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Brian McKeiver

Brian McKeiver's Kentico Blog

Kentico MVP
Kontent.ai MVP

Kentico, Kontent.ai, .NET, & Azure

Microsoft Azure MVP

Speaking Engagements

Upcoming Talk

StirTrek 2025 - How to Build Your Own Copilot for .NET Devs

Curious about building your own AI-powered assistant, but not sure where to start? Join me for a deep dive into Microsoft's Azure AI services. We will review which approach in Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel SDK, and Copilot Studio fits best for various scenarios. The talk aims to strip away complexities and simplify the learning curve of choosing the right tool for you. We’ll focus on practical demonstrations, including quickly deploying a model, building AI agents, and showing how options for code orchestration functions. We'll also explore integration with Azure OpenAI services, highlighting how these resources work together. Ultimately, discover how to build such a good Copilot that it might take your job... but probably won’t.

https://stirtrek.com/speakers/2025/Brian-McKeiver.html

  1. AAM Summit 2025 - Personalization: Deliver the Right Content to the Right Visitor at the Right Time, Phoenix, AZ
  2. StirTrek 2025 - How to Build Your Own Copilot for .NET Devs, Columbus, OH
  3. MERGE 2025 - Blending Product Thinking with Software Modernization, Grand Rapids, MI
  4. Midwest Collegiate Computing Conference 2025 - Building your own AI Agents, Grand Rapids, MI
  5. CodeMash 2025 - MACH based Website Development in Minutes, Sandusky, OH
  6. CodeMash 2025 - How to Win Friends and Influence...Better Developer Estimates, Sandusky, OH
  1. GVSU College of Computing - Innovation Day - Distinguished Alumni Panel, Allendale, MI
  2. Kentico Connection - Top 10 Things NOT to do with Xperience, Miami, FL
  3. WM Azure User Group - Build your own agent with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
  4. Momentum DevCon - Configurable cloud-native applications with .NET Aspire, Cincinnati, OH
  5. Dev Up 2024 - How to Win Friends and Influence...Better Developer Estimates, St. Louis, MO
  6. Dev Up 2024 - Semantic Kernel (w/ Azure Open AI) Made Dead Simple, St. Louis, MO
  7. Beer City Code 2024 - Configurable cloud-native applications with .NET Aspire, Grand Rapids, MI
  8. THAT Conf 2024 - MACH based Website Development in Minutes, Wisconsin Dells, WI
  9. CMS Experts at Detroit Institute of Arts - Responsible AI for CMS Teams, Detroit, MI
  10. DigiMarCon Detroit - An Odyssey into Composable Digital Solutions, Detroit, MI
  11. International JavaScript Conference - Headless CMS Architecture Patterns, San Diego, CA
  12. StirTrek 2024 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Columbus, OH
  13. MITechCon 2024 - Azure Open AI in Action, Detroit, MI
  14. CMSKickoff 2024 - A Manufacturer's Odyssey into Digital Commerce, St. Petersburg, FL
  1. Digital Summit Dallas - Embracing AI Best Practices in CMS, Dallas, Tx
  2. Michigan DevFest - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Detroit, MI
  3. Kentico Connection 2023 - Pack your bags, we're moving: A migration toolkit review, Nashville, TN
  4. Kentico Connection 2023 - It's not you, it's me: Why I broke up with Kentico 13 for Xperience by Kentico, Nashville, TN
  5. Tech Week GR - The Future of Work: AI, ChatGPT, and Copilots, Grand Rapids, MI
  6. WM Azure User Group - Azure Open AI in Action, Allendale, MI
  7. Beer City Code 2023 - Avoid the App-ocalypse with Azure Load Testing, Grand Rapids, MI
  8. Beer City Code 2023 - Headless CMS Architecture Patterns, Grand Rapids, MI
  9. KCDC 2023 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Kansas City, MO
  10. SciFiDevCon 2023 - Touring the Multiverse with the .NET CLI, Virtual
  11. IM Tech Meetup - ChatGPT and AI, Virtual
  1. Kontent.ai Horizons 2022 - Delivering on the Promise of AI for Content Editors, New York, NY
  2. Microsoft Ignite 2022 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Seattle, WA
  3. Atlanta Dev Con - Supercharged Azure Static Web Apps, Atlanta, GA
  4. Beer City Code 2022 - How to Win Friends and Influence Better Developer Estimates, Grand Rapids, MI
  5. Code on the Beach 2022 - High Availability with Azure PaaS for Websites, Atlantic Beach, FL
  6. SoftwareGR Speaker Series - Refactor vs. Rebuild, Grand Rapids, MI
  7. Nebraska.Code() 2022 - Supercharged Static Sites in .NET with Statiq + Azure, Lincoln, NE
  8. DevUp 2022 - How to Win Friends and Influence...Better Developer Estimates, St. Louis, MO
  9. DevUp 2022 - High Availability with Azure PaaS for Websites, St. Louis, MO
  10. THAT Conference 2022 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Round Rock, TX
  11. Global Azure 2022 - High Availability with Azure PaaS for Websites, Virtual
  12. ScifiDevCon 2022 - Light Side / Dark Side with Azure App Configuration, Virtual
  13. IaaS vs PaaS (App Services) for Websites, Allendale, MI
  14. Kentico Xperience Connections - High Availability with Azure for Xperience Sites, Virtual
  1. Kontent Horizons 2021- Why Kontent and Jamstack are Primed for .NET and the Enterprise, Virtual
  2. Granite State Code Camp - Feature Flag Football with Azure App Configuration, Virtual
  3. Orlando .NET User Group - Supercharged Static Sites with Statiq + Azure, Virtual
  4. Ask the (Kentico Xperience) Experts #8, Virtual
  5. Prairie.Code() 2021 - Feature Flag Football with Azure App Configuration, Des Moines IA
  6. Prairie.Code() 2021 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Des Moines IA
  7. Code PaLOUsa 2021 - Knowledge Mining with Azure Cognitive Search, Virtual
  8. Code PaLOUsa 2021 - Under Pressure: Decision Making as a Tech Lead, 8/19/2021 2:45 PM
  9. Ask the (Kentico Xperience) Experts #7 - Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics, Virtual
  10. THAT Conference 2021 - State-of-the-art Search with Azure Cognitive Search, Wisconsin Dells, WI
  11. HeadlessCreator.com - How to Import Content into Kontent using the Management API, Virtual
  12. Global Azure - Real World Azure Static Web Apps, Virtual
  13. Kentico Kontent UG - Collections in Kontent, Virtual
  14. Ask the (Kentico Xperience) Experts #4, Virtual
  15. GRWebDev - What is JAMstack and Why You Should Use It, Virtual
  16. Philly.Net Code Camp 2021 - Real World Azure Static Web Apps, Virtual
  1. Visual Studio Live - How to Win Friends and Influence Better Developer Estimates, Virtual
  2. Kontent Horizons 2020 - Helping a Client Transition from a Traditional CMS to Headless CMS, Virtual
  3. Kentico Connections 2020 - AI-Powered Cloud Search with Kentico Xperience and Azure Cognitive Search, Virtual
  4. Kentico Connections 2020 - Hitchhiker’s Guide on how to Migrate from Portal Engine to MVC, Virtual
  5. Kentico Connections 2020 - Introducing Constant Care for Kentico Xperience websites, Virtual
  6. Code PaLOUsa 2020 - Optimizing Azure App Services, Virtual
  7. Siteimprove - Kentico Xperience + Siteimprove: Revolutionizing Content Workflows, Virtual
  8. West Michigan Technology Council [The Right Place] - Can Manufacturers Pivot from Traditional Sales , Virtual
  9. LakeShore Advantage - COVID-19 Workplace Safety, Virtual
  1. Great Lakes Area .Net User Group - Optimizing Azure App Services, Southfield MI
  2. Kentico Connection 2019 - Content Models and Kentico (with Courtney Reyers), Denver CO
  3. Kentico Connection 2019 - Differentiating trends between mid-market and enterprise businesses, Denver CO
  4. Kentico Connection 2019 - The Best of Both Worlds, Denver CO
  5. Prairie.Code() 2019 - How to Win Friends and Influence Better Developer Estimates, Des Moines IA
  6. Code PaLOUsa 2019 - Sub 1 Second Loading Websites For Real, Louisville, KY
  7. Code PaLOUsa 2019 - How to Win Friends and Influence Better Developer Estimates, Louisville, KY
  8. THAT Conference 2019 - How to Win Friends and Influence Better Developer Estimates, Wisconsin Dells, WI
  9. Code on the Beach 2019 - Let's Take a Tour of .NET Core: CLI, Atlantic Beach, FL
  10. Beer City Code 2019 - Optimize Your .Net Azure App Services, Grand Rapids, MI
  11. Philly.Net Code Camp 2019.1 - Let's Take a Tour of .NET Core: CLI, Malvern, PA
  12. Philly.Net Code Camp 2019.1 - Optimize Your .Net Azure App Services, Malvern, PA
  1. Kentico Connections 2018 - Wait! You Did What with Kentico MVC?, Chicago, IL
  2. Code on the Beach 2018 - Build an E-commerce Chatbot (MS BotFramework), Atlantic Beach, FL
  3. Chicago .Net Users Group - Build an E-commerce Chatbot, Downers Grove, IL
  4. GLSEC - Doom, Gloom, and the new GDPR, What's a Developer to do?, Grand Rapids, MI
  5. Code PaLOUsa 2018 - How to Build an E-commerce Chatbot, Louisville, KY
  6. Code PaLOUsa 2018 - Serverless Architecture Shootout, Louisville, KY
  7. Webinar - Bridge the Gap between Kentico CMS and Marketo, Allendale, MI
  8. Orlando Code Camp - Serverless Architecture Shootout, Orlando, FL
  1. Little Rock Tech Fest - Build an Open Data .Net MVC site in 30 mins, Little Rock, AR
  2. Chicago Coder Conference - Search Bogging you Down? Move it to the Cloud, Chicago, IL
  3. GLSEC 2017 - Build an Open Data .Net MVC site in 30 mins, Grand Rapids, MI
  4. Boston Kentico Roadshow - Our First Kentico Kontent Project, Boston, MA
  5. Chicago Kentico Roadshow - Our First Kentico Cloud Project, Chicago, IL
  6. CodeMash - Slaying the Headless CMS Jabberwocky, Sandusky, OH
  1. Chicago Coder Conference - Search Bogging you Down? Move it to the Cloud, Chicago, IL
  2. 404 Conference - Good, Better, Best Website Performance Optimization, Las Vegas, NV
  3. 404 Conference - Content Last - A Strategy for Success or Failure?, Las Vegas, NV
  4. Digital Summit Detroit - Reduce Churn via Predictive Analytics, Detroit, MI
  5. Toronto Kentico User Group Webinar - Simplify your deployments, Allendale, MI
  6. Global Kentico User Group - Reduce Churn via Predictive Analytics, Allendale, MI
  7. GR Dev Day - Search Bogging You Down? Move it to the Cloud!, Grand Rapids, MI
  8. South Florida Code Camp - AMP up your Site with Accelerated Mobile Pages, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  9. Webinar - Kentico Ask the Experts, Allendale, MI
  1. Kentico Partner Summit - To RFP or not to RFP, Arlington, VA
  2. Kentico Connection Brno - How To Wield Kentico 9 in the Real World, Brno, Czech Republic
  3. Kentico Connection Orlando - Growth Hacking with Kentico, Orlando, FL
  4. DogFoodCon - Integrate & Automate Enterprise CMS Deployments, Columbus, OH
  5. Digital Summit Detroit - Convert more with Marketing Automation, Detroit, MI
  6. Webinar - Kentico EMS API Deep Dive, Allendale, MI
  7. Code PaLOUsa 2015 - Amazon or Azure: Which one is best for your CMS?, Louisville, KY
  8. GR Dev Day - Harness the Power of Marketing Automation, Grand Rapids, MI
  1. CMS-Connected: Common CMS Implementation Failures, Boston, MA
  2. CMS-Connected: Common CMS Implementation Failures, Boston, MA
  3. Kentico Connection Boston - Upgrade like a Pro, Boston, MA
  4. Kentico Connection Prague - Harness the Power of Marketing Automation, Prague, Czech Republic
  5. Kentico Partner Summit - CMS Sales Shootout, Allendale, MI
  6. GRWebDev - CMS Shootout / WordPress / Kentico / Drupal, Grand Rapids, MI
  7. GRWebDev - CMS Shootout / WordPress / Kentico / Drupal, Grand Rapids, MI
  8. Webinar - Kentico Ask the Experts, Allendale, MI
  1. Kentico Connection Boston - Team Development Best Practices for Kentico, Boston, MA
  2. Webinar - Kentico Ask the Experts, Allendale, MI
  3. Azure Kentico Virtual Conference - Get set.. Introduction to Windows Azure Development, Allendale, MI
  4. Cloud Power GR – Transform the way you Market with the Cloud, Grand Rapids, MI
  1. J Boye Intranet Group - Tales from the Field, Philadelphia, PA
  2. Kentico Connection Denver - Integrate the World with Kentico CMS, Denver, CO