Patrick Chanezon, a cloud advocate at Microsoft, discusses developing applications using containers, functions, and managed cloud services, emphasizing Microsoft's mission to empower organizations. He elaborates on cloud app abstractions including Docker for containers and Azure Functions for serverless computing, highlighting their features like scalability and event-driven capabilities. The document also covers development workflows, Kubernetes integration, and recent innovations in cloud-native application management like the Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB).