Elio Struyf

Belgium Belgium

Elio Struyf has led a remarkable career as an award-winning Engineering Lead, a trusted information technology thought-leader, and an energizing public speaker with over a decade of experience facilitating events and conferences across Europe. Over his career, he has been invited to numerous cities including Barcelona, London, Paris, and Stockholm, where he has spoken on thought-provoking, development-related topics on Microsoft 365, GitHub, E2E Testing, and Azure DevOps. His extensive knowledge has seen him recognized as a Microsoft MVP ten times, as a GitHub Star three times, a Google Developer Experts member, and he has been recognized as a SharePoint/Microsoft 365 Top 25 Influencer four times. Today, along with acting as VP of BIWUG (Belgian Information Worker User Group), Elio works as an independent contractor for his own consulting company, Struyf Consulting. Elio remains a sought-after speaker at various Microsoft-related community events and conferences, where he inspires, educates, and creates authentic connections with technology professionals and developers across Europe.

Community Contributions

ECS - Test Automation with GitHub Actions and Playwright for Microsoft 365 solutions

GitHub Actions is a powerful tool for creating and running CI/CD pipelines. Playwright is a modern tool for end-to-end testing. In this session, you will learn how to combine these two tools to automate your testing process and improve the quality of your Microsoft 365 solutions. You will see how to set up GitHub Actions for running Playwright tests, handle test results and notifications, and follow best practices for test automation. By the end of this session, you will have the skills and confidence to implement test automation in your projects with GitHub Actions and Playwright.
Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 05-26-2025

Test Automation with GitHub Actions and Playwright for Microsoft 365 solutions

GitHub Actions is a powerful tool for creating and running CI/CD pipelines. Playwright is a modern tool for end-to-end testing. In this session, you will learn how to combine these two tools to automate your testing process and improve the quality of your Microsoft 365 solutions. You will see how to set up GitHub Actions for running Playwright tests, handle test results and notifications, and follow best practices for test automation. By the end of this session, you will have the skills and confidence to implement test automation in your projects with GitHub Actions and Playwright.
Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 12-02-2024

VisugXL 2024 - From Code to Cloud: Automated Deployments with GitHub Actions

Let us dive into the world of GitHub Actions, an instrumental component in modern Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices. In this session, we'll explore how to harness GitHub Actions to streamline your deployment workflows, making moving from code commits to live deployments seamless and efficient. We'll cover how to use variables, secrets, environment approvals, local testing, and more. If you want to automate your deployments, this session is for you!
Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 11-20-2024