From Portal Panic to Pipeline Power: Introduction to Azure IaC

Learn how to stop clicking around Azure portals and start building reliable cloud infrastructure through code, explained for beginners.

Rick Su and Ben Neoh walk through why clicking around Azure portals doesn't scale for teams building production systems, and how Infrastructure as Code fixes that. You'll learn the practical fundamentals of IaC on Azure, what problems it actually solves (consistency, repeatability, maintainability), and why it matters for enterprise deployments. The session is pitched at people new to the concept, so no prior IaC experience needed. This is part of the .NET User Group meetup, so expect a mix of developers and engineers interested in modern cloud practices. There's pizza from 6 pm for networking before the talk starts at 6:45 pm, and the whole thing is livestreamed if you can't make it in person.