Most AI tools focus on software, but the world’s largest companies run physical operations—manufacturing, logistics, energy—where Physical AI is critical. GRID, integrated with GitHub Copilot and Azure, helps enterprises accelerate robotic AI development, deploy intelligent robots at scale, and connect frontline workers with robots—from drones to humanoids—driving productivity and faster ROI.

A new era has begun in which AI agents create real value in the workplace. In this session, innovative agents, with Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Azure as the core, will be showcased through live demos: Fujitsu AI Auto Presentation and Supply Chain Agent. All these demonstrations will illustrate how Fujitsu, in partnership with Microsoft, provide tangible value for their customers with a novel approach in the realms of supply chain and communication.

Learn how to build an advanced AI agent using Azure Database for PostgreSQL and the new Microsoft Agent Framework. This hands-on lab walks you through integrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic re-ranking, Semantic Operators, and GraphRAG (using Apache AGE) to enable intelligent legal question-answering using real case data. Gain practical AI implementation skills with your own PostgreSQL-backed applications.

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This hands-on workshop teaches how to build and deploy intelligent AI agents for enterprise research using AI-Q NVIDIA Blueprint and NVIDIA Nemotron on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Learn to leverage AI reasoning, multimodal data extraction, and retrieval-augmented generation to uncover actionable insights from enterprise data. Ideal for developers aiming to accelerate AI-driven knowledge discovery and decision-making.

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Join the PG Leads for the Azure, AI & Data Award categories to demystify the Microsoft MVP program. This Q&A session will packed with insights for tech leaders & experts that are aspiring to be more, give back to the community, and become an MVP.

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Join this hands-on lab to explore Azure Arc for hybrid and multicloud environments. You’ll onboard Windows VMs, enable monitoring with Azure Monitor, apply compliance with Machine Configuration, and strengthen security using Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Wrap up by enabling Arc agent auto-upgrade to keep resources secure and current.

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In this interactive community theatre session, seasoned Azure MVPs will share their most impactful lessons learned from building, scaling, and advocating for cloud-native solutions across industries. From navigating the complexities of hybrid architectures to driving adoption of emerging Azure technologies, this session distills real-world experience into actionable insights for developers, architects, and product managers.

Join us for a live demo of how NVIDIA Run:ai integrates with Microsoft Azure to simplify and scale AI infrastructure. See how Run:ai enables efficient GPU scheduling across Azure VMs, AKS, and hybrid environments. With deep integration into Azure Active Directory and Blob Storage, Run:ai helps teams maximize GPU utilization, streamline operations, and accelerate AI development — all within your existing Azure ecosystem.

Industries are embracing AI to empower artists, designers, and storytellers. In this breakout session, we’ll explore how agentic AI—powered by Microsoft Foundry and Azure databases—is enabling creatives. Join us to hear from three visionary customers: Pantone, TomTom, and Kantar. You’ll learn proven patterns for integrating AI into creative pipelines—from semantic search and generative design to intelligent agents that collaborate with humans.

Azure Linux Container Host is an operating system image that's optimized for running container workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Learn how it improves performance, simplifies node lifecycle management, and enables innovations like pod sandboxing and OS Guard. See how customers use Azure Linux for workload isolation and hardened security with features like Integrity Policy Enforcement, SELinux, and dm-verity—helping enterprises modernize and scale with confidence.

Whether you’re a Copilot or Azure partner, or new to security conversations, you’ll learn how to weave Microsoft’s end-to-end security narrative into your AI offerings, helping you close deals and fuel multi-year profitability. Join this dynamic session to unlock the full potential of the Microsoft Security portfolio and discover practical guidance for leveraging go-to-market (GTM) strategies across every stage of your customer engagement journey.

Isolating tenants, managing costs, and ensuring reliability are core challenges for any multi-tenant SaaS app. This session provides a blueprint on Azure using real world examples. We'll dive deep into the data tier, contrasting Azure Cosmos DB’s DB-per-tenant pooling model against the partition-key-per-tenant strategy to find your ideal balance of cost and isolation. Learn how these choices impact your TCO and security posture and manage tenants with design patterns like deployment stamps.

Are your Oracle applications and databases stuck on-premises? Azure makes it easy to unlock their full potential by bringing Oracle workloads to the cloud, running them alongside your other cloud applications on the same high-performance, secure network. Unify Oracle data with other critical sources using Microsoft Fabric, and accelerate app modernization with the power of Azure AI services. Discover how to streamline operations, boost agility, and maximize the value of your Oracle investments.

Storage is the biggest cost of your backup and recovery strategy. Join experts from Microsoft and CrashPlan to learn how to contain costs and build data resilience. A CrashPlan demo shows you how to: -Lower costs with archiving, flexible storage options, including patented zero-cost OneDrive -Speed restore of apps like SharePoint with full-site restore including metadata, permissions and settings -Simplify data resilience with built-in ransomware protection, compliance, eDiscovery and legal hold

Explore how Microsoft Purview empowers teams with seamlessly integrated data security capabilities that uncover hidden risks and strengthen your protections across Microsoft 365, Azure, Windows, Fabric, and beyond.

Learn how Managed Instance on Azure App Service is purpose-built to remove common migration blockers, from file access and custom installers, to system commands, by running legacy ASP.NET apps without code changes. Get proven tactics to accelerate migration, gain higher performance, efficiently scale, and lower TCO. Plus, see how the platform helps to integrate with the Azure AI ecosystem and add AI innovation to your migrated applications.

The complexity of managing multi-cloud environments and thousands of resources—combined with limited visibility across distributed teams—is driving up costs, risks, and inefficiencies. Organizations need a solution that can forecast spend, streamline operations and uncover savings. In this session, experts share how Apptio on Azure empowers joint clients with real-time insights, AI-powered optimization, and financial transparency to maximize business value and unlock competitive advantage.

Join the Copilot in Azure product team and Microsoft MVPs for a roundtable discussion on Copilot in Azure's new agentic capabilities. We'll discuss how supported agents can simplify critical tasks along your cloud journey, like deployment and troubleshooting. Learn what’s launching, how to get access, and chat with the team behind the experience. This is your chance to ask questions, share feedback, and help steer what’s next.

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How can organizations harness AI across every platform? Atera’s IT Autopilot is a 24/7, autonomous, context-aware AI agent that acts as the protocol layer for IT’s future, bridging tools like Office365, Azure, and ServiceNow to extend AI into daily workflows. Employees benefit from faster issue resolution and smoother operations, IT teams gain proactive, intelligent support, and organizations unlock efficiency at scale. Discover how IT Autopilot brings the power of AI into everyday IT.

Join this hands-on lab to design and deploy a modern, cloud-native analytics and AI solution using Azure Databricks, Microsoft Foundry, and Microsoft Copilot Studio. Work with the Zava-Litware scenario to perform data ingestion, orchestration with Lakeflow, AI-driven insights via Genie, mirrored catalog in Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio low-code automation, and advanced reporting in Power BI. Build a scalable, cost-efficient solution showcasing AI-powered analytics for business transformation.

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This lab provides a comprehensive overview of building, deploying, and securing AI agents. We will start by creating a single agent with Azure Functions and Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry, then enhance it with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and add data grounding with Azure Cosmos DB. You will also combine the single agents to form a multi-agent system. You will then deploy, manage and secure the application on a Flex Consumption plan.

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Learn to deploy Enterprise-grade Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) agents using NVIDIA Nemotron and NIM microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This hands-on lab walks you through building scalable, GPU-accelerated AI pipelines powered by Azure and NVIDIA AI Enterprise.

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Discover how AI is transforming cloud operations in Azure. In this lab, you’ll use AI to investigate anomalies, correlate telemetry, and strengthen your monitoring posture. With Copilot's new agentic capabilities for optimization, you’ll identify and validate cost and carbon savings opportunities while advancing FinOps and sustainability practices. Together, these capabilities help you align workload health, streamline operations, and deliver lasting efficiency and sustainability.

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Learn more about migration and modernization of Windows Server, SQL Server, and .NET apps. Learn how to assess and migrate Windows Server and SQL Server workloads using Azure Migrate and Azure Database Migration Service (DMS). This lab covers discovery, dependency mapping, migration execution, and post-migration optimization as well as leveraging Microsoft Defender for cloud for securing workloads post migration.

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Build a multi-agent application leveraging MCP (Model Context Protocol) with the Microsoft Agent Framework in C# or LangGraph in Python, integrated with Azure Cosmos DB for scalable and high-performance data persistence and retrieval. Define agents, functions, and external service integrations, implement memory, state management, and semantic search using Azure Cosmos DB. By the end, you’ll have a robust AI agent system designed for real-world applications.

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