What happens when AI meets the frontline? Discover how to unlock productivity and efficiency with innovative AI-powered solutions tailored for frontline-specific workflows and mobile-first experiences, without compromising security and control. Learn practical approaches to modernizing your frontline through smart, simple, secure solutions with Microsoft 365, and simplifying IT complexity to deploy and manage at scale.

Discover how you can use AI for PowerShell and Azure CLI to boost automation and simplify complex commands. We’ll showcase how AI can generate scripts on demand, guide you through best practices, and help enforce governance and security policies confidently. Through practical demos, see how natural language prompts can automate tasks, apply guardrails, and secure your estate.

Discover how Microsoft and top media partners are reshaping Media & Entertainment with AI and the Microsoft Cloud. Learn how Azure, Fabric, and generative AI are powering faster content creation, smarter workflows, and immersive audience experiences—featuring real-world innovations in storytelling, distribution, and monetization.

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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In this hands-on lab, discover how to govern AI Apps & Agents using AI Gateway in Azure API Management. Learn to apply governance best practices by onboarding AI models, monitoring and controlling token usage, enforcing safety and compliance, and boosting performance with semantic caching. You’ll also govern MCP-based agent architectures by creating secure, efficient servers from APIs or connecting to backend MCP servers, equipping you to deliver responsible, resilient AI solutions at scale.

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Join this session to learn the best practices and tools to build highly available and scalable agents to tackle critical workloads. As AI agents increasingly drive critical workflows—from frontline operations to executive decision-making—ensuring continuous availability at scale.

Run open-source AI models of your choice with flexibility—from local environments to cloud deployments using Azure Container Apps and serverless GPUs for fast, cost-efficient inferencing. You will also learn how AKS powers scalable, high-performance LLM operations with fine-tuned control, giving you confidence to deploy your models your way. You’ll leave with a clear path to run custom and OSS models with agility and cost clarity.

AI and cyber regulations are accelerating worldwide. Learn how Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Regulatory Navigator, and Defender for Cloud align controls to laws like the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, and DPDP India; monitor posture in real time; and embed Responsible AI—turning regulatory resilience into cyber resilience and trusted innovation.

Whether you have basic or mature cloud cost management practices in your organization, AI workloads add specific considerations. Learn how AI usage correlates to cost, what to monitor, and how to drive accountability for your AI investment, with Azure tools and industry best practices.

Learn how the Microsoft Federal team is modernizing SAP ERP with RISE on Microsoft Cloud. This includes High SLA infrastructure on Azure Government, SAP BTP integration, and AI-powered monitoring. Discover how Defender and Sentinel secure workloads, and how sovereignty solutions support compliance. Gain practical lessons and insights from a real-world deployment for regulated industries.

AI is redefining how customers work, secure, and manage their digital environments—and partners are key to unlocking that transformation. In this session, we’ll explore how Cloud and AI Endpoints across Windows 365, AVD, and Intune Suite are reshaping service delivery and customer value. Join us to gain actionable insights to evolve your practice, align with Microsoft’s strategic investments, get go-to-market guidance, and hear from partners achieving success in the Cloud-first, AI era.

Energy and resources companies are using AI and agents to shape the new energy future by unlocking new levels of efficiency, resilience, and innovation. In this session, we will dive into Microsoft and partner solutions powering AI transformation and how energy and resource companies are becoming Frontier Firms.

Explore how Microsoft 365 and Copilot empowers small businesses to grow and adapt. Learn about flexible licensing, streamlined device management, and seamless integration with key SMB apps. Discover real-world Copilot use cases and get practical guidance to roll out AI across your organization. Help employees start using Copilot effectively to stay agile, work smarter, and transform your business.

This session presents proven security frameworks for private wireless networks, showing how field-tested strategies and AI-powered defenses have cut incidents by 63%, reduced costs, and safeguarded critical infrastructure against advanced cyber threats.

As organizations aim to be more data-driven, integrated, scalable, and collaborative platforms are vital. Azure Databricks delivers unified data analytics for processing, AI, and real-time insights. Its full potential emerges within the integration with the Microsoft ecosystem. This session shows how Azure Databricks serves as the data and AI backbone while empowering users to leverage Microsoft solutions like Power BI, Power Apps and Microsoft Foundry for advanced, real-time decision-making.

In this hands-on lab, you’ll build a Knowledge Base using agentic RAG, the next evolution of retrieval in Azure AI Search. Connect your agentic retrieval engine to your data through smart source selection across multiple indexes and storage systems. Learn how to enhance planning using natural language guidance and generate grounded responses with citations or extractive answers tailored to your use case. By the end, you’ll have a fully functional Knowledge Base that responds over enterprise data.

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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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In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to build domain-specific AI agents with Foundry Agent Service. Starting from a simple agent, you’ll add system prompts, custom instructions, and knowledge with RAG. You’ll extend it with tool calling (like a pizza calculator) and connect external services via MCP for live menu and order handling. By the end, you’ll have a working Contoso PizzaBot that can answer questions, recommend pizzas, and manage orders.

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With cyberattacks on the rise amid the growth of AI applications, having a robust, secure network environment for all your workloads is more essential than ever. Join this session to hear from network security experts on how to improve your security posture through Azure Network Security products including Azure Firewall and Azure DDoS Protection in combination with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Hear announcements of new capabilities for both and see a live demo of successful DDoS mitigation.

Supply chains are evolving from reactive systems to intelligent, autonomous networks. The agentic supply chain—powered by AI agents—delivers real-time visibility, predictive insights, and self-orchestrating operations. In this session, discover how AI-driven agents are transforming planning, logistics, and fulfillment to unlock growth, boost profitability, and build resilience in an unpredictable world.