Omaha .NET User Group May Meeting

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Fellow .NET Users,

This month's .NET User's Group Meeting will take place on May 28th, starting at 6:00 PM. Food and drinks will be served by our sponsor starting 15-20 minutes before the start of the meeting. After the presentation, Kiewit will be giving away 3 Amazon Gift cards. Please join us for some time to learn and chat with like minded software developers.

Host:
Kiewit Business Center (LV1)

7700 Eastport Pkwy, La Vista, NE 68128

You can park anywhere near the building and enter at the east entrance. You will be greeted by the front desk security. Let them know you are attending a .NET User's Group event and they will notify someone to escort you to the room. If there is any confusion, ask the security to notify Brian Olson that a guest has arrived. If you need additional assistance, you can call Brian Olson at 402-871-6261

Topic:
Agents 2 Way by Brian Olson

Presentation description

Many of us have used AI agents to help write code, summarize information, automate repetitive tasks, or explore new ways to work more efficiently. But using an agent is very different from building one.

In this session, we will look at what it takes to design and build enterprise-grade AI agents, comparing two practical approaches:

Microsoft Foundry
We will explore how Microsoft Foundry can help teams quickly create, configure, test, and govern AI agents using Microsoft’s managed AI platform. This path is ideal when you want to move quickly, integrate with enterprise services, and take advantage of built-in platform capabilities for scaling and governance.

LangChain, LangGraph, and DeepAgents with TypeScript
For a more developer-centric approach, we will build an agent using open-source frameworks in the LangChain ecosystem. We will look at how LangChain provides model and tool integrations, LangGraph enables controllable multi-step agent workflows, and DeepAgents adds higher-level agent capabilities such as sub-agents, context management, and more opinionated agent structure.

By the end of the session, attendees will understand the trade-offs between a managed platform approach and a code-first framework approach, including where each fits best in enterprise AI development.

Speakers:
Brian Olson

Brian works and Kiewit on the Architecture team where he works to make sure developers have the tools and guidance they need to solve todays business problems. Brian also co-leads the OmahaMTG user group where we aim to bring sponsors, presenters and most importantly you, our members, together to learn and grow in this shared passion we have for writing software.

Sponsors:
Kiewit

The technology group at Kiewit consists of over 600 IT professionals who serve the engineering and construction business in their mission to deliver important and sophisticated projects to Kiewit’s clients. Kiewit designs and builds some of the most important infrastructure that keeps modern society going. When you turn on the lights, use clean water, drive on smooth roads, receive care in a hospital building, or enjoyed amazing public spaces like Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall, Kiewit may have played a part in making that possible. These aren’t the only things Kiewit is doing but is a good representation of the diversity of Kiewit’s business.

A business this diverse needs diverse software to help drive the vast number of business processes involved. Software developers at Kiewit experience all aspects of this diversity in their day-to-day work. They are building tools to help support important processes like project estimation, resource assignment, design tool supplements, and many more.

Kiewit is a large Microsoft Azure customer and hosts most of the custom developed applications in the cloud. The development technologies used are diverse, but primarily focus on .NET 8, React/TypeScript, and Python.

Being a 140 year old company has taught Kiewit that people are its most important asset and they have a culture to support this. In addition, Kiewit offers a number of great benefits:

• Every employee is given a $4,000 / year training budget to support their career advancement.
• The company has a 6% 401K match + a 2%-4% profit sharing contribution.
• As a large company Kiewit has the ability to provide comprehensive and competitive health benefits.

Find your next career with Kiewit here.

Thanks,
Matt Ruwe
mruwe@omahamtg.com
.NET User's Group Co-Leader

Brian Olson
bolson@omahamtg.com
.NET User's Group Co-Leader

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