[In Person] Azure Zurich AI Infrastructure Night

IN-PERSON meetup at Digicomp

Note: This meetup takes place on the 5th floor!

Please note:

• Please do only reserve a seat, if you really plan to attend.
• Seats are not limited. No need to "block" a seat.
• If you will attend, please register quickly
• Please unregister if you cannot make it.

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AGENDA

• 18:00 Welcome
• 18:05 Session 1: "Beyond the Prompt: Building the Infrastructure for Microsoft Foundry" by Cédric Mendelin
• 19:00 Drinks, Food and Networking
• 19:30 Session 2: "Agent Harness: The New Kid on the Block" by Marco Gerber
• 20:30 end

Session 1: "Beyond the Prompt: Building the Infrastructure for Microsoft Foundry" by Cédric Mendelin

Building an AI prototype is easy. Building an enterprise-ready AI platform is not.

In this session, we’ll look beyond prompts and agents and explore Microsoft Foundry from an infrastructure and architecture perspective. How do you set up Azure and Foundry for real-world workloads? How to do model deployments, private networking, and hosted agents fit together? And where do services such as AI Gateway, Evaluation and Red-Teaming come into play?

About Cédric Mendelin

Microsoft Foundry & .NET MVP | software developer & teamlead | isolutions
I’m a software developer, solution architect and team lead with more than 10 years of experience in the Microsoft ecosystem. I’m passionate about .NET, Azure, and especially AI, designing and building secure solutions that solve real-world problems and create meaningful business value.

Session 2: "Agent Harness: The New Kid on the Block" by Marco Gerber

A powerful engine without a chassis, steering and brakes isn't a car. It's a very expensive way to make noise. The same goes for AI models: the harness turns raw intelligence into an agent you can actually trust on the road. We look at what a harness is, why it's suddenly everywhere in the Microsoft ecosystem, and what it means for the agents you build.

About Marco:

Microsoft Azure & Foundry MVP | Practice Lead Artificial Intelligence & Data | scopewyse AG

I have a background in Azure infrastructure and architecture and now lead the AI & Data practice at scopewyse. I help customers build cloud solutions that actually work in production, from solid Azure foundations to AI solutions on Microsoft Foundry.

The event is, as always, free of charge and held in English.

Please reserve a seat and cancel if you cannot make it. Thank you!

This event is sponsored by Digicomp
Thanks a lot for supporting the Swiss Azure Community!