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  • Developer Productivity Day mit AI und GitHub
    Developer Productivity Day mit AI und GitHub

    25. May 2026

    AI Pilots Are Not Enough: Why SMEs Need an AI Foundation

    Around one in three companies in Germany now uses AI; in 2024, it was only 20 percent (Bitkom AI 2025). A further 47 percent are planning or discussing its use. The gap, therefore, no longer lies in interest in AI, [...]

    Nico Meisenzahl

  • dev ai
    dev ai

    21. May 2026

    GitHub Copilot Token Billing: FinOps Is No Longer a Nice-to-Have

    Starting June 1, 2026, GitHub Copilot will bill on a token basis. Anyone who has read our article "The Biggest Cost Lever in AI Engineering Is Not the Model, It's Discipline" knows the model: the previous Premium Request Unit (PRU) [...]

    Nico Meisenzahl

  • kubernetes trennergrafik
    kubernetes trennergrafik

    13. May 2026

    Ingress NGINX is Retiring: Here’s How to Migrate on AKS

    March 2026 came and went, and Ingress NGINX went with it. At KubeCon EU in Amsterdam, where we were on the ground, the community kubernetes/ingress-nginx controller was officially archived live on stage. If you have been running it in production [...]

    Nico Meisenzahl

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  • wd event4
    Thu
    22
    Oct

    22. October @ 15:00 - 16:00

    IAMCP TechTalk: The context layer for enterprise agents: Work IQ MCP Server

    How do AI agents gain access to relevant company knowledge? In this TechTalk, we will show you how the Work IQ MCP Server makes information from Microsoft 365 available to your own agents. Learn more on October 22 in the [...]

    wd event4
  • wd event4
    Thu
    22
    Oct

    22. October @ 15:00 - 16:00

    IAMCP TechTalk: The context layer for enterprise agents: Work IQ MCP Server

    How do AI agents gain access to relevant company knowledge? In this TechTalk, we will show you how the Work IQ MCP Server makes information from Microsoft 365 available to your own agents. Learn more on October 22 in the [...]

    wd event4
  • wd event1
    Wed
    28
    Oct

    28. October @ 9:00 - 17:00

    AI, Copilot & Azure: From First Customer Project to Scalable Business Model

    Opfikon, Switzerland, Thurgauerstrasse 101, Opfikon, Zurich, 8152

    Opfikon, Switzerland, Thurgauerstrasse 101, Opfikon, Zurich, 8152

    The focus of the event is not on product demonstrations, but on concrete experiences from partner projects and the question of how to develop a viable business model from AI, Copilot, and Azure initiatives.   Our Talk:   From Idea [...]

    wd event1
  • wd event2
    Thu
    5
    Nov

    5. November @ 10:00 - 11:00

    Not every agent needs Microsoft Foundry. Yours does.

    Microsoft 365 Copilot or Microsoft Foundry? Learn which platform is suitable for different AI agents, automations, and enterprise requirements, and how to build agents at scale.   Speaker: Nico Meisenzahl, COO white duck GmbH

    wd event2
  • 25787 Nach dem Hype Wie ISVs Agentic AI zum Produkt mach Nach dem Hype Event ADN WD MUC
    Wed
    11
    Nov

    11. November @ 10:00 - 18:00

    After the Hype: How ISVs Turn Agentic AI into a Product

    smartvillage, Rosenkavalierpl. 13, Bogenhausen, Bayern, 81925

    smartvillage, Rosenkavalierpl. 13, Bogenhausen, Bayern, 81925

    The hype is over. The product phase begins. Delivering AI to customers means taking responsibility. A successful pilot is not enough. Scalable AI products only emerge when development speed, governance, and cost control work together. We will discuss this on [...]

    25787 Nach dem Hype Wie ISVs Agentic AI zum Produkt mach Nach dem Hype Event ADN WD MUC
  • 25780 KI Wei wurst Fr hst ck KI Weisswurstfruehstueck KUF
    Fri
    13
    Nov

    13. November @ 9:00 - 12:00

    AI Weißwurst Breakfast

    Unterer Stadtplatz 11, Unterer Stadtplatz 11, Kufstein, 6330

    Unterer Stadtplatz 11, Unterer Stadtplatz 11, Kufstein, 6330

    We will be speaking again at the AI Weißwurst Breakfast. Nico will show how AI agents can become an entry point and what a live hijack of an agentic AI system reveals about new risks, attack surfaces, and typical fallacies. [...]

    25780 KI Wei wurst Fr hst ck KI Weisswurstfruehstueck KUF
  • wd event3
    Thu
    19
    Nov

    19. November @ 10:00 - 11:00

    Beyond the Hype, the Craft: How AI-Powered Development with GitHub Copilot Delivers Real Value

    Learn how modern development teams strategically use AI to develop faster, control costs, and simultaneously ensure quality and security. Speaker: Nico Meisenzahl, COO white duck GmbH

    wd event3
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