Global DevOps Bootcamp 2018

Global DevOps Bootcamp is back in Toronto. It will take place on June 16, 2018 at ObjectSharp office in downtown Toronto. The Global DevOps Bootcamp takes place once a year on venues all over the world. I simply had way too much fun and learn way too many new things during the event, so I had to do it again this year. It will be bigger and better this time around. This event is all about DevOps on the Microsoft Stack. It shows the latest DevOps trends and insights in modern technologies. It is an amazing combination between getting your hands dirty and sharing experience and knowledge in VSTS, Azure, DevOps with other community members.

Before I get into the details of the event, I would like to emphasize that this is a very technically challenging event. If you expect a lecture on DevOps or a step by step instructions on how to do DevOps, this is NOT the event for you. But, if you don't mind getting your hands and learning new DevOps related tools and processes by doing (with some slight guidance from our expert proctors) then this event is the best place for you. Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-devops-bootcamp-2018-objectsharp-tickets-41970018455. Please note that the spaces are limited, so please register if you plan to attend and learn. If you're unsure, please be nice and do not take a spot from someone else who really might benefit from attending this event. We put a LOT of work into this event, and we want everyone to get the most out of it.

The theme for DevOps Bootcamp this year is "From one release per month to multiple releases a day. Applied modern release patterns and practices." This time the event is all about DevOps and improving your release cadence. It will help you understand the latest DevOps trends and insights in modern technologies that enable you to release multiple times per day. It is an amazing combination between getting your hands dirty and sharing experience and knowledge around VSTS, Azure, DevOps with other community members.

Agenda (preliminary)

10:00:    Kickoff

10:15:     Keynote by Microsoft

10:30:     Keynote 2: Breaking down the Monolith

11:15:     Break

11:30:     Hackathon/HandsOn DevOps challenges. The hands-on part with be based on a common application where we try to solve as many challenges as possible, including ideas like

  • How to containerize an existing application
  • How to add telemetry (app insights) to the application and gather hypothesis information
  • How to use telemetry to monitor availability
  • How to use feature toggles to move application into production without disrupting end users
  • How to use release gates
  • How to make DB schema changes
  • Use Blue Green Deployments

13:00:     Lunch

13:30:     Hackathon/HandsOn DevOps challenges (cont.)

16:00:     Team presentations, prize draw

17:00:     Wrap-up

 

Hope to see you there.

Oh, almost forgot, please remember that this is also a competition. The participants will be broken down into teams which will compete against not only each other, but also against thousands of participants around the world. Nor pressure, but bring your "A" game