Learn what Microsoft is doing to make the Azure platform secure, as well as explore identity management, encryption, network protection and compliance strategies to safeguard your Azure workloads. Discover how to build layered defenses and align architecture with evolving threats and regulatory standards for enterprise-grade security.

In the ever-evolving battlefield of cybersecurity, CDW's Managed Security Services stand as an unbreakable shield, empowering organizations to thrive amid relentless threats. Harnessing powerful industry expertise and mature processes, CDW delivers 24/7 vigilance, streamlining operations with comprehensive coverage across endpoints, networks, and clouds. Secure fortification from next-generation firewalls and Managed SIEM for real-time incident response, to advanced SOAR automation and identity.

As modern cloud and AI applications continue to be built at rapid speed, organizations must ensure their cloud deployments are secure and compliant with the latest regulatory standards. Join us to learn how the new and improved controls Microsoft cloud security benchmark v2 can help Azure users and security teams create baselines to secure cloud services and keep environments compliant.

Ride the agent revolution with Microsoft Foundry, the one and only enterprise-ready Agent Factory. See how Foundry empowers you to build, test, and launch intelligent agents in record time, then scale them across your enterprise with bulletproof security and seamless integration. From prototype to leveraging tools, memory, knowledge and multi-agent orchestration, to integrate with Microsoft 365, this session is your shortcut to agentic success.

Enterprises are racing to deploy AI agents but scaling them requires more than powerful models. In this fireside chat, leaders who have deployed agentic systems in complex enterprise environments will share what it means to be “Copilot ready” and how to scale agents from pilots to production. From data foundations to security, governance and user trust, we’ll explore the pitfalls to avoid, what worked, and how innovative agent solutions are delivering measurable business value across industries.

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Discover how Microsoft Purview delivers the most comprehensive approach to securing and governing your data. Learn how organizations can protect, manage, and unlock value from their data while meeting regulatory and business goals.

Forget chatbots. Think intelligence. This breakout session reveals how TD SYNNEX is delivering real agentic AI that solves real MSP challenges—from service management and security to billing and automation. Discover how partners are deploying AI agents in help desks, supply chain, retail, and process integration, backed by proprietary market research. Learn how to monetize AI—from tools like Copilot Chat to full agentic AI revenue streams—powered by StreamOne® and Destination AI™ enablement.

Security standards often live in policy documents but aren’t consistently enforced. Learn how Azure Policy and Machine Configuration let you deploy built-in CIS benchmark templates for Linux and Windows, customize them to your needs, and apply them across Azure and hybrid / multi-cloud servers (via Azure Arc). We’ll also show how to integrate these policies into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) for continuous compliance checks, turning written guidelines into real-world security posture.

Discover how Microsoft Azure and Intel are redefining cloud infrastructure with the launch of Azure’s virtual machines on powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors. This session explores the architectural innovations behind Intel Xeon 6—including performance and efficiency cores, built-in AI acceleration, and enhanced memory and network capabilities—and how they enable scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud services on Azure.

Tour the Foundry Control Plane, the unified management hub that connects Entra Agent ID, guardrails, observability, and runtime security, and see how easy it is to register, monitor, and govern agents. Get hands-on tips for scaling with confidence using Microsoft Foundry.

As threats grow more complex, teams need improved visibility and context to defend threats faster. In this lab, we’ll explore how Microsoft Purview and Defender XDR integrate to help organizations investigate security incidents through a single pane.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Hands-on lab applies Microsoft’s Zero Trust principles across data, network, infrastructure, and security ops. Using the ZT Assessment, participants evaluate posture, find gaps, and build a roadmap with actionable insights.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

The future of work is here. See how Windows combines security, adaptability, cloud, and AI to empower organizations and people to create, decide, and grow.

As AI workloads grow, infrastructure must keep pace. This session covers Azure’s silicon-to-systems optimization, hardware-software codesign, and datacenter advances in cooling, power, network, and security. Learn about Azure’s latest AI infrastructure powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchips and Quantum-2 InfiniBand, including ND GB200/GB300 VMs with exascale performance and 860K+ tokens/sec on LLAMA 70B. We’ll also cover NC H100 and NC RTX Blackwell VMs for enterprise inferencing.

Step into a new era of secure, AI-powered productivity with Edge for Business. Streamline workflows and boost productivity with AI that transforms the browser into a proactive, context-aware partner—through innovations like Copilot Mode and multi-tab reasoning. And while you seek AI transformation, you can't relax security. Edge for Business is the leading secure enterprise browser, delivering both AI productivity and enterprise-grade security—no trade-offs required.

In the agentic era, digital trust is paramount. Join our security leaders to see how Microsoft builds security into every layer for a world woven with AI and agents. Through demos and customer stories, learn how protection is unified across identities, data, agents, apps, endpoints, and more. Get actionable steps to secure AI innovation at scale.

Get ready to explore how Azure Copilot is transforming the way IT, DevOps, and Developers manage, secure, and optimize cloud environments—ushering in an era of agentic AI that goes beyond simple automation. This session unveils powerful new capabilities that enable AI to act more independently and collaboratively with users, streamlining tasks like incident response, infrastructure provisioning, security posture management, and beyond.​

With models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Black Forest Labs, Mistral AI, Meta, xAI and more, Microsoft Foundry brings the world’s most advanced AI models together in one secure, unified platform. Learn how to select, evaluate, and intelligently route models to achieve the right balance of cost, latency, and accuracy—all while maintaining enterprise-grade security, responsible AI practices, and built-in governance across every workload.

Discover how to optimize Windows Server workloads with Azure infrastructure and agentic management tools to maximize your investment. Learn how to use Azure administration tools, including WAC, Azure Copilot, and AI Shell to manage Windows Server workloads in Azure.  Configure and leverage AI tools with BCDR, Monitoring, Compliance, Software Updates and security for Windows Server workloads, and simplify Windows Server identity in Azure with Entra Domain Services.

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The teams that have strong DevOps practices are the ones best positioned to take advantage of the power of AI. See how you can use GitHub Copilot and AI Agents to bring speed, scale and security across the software development for your organization.

As organizations adopt AI to boost productivity and creativity, concerns grow about data security and possible leaks through generative AI tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, and Gemini. Microsoft’s Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI helps organizations monitor AI activities, enforce data protection policies, and meet regulatory standards, allowing safe, productive AI use without compromising sensitive information.

Get an overview of the next generation of Microsoft Power Platform. See how agents, AI-assisted plans, and modern workspaces are transforming the maker experience. Build and deploy apps your way—whether through natural language prompts, visual designer, or custom code. Pair speed with enterprise-grade scale and security and modernize your core systems into intelligent solutions powered by apps and agents.

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This session explores Windows as the canvas for AI, including development in MCP (Model Context Protocol), Computer Using Agents (CUAs), and upcoming platform-level security enhancements. Learn how these technologies shape a more intelligent and secure Windows experience.

In this session, we’ll introduce the latest capabilities across compute, storage, and networking. Uncover the advancements in Azure IaaS, driving performance, resiliency, and cost efficiency. We will present how Azure’s global backbone, enhanced capabilities, and expanding portfolio can support mission-critical, cloud native and AI workloads —while built-in security and flexible tiering help right-size app deployments and accelerate modernization.

Join us for a deep dive of Managed Security, complete with walk through of real world end to end agentic scenarios, following the pov of administrators, makers, and users to demonstrate how security impacts all personas and is a shared responsibility.