Wednesday
Room 1
17:40 - 18:40
(UTC+02)
Talk (60 min)
Resilient by Design
A truly resilient Azure infrastructure does more than withstand disruptions—it keeps your applications running smoothly, no matter what. Remember: failure is always an option, but there are ways to reduce its impact. In this session, we’ll move beyond basic engineering considerations to explore a comprehensive resilience strategy.
You’ll learn how well-designed architectures, thoughtful deployment practices, and solid operational methods can ensure high availability and safeguard your systems in the face of unexpected setbacks.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Core Principles of Resilience: Understand the foundational concepts that support any robust Azure environment, focusing on practical steps to strengthen your cloud infrastructure.
- Azure’s Resilience Toolkit: Discover the full range of Azure services and features that boost fault tolerance and uptime—beyond chaos experimentation.
- Real-World Strategies: Draw insights from proven scenarios and best practices to build and maintain sturdy Azure solutions that stand up to real-life challenges.
Whether you’re new to Azure or looking to optimize an existing setup, this session will equip you with the know-how to anticipate and bounce back from disruptions. Ultimately, you’ll gain the confidence to architect Azure solutions that stay online and perform reliably over the long haul.
Chris Ayers
Chris Ayers is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he builds AI-driven tooling to analyze outages and incidents across Azure. His work focuses on improving the way engineers understand failures, uncover risks, and strengthen reliability at cloud scale.
With a background spanning DevOps, cloud architecture, and modern application design, Chris brings both engineering depth and practical experience to the challenge of making large systems more resilient. He’s also a frequent international speaker who loves sharing real-world lessons about developer productivity, reliability, containers, and automation.
Outside of work, Chris is a proud dad, lifelong gamer, avid reader, and unapologetic nerd.