DevOpsDays Graz

Your MSSQL brain is welcome here.
For years, database work meant stored procedures, indexes, transaction logs, and carefully planned server resources. Snowflake changes that mental model.

In “From MSSQL to Snowflake: An Unexpected Journey”, Markus Perz and Manfred Wippel take developers from familiar MSSQL concepts into a modern, cloud-native data platform — without wasting time on SQL basics.

Expect practical insights into:
➤ Separating storage from compute
➤ Translating MSSQL concepts into Snowflake
➤ Exploring features like Zero-Copy Cloning and Time Travel

Markus is a Senior Full Stack Developer at Guid.New GmbH, focused on modern .NET and Angular applications, scalable software architecture, and increasingly on Snowflake, AI models, and embeddings.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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Lazy developers build better platforms.
Because the best platforms make the secure, compliant, and scalable path the easiest one.

In “The Holy Trinity of Lazy Developer Success”, Andreas Titz shows how GitHub can empower teams through repository templates, reusable workflows, baseline rulesets, and automation that actually scales.
Expect hands-on patterns for self-services, compliance by default, build/deployment workflows, GHAS, Copilot, and smarter releases.

Andreas is Cloud & Solution Architect and DevOps Engineer at EBCONT operations, focused on CI/CD automation, platform engineering, GitHub, Azure, and OpenShift.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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Developer Experience starts in the workflow.
If tasks, previews, reviews, deployments, and generated code are scattered everywhere, developers lose flow fast.

In “Beyond CI/CD: How GitHub Workflows Became Our Developer Experience Platform”, Jonas Weber and Alexis Delaunay show how GitHub Actions became much more than CI/CD at Siemens.
Jonas brings the frontend and DevEx perspective: PR preview environments, AI-powered code reviews, and deterministic code generation from OpenAPI specs and Figma tokens — all designed to make daily development faster, cleaner, and more predictable.

Jonas is Lead Frontend Developer at Siemens IT Data&AI and IT Key Expert Associate, with 10 years of experience turning DevOps practices into better Developer Experience.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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From Graz to the world – and back into the heart of the local DevOps community, apparently with a capybara in tow. At least, that’s what Dino Begicevic promised. 👀

We’re happy to welcome NTS Netzwerk Telekom Service AG back to DevOpsDays Graz, as a Bronze Sponsor!

Founded in Graz more than 30 years ago, NTS takes care of IT across network, security, cloud, collaboration, and data center solutions.
With their roots right here in Graz, supporting the local tech community feels like a pretty natural fit.

Thanks for being part of DevOpsDays Graz again and helping us create a place to connect, learn, and exchange ideas.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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Database-first thinking is not outdated.
It just gets a new architecture.

Manfred Wippel brings a database-first backend perspective to “From MSSQL to Snowflake: An Unexpected Journey”. Together with Markus Perz, he’ll take a practical look at what happens when developers move from classic Microsoft SQL Server thinking into Snowflake’s cloud-native world.

This workshop is not about learning SQL from scratch. It is about challenging the mental models data-centric developers rely on every day. You’ll explore:
➤ Why separating storage and compute changes architecture
➤ How MSSQL concepts map into Snowflake
➤ What Zero-Copy Cloning, Time Travel, and dynamic tables mean in practice

Manfred is a Backend Developer at Guid.New GmbH, specializing in database-centric software development with .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Snowflake, and maintainable backend architectures.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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Security alerts are not a deployment strategy.
Modern DevOps pipelines need more than speed. They need protection from code to cloud — without drowning teams in noise.

In “Secure your Pipe”, Michael Freistetter shows how Microsoft security technologies can help secure CI/CD pipelines through a practical live demo and real-world scenarios.
The session looks at vulnerability scanning, exploit validation, AI-supported security workflows, and how tools like MDASH can help teams move faster without leaving security behind.

Michael is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft in Vienna, focused on Microsoft Security, Identity, Endpoint Management, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Entra ID, and Security Copilot.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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CI/CD was just the beginning. At some point, pipelines stop being “just automation” — and start shaping how developers work every day.

In “Beyond CI/CD: How GitHub Workflows Became Our Developer Experience Platform”, Alexis Delaunay and Jonas Weber show how GitHub Actions evolved into a full Developer Experience platform at Siemens.

Their setup brings together automated task management, fast CI/CD with preview environments, and AI-powered code reviews — plus deterministic code generation from OpenAPI specs and Figma tokens.
You’ll get concrete workflows and lessons learned around:
➤ Automated issue and task management
➤ Preview environments across multiple stages
➤ AI reviews and generated code that stays predictable

Alexis drives the Agent Registry & Marketplace initiative at the Siemens Agent Factory, helping teams build, deploy, and discover AI agents through scalable self-service infrastructure.

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
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Swag bag successfully deployed. Denovo is back as a sponsor of DevOpsDays Graz 2026 – and once again, they’re taking care of the Welcome Bags waiting for you at check-in.

Filled with nerdy goodies, the bags are the perfect start to two days of workshops, talks, and plenty of DevOps conversations.

Denovo develops tailor-made software and digital products and supports companies on their journey from development to cloud operations.

Thanks for supporting our community again and making sure everyone gets a proper welcome!

📅 Sep 04–05, 2026 · WIFI Graz & FH CAMPUS 02, Graz
🎟️ Grab your ticket: Link in BIO