After spending last week at the IT Dev Connections conference, I thought I should share some insight. This was the first time I attended the conference, and I must admit it was a nice substitute for Microsoft Ignite which I was not able to attend. Key take away from the sessions and content presented is: Automation and integration – do more work with less effort Hybrid cloud is here to stay Azure is removing dependencies (System Center) ASR OnPrem presence is still substantial Containers – Docker and Docker for Windows IT Dev Connections – A great conference IT Dev Connections First off, this was held in a great place (Las Vegas). The venue (Aria) was perfect with nice auditoriums (not to big) and very good internet connection (Aruba rules). By my estimates, there were around 1500 participants (I do not have an exact figure). Compared to Ignite, which is around 20.000, it is more personal than those big conferences. They also managed to mix the agenda with a nice blen...