interact to create complexity in software teams, with frameworks for addressing it.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Leadership Guide for the Reluctant Leader

A candid case for leadership beyond management, with practical guidance on the behaviors, skills, and steps anyone can use to grow as a leader.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

What do you mean by "Cache Friendly"?

Explains why cache behavior makes some data layouts slow, then demonstrates alternatives and tools for measuring cache efficiency in software.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk