---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/drupalcon-vienna-2017'
title: 'DrupalCon Vienna'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-07-24T01:56:36+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: album
count: 12
---

# DrupalCon Vienna

![A timeline that shows the progression from manual updates to automatic updates, with Drush updates, Update Manager and Composer as key milestones.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/automatic-updates-timeline-640w.png)
*A slide from <a href="https://dri.es/state-of-drupal-presentation-september-2017">my keynote at DrupalCon Vienna 2017</a> where I introduced the Automatic Updates initiative. My speaker notes read: "Maybe Composer can be used under the hood to develop an automatic updates feature?".*

![What other technologies do Drupal agencies use?](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/changing-technology-stack-640w.jpg)

![Drupal agencies report that most Drupal projects are using Drupal 8 now](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/drupal-8-agency-adoption-640w.jpg)

![We saw a 2x increase in stable contributed modules](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/drupal-8-module-readiness-640w.jpg)

![Most Drupal agencies have growing businesses](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/drupal-agency-growth-640w.jpg)

![A diagram shows how Drupal scales from small blogs to large multi-site platforms, emphasizing its flexibility and reach.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/drupal-is-for-digital-ambitious-experiences-640w.gif)

![Drupal is no longer for simple sites, but for sites with medium-to-high richness](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/who-is-drupal-for-640w.jpg)

![Driesnoting](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/driesnoting-640w.jpg)
*&copy; Paul Johnson*

![Watching the Driesnote](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/watching-the-driesnote-640w.jpg)
*&copy; Amazee Labs*

![Lucky to have many contributors](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/lucky-to-have-many-contributors-640w.jpg)
*&copy; Paul Johnson*

![DriesNote Q&A with Rachel](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/qa-driesnote-rachel-640w.jpg)
*&copy; Paul Johnson*

![A large group of people gathered indoors for a group photo at DrupalCon Vienna 2017, looking at the camera.](https://dri.es/files/cache/drupalcon-vienna-2017/group-photo-640w.jpg)