Presenting Cognizant® Intelligent Claims Adjudication, a patent-filed, agentic AI solution that seamlessly integrates with any claims adjudication platform to address the claims that fall out of the system. Powered by Agentic AI and built on Cognizant’s deep industry expertise with advanced technology from Microsoft Azure, it automates complex claims decisions while keeping human experts involved, learning from the decisions taken each time. Using a proven approach that blends data analysis, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning, the solution delivers fast, accurate, and scalable claims outcomes.

To meet growing customer demand for faster, more intuitive troubleshooting of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) networking, Azure supports deep pod level metrics, logs and visualization for AKS clusters which enables users to understand their network architecture. This session introduces how advanced container networking services with Hubble enhances AKS troubleshooting workflows, helping teams identify and resolve issues efficiently. Attendees will learn how to leverage these capabilities to streamline diagnostics, reduce operational overhead, and improve the overall reliability of their AKS deployments.

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.

Join Wandelbots, Microsoft and NVIDIA for a discussion on the next era of physical AI. Explore how simulations, powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing and accelerated by NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and frameworks, Microsoft Azure, and OpenUSD are rapidly accelerating robotics development. Learn how digital twins, synthetic data generation, and closed-loop data integrations reduce risk, speed up skill acquisition, and ensure robust performance for advanced industrial and AI for robotics.

AI agents are now a core part of production environments, delivering real impact. Explore how Azure App Platform supports secure, scalable AI agent deployment and lifecycle management. You'll explore how agents use MCP tools and how built-in observability, access controls, and policy enforcement ensure reliable operations. Leave with a clear understanding of how to manage AI agents with governance and performance at scale.

Join us to hear how Levi’s transformed its global IT estate—including Windows Server, SQL Server, SAP, Oracle, and more—through a comprehensive migration and modernization strategy. Learn how they combined data and app modernization with infrastructure re-platforming to unlock agility, scalability, and cost savings. This real-world story will highlight the strategy, lessons learned, and tangible business outcomes that came from taking an end-to-end approach to migration and modernization.

Join Mark Russinovich, CTO and Technical Fellow of Microsoft Azure. Mark will take you on a tour of the latest innovations in Azure architecture and explain how Azure enables intelligent, modern, and innovative applications at scale in the cloud, on-premises, and on the edge.

AI performance extends beyond chip metrics; it relies on integrated hardware, software, and infrastructure. Traditional benchmarks fall short, so NVIDIA DGX Cloud Benchmarking offers a standardized framework to evaluate large-scale AI workloads. NVIDIA and Azure present an end-to-end benchmarking workflow, sharing optimization strategies for deploying and tuning production-ready LLMs on Azure.

In the era of AI-driven transformation, partners have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead customers into the future—and profit uniquely with Azure. This session will reveal how migration and modernization are not just technical motions, but strategic profit engines for partners ready to capitalize on the next wave of cloud adoption.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Trusted by nearly half of Fortune 100 companies, Nasdaq Boardvantage powers secure, intelligent board operations. In this deep dive session, explore how Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and API Management create a resilient architecture that safeguards confidential data while unlocking new agentic AI capabilities.

What if your AI agents could remember, learn and collaborate at lightning speed? Discover how Azure Managed Redis, Mem0, and Agent Framework turn stateless agents into intelligent systems. Redis enables real-time collaboration, long-term learning, and semantic routing. Mem0 adds persistent memory across sessions, while Agent Framework powers reasoning and planning. Together, they build smarter, scalable multi-agent systems ready for any domain.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.