Over the years I've had the chance to speak, teach and run workshops on Microsoft Azure, AI and mobile development — from community meetups to multi-day college workshops. Below is a look at the sessions I run today, and a look back at where it all started.
Speaking Today: 2023 – Present
Microsoft User Group Malaysia
Recurring – Malaysia & APAC
A regular speaker for the Microsoft developer community across Malaysia and the wider APAC region, covering Azure cloud architecture, AI integration and .NET MAUI mobile development for local user groups and meetups.
Azure AI & Azure OpenAI Sessions
2023 – Present
Workshops and live demos on building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, AI agents, and intelligent workflow automation using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Bot Framework and Cognitive Services — sharing practical, production-ready patterns rather than just theory.
GitHub Copilot & AI-Assisted Development
Ongoing
Sessions on using GitHub Copilot effectively in real engineering teams — covering Copilot agents and subagents, custom skills, PR review automation, prompt libraries, and the workflow changes needed to get genuine productivity gains rather than surface-level autocomplete. This draws directly from building out a full production Copilot setup for my own engineering team, backed by the GitHub Copilot Certification (GH-300).
.NET MAUI & Cross-Platform Mobile
Ongoing
Hands-on sessions on .NET MAUI and Flutter — architecture patterns, offline-first design, and migrating existing cross-platform mobile codebases forward onto modern frameworks.
Topics I Speak About
Azure Cloud Architecture · Azure OpenAI & GenAI · RAG Pipelines & AI Agents · GitHub Copilot & AI-Assisted Development · .NET MAUI & Flutter · DevOps & CI/CD · Zero Trust & Identity Security
Where It Started: Earlier Speaking Engagements
Global Azure Bootcamp — Chennai
Presented “Artificial Intelligence into Xamarin Mobile Apps” (Xamarin — today's .NET MAUI) at GAB Chennai, part of the worldwide Global Azure community event.
#GABChennai · #GlobalAzure · #IndiaMVP · #mvpbuzz
Microsoft Mobile Day — GRG Computer Technology, Coimbatore
A 3-day deep-dive workshop on mobile development, hosted at GRG Computer Technology in Coimbatore.
Workshop on Mobile & Cloud — KG Microsoft Innovation Center, Coimbatore
A 2-day deep-dive workshop on mobile and cloud development at the KG Microsoft Innovation Center.
Speaking @ RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
A 1-day session on cross-platform mobile development (Xamarin — today's .NET MAUI) for students at RVS College of Arts and Science.
Workshop on Mobile and Web — Kongu Engineering College
A hands-on workshop covering mobile and web application development fundamentals.
Workshop on Mobile — Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi
A dedicated mobile development workshop for students at Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi.
Invite Me to Speak
If you're organizing a Microsoft user group meetup, conference, or student workshop and would like a session on Azure, Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, .NET MAUI or Flutter, I'd love to hear from you.
Reach out via my contact page, or email jssuthahar@msdevbuild.com.