Security teams face relentless pressure, complexity, and fewer resources. With generative AI, we have the opportunity to change the game. Join Microsoft product leaders to see what’s new in Security Copilot and how it’s transforming security and IT work.

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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.

Industrial companies across every sector have an opportunity to reimagine their operations, blending human expertise with AI capabilities. In this new frontier, Industrial AI collaboration and orchestration amplify worker productivity, product quality, and facility adaptability. This shift allows every organization to address immediate challenges while bending the curve on innovation.

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.

Discover how Microsoft partners can harness AI and community collaboration to drive growth in FY26. Leaders from IAMCP and Partner1 share insights from initiatives like IAMCP Ignition and Maximize & Multiply, revealing how AI innovation and a community-first approach unlock revenue, accelerate outcomes, and strengthen partner ecosystems. Leave with practical strategies to scale and grow stronger with Microsoft.

AI is evolving fast and many professionals are looking for ways to catch up and contribute. This pod brings together Microsoft MVPs and attendees to discuss practical approaches to ramping up in AI—from learning paths and tooling to real-world applications. Whether you're just starting or looking to deepen your expertise, join the conversation to exchange insights, ask questions, and leave with actionable next steps tailored to your journey.

Connection Pods accommodate up to 15 people. Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Discover the HP vision for the Future of Work, bringing together AI, the employee experience, IT visibility to all digital devices, and collaboration everywhere and anywhere. Join us to dig into the Work Relation Index, a global study on workplace experiences, and explain how HP helps IT professionals equip their teams with the tools needed for productivity and collaboration in a hybrid environment.

Every day, your employees interact with countless cloud & AI services. In this session, learn how to leverage existing security investments – including Microsoft Purview and Netskope One SSE – to protect your most business-critical data.

Healthcare is evolving—and so is how Microsoft partners deliver value. This session explores the Clinical Applications Specialization, recognizing partners who build and support AI-powered clinical solutions that improve outcomes and efficiency. Learn how it aligns to Cloud & AI Platforms CSA, see real-world examples, and discover how to earn the specialization and unlock impact in healthcare.

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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Build a smarter image classification app with Windows ML, now available generally available. This hands-on lab walks through dynamically downloading execution providers (EPs) for NPUs, compiling models for hardware-specific EPs, and running inference locally. Learn to deploy, debug, and optimize your app using WinML APIs. Ideal for developers exploring AI acceleration on Windows devices—no pre-distributed EPs required.

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Build the single front door experience for your employees with the Employee Self-Service Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot. In this lab, get hands on with configuring and extending the Agent in Copilot Studio, Learn to connect HR/IT systems and third-party agents, customize workflows, and see how deploying this agent streamlines support, reduces tickets, and boosts employee satisfaction—all with enterprise-grade security.

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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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This lab introduces key data classification and protection tools in Microsoft Purview. Participants learn to create and customize sensitive information types to identify sensitive data, and apply sensitivity labels to enforce encryption, access controls, and content marking. Gain hands-on experience in building and managing policies that secure data across Microsoft 365.

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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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In this lab, you'll get hands-on with the AI Toolkit (AITK) and Microsoft Foundry in VS Code to explore and compare the latest multimodal and reasoning models from the Model Catalog. Learn how to augment models for a real-world business scenario, using prompt and context engineering. Prototype an agent using the AITK Agent Builder, and equip the agent with the right tools via the Model context Protocol (MCP).

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