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.

The Inside Economics crew welcomes Alan Blinder back to the podcast. The Princeton University economics professor and former Vice Chair of the Fed offers his perspective on the outlook for artificial intelligence, the risk of a bubble in equity markets, and the potential implications of current threats to Fed independence. The team also breaks down the much-delayed September employment report. Guest: Alan Blinder – Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University Get more information on Alan Blinder's book - A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021 Hosts: Mark Zandi – Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics, Cris deRitis – Deputy Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics, and Marisa DiNatale – Senior Director - Head of Global Forecasting, Moody’s Analytics Follow Mark Zandi on 'X' and BlueSky @MarkZandi, Cris deRitis on LinkedIn, and Marisa DiNatale on LinkedIn

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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.

Discover how Security Copilot in Microsoft Defender is redefining SecOps. In this session, we’ll share Copilot’s latest innovations and show how the modern SOC is evolving into an agentic, AI-driven operation. See real-world demos across the SOC lifecycle that highlight how AI and agents deliver measurable outcomes, empower analysts, and close the gap between detection and prevention. Join us to step into the future of defense, where Microsoft enables every organization turn intelligence into action.

The role of the IT professional continues to evolve. Join our speakers for an open and honest discussion on the essential skills and mindsets that employers now expect. How do you optimize day-to-day administration and advise on strategic cloud architecture? Learn how to embrace AI tooling to accelerate your career.

Discover how partners can help their customers turn business ideas into real impact - with AI apps and agents. Learn proven strategies for helping customers build AI Centers of Excellence, scale success, and transform organizations with Azure’s full-stack capabilities. Hear what sets Azure’s tech stack apart from the rest for AI to achieve this; what works—and what wins—from Microsoft and partner leaders.

As manufacturers and supply chain leaders navigate the dual pressures of operational efficiency and sustainability, geospatial intelligence (GSI) is emerging as a transformative force. This lab session explores how the integration of Earth observation data, AI, and cloud-scale analytics is enabling smarter, faster, and greener decision-making across industrial ecosystems.

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In the future of the autonomous enterprise, companies will hand over entire processes and functions to agents to run their daily business. Learn how Microsoft is leading the way with agentic ERP with new adaptive experiences and pre-built agents, and how you can take advantage of those innovations and build your own agents. We will share customer insights, partner practices, and programs and investments that can accelerate your opportunities. We will finish with a fire-side chat and Q&A.

See how Security Copilot empowers data security teams to protect sensitive data faster with less manual effort. Learn about new AI agents in Microsoft Purview that automate tasks and accelerate risk response across your security operations.

Training efficiency starts with precision. This session explores Azure supercomputing validation—from GPU kernels to LLAMA pretraining and large-scale model training. The process detects bottlenecks early, reduces cost, and boosts performance. Customers gain predictable throughput, faster training, and confidence in Azure’s readiness for multi-billion parameter models. Attendees will gain practical insights and engage directly with the engineers driving these innovations.

This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of automated AI red teaming generative AI systems for safety and security risks using Microsoft Foundry. Attendees will learn how to apply automated attack techniques to identify safety issues and security vulnerabilities across multiple risk dimensions before deployment. Participants will engage in hands-on walkthroughs and guided exercises to apply these concepts in realistic development scenarios.

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Kickoff talk by LastMile AI.

Kickoff talk by MongoDB during the Agentic AI Hackathon kickoff.

--- With Conecta Recife and “zero-click” service delivery, the Brazilian tech hub is creating scalable solutions to address resident needs.

--- Our new “City Spotlights” highlights GovEx city partners doing great things with data and AI. In this episode, we talk to two public servants from Recife, Brazil: Rafael Cunha, Secretary of Digital Transformation, Science and Technology, and Rafael Toscano, Executive Secretary for Science, Technology, and Business.

--- Recife, a city of 3.7 million people that was part of the third cohort of Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance cities, leveraged data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve service delivery. Today, the city continues to build its data infrastructure to make public service faster, fairer, more interconnected, and more human-centered.

--- Recife uses a “describe the problem” approach for requests for proposals, opening the door for creative, innovative solutions to meet residents’ needs. Their app, Conecta Recife, gives residents access to over 800 public services right from their smartphones, and a “zero-click” approach to service delivery automatically provides free parking permits to residents on their 60th birthday. The city views AI as an opportunity to continue the trend of robust digital service delivery by simplifying previously complex, cumbersome problems. For them, AI is not simply a tool, but a strategic pillar for building a more functional government for resident impact.

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