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Visual Studio Live! @ Microsoft HQ 2026

Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!®) @ Microsoft HQ 2026 is a five-day developer conference hosted at Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, WA. The event delivers deep technical training for developers working with Microsoft technologies, featuring multiple focused tracks covering modern software engineering, full stack development, cloud & microservices, AI, data an…

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10Speakers
8Sponsors
1Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
13Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Visual, in alphabetical order.
Allen Conway
Principal Consultant · Xebia
Bob Ward
Principal Architect, Microsoft Azure Data · Microsoft
Brian A. Randell
Partner · MCW Technologies
James Montemagno
Principal Lead Program Manager, Developer Community · Microsoft
Jason Bock
Staff Software Engineer · Rocket Mortgage
Jeffrey T. Fritz
Program Manager · Microsoft
Jim Wooley
Senior Delivery Principal · Slalom Consulting
Jon Galloway
Principal Program Manager, Developer Division Community Team · Microsoft
Kayla Cinnamon
Senior AI Developer Tools Advocate · Microsoft
Mads Kristensen
Principal Product Manager, Visual Studio · Microsoft
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
InfragisticsPlatinum
Particular SoftwarePlatinum
ProgressGold
Aikido SecuritySilver
DevExpressSilver
Uno PlatformSilver
UsioSilver
MicrosoftEvent Partner
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 13 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Thirteen companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
1Exhibitingexhibitor only
4Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Microsoft

Speakers by seniority

10% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner110%
  • Manager / Lead770%
  • Product110%
  • Engineer · IC110%

Of 10 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01MicrosoftSp·E6V
  2. 02Aikido SecuritySp·S
  3. 03DevExpressSp·S
  4. 04InfragisticsSp·P
  5. 05Particular SoftwareSp·P
  6. 06ProgressSp·G
  7. 07Uno PlatformSp·S
  8. 08UsioSp·S
  9. 09ScaleOut SoftwareEx
  10. 10MCW Technologies1V
  11. 11Rocket Mortgage1V
  12. 12Slalom Consulting1V
  13. 13Xebia1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
25% of 8
gold1
13% of 8
silver4
50% of 8
event partner1
13% of 8
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors

In the same series

Prior and forthcoming editions