Build AI apps that run securely and scale with your needs with Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. We’ll cover native vector indexes for semantic search, read scale out for low latency RAG, and secure model invocation with Microsoft Foundry, using the model of your choice, from T SQL. Hear directly from global technology company Hexagon and investment firm BlackRock who will join us to share their experience along with best practices, demos and more!

Microsoft's database portfolio offers a range of options for your customers to achieve any goal. Come to this session to learn about the top use cases for each of our managed database products and how to pitch customers on the value of co-locating databases on Azure with other workloads including AI, analytics, or applications. Whether your customers are migrating and modernizing enterprise applications from on-premise solutions to the cloud or building AI applications, Azure has you covered.

This session is designed specifically for VMware admins who want to accelerate their cloud journey. You’ll learn how to use Azure Migrate to discover and assess VMware workloads, migrate them into Azure, and then manage them with cloud-native tools. We’ll also compare operations tasks like provisioning VMs, setting up high availability, and monitoring health, between vSphere and Azure, helping you gain confidence in running production workloads in the cloud.

Modernizing and migrating from Azure Synapse Gen 2 and Azure Data Factory can be complex. Microsoft Fabric streamlines this journey with a seamless migration experience. In this session, discover key migration scenarios, best practices, and how Fabric serves as a single destination for data integration, transformation, and analytics - helping you modernize your data estate while reducing complexity and accelerating time to value.

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.

Enterprises modernizing core systems on Azure face a familiar set of challenges: legacy mainframes, complex code refactors, and fragmented DevOps pipelines. Join Cognition to get a practical view of how autonomous AI agents like Devin help engineering teams accelerate large-scale modernization efforts. Witness how engineers used Devin to refactor COBOL applications, automate migration pipelines into Azure DevOps and GitHub, and validate migrated workloads for production.

Discover how HPE is redefining IT management. Explore HPE’s innovative pre-bundled licensing approach that simplifies procurement by consolidating multiple licenses into one integrated solution using Azure Local, ensuring consistent support across hardware, software and local cloud resources for streamlined IT environments. See how HPE is advancing Windows Server by incorporating digital media delivery capabilities that promote sustainability and ease of management.

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.

This new technology area encompasses a wide array of mission-critical workloads and modernization efforts, including SAP, Oracle Database@Azure, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Nutanix on Azure, and mainframe modernization strategies. MVPs in this area are expected to demonstrate deep expertise in at least one of these technologies, with a strong grasp of architecture, deployment, and operational nuances on Azure.

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.

KPMG’s AI-driven platform transforms insurance claims management using Microsoft Azure and OpenAI. Informed by live client use cases, the solution analyzes large datasets, identifies high-value opportunities, and generates actionable insights. The solution improves operational efficiency, accelerates decision-making, and helps insurers unlock hidden value across complex claims portfolios.

Modernize your DevOps strategy with Agentic DevOps by migrating your Azure Repos to GitHub while continuing to leverage the investments you’ve made in Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines. We’ll walk through real-world patterns for hybrid adoption, show how to integrate GitHub, Azure Boards and Azure Pipelines, and share best practices for enabling agent-based workflows with the MCP Servers for Azure DevOps, Playwright and Azure.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

With its unrivaled extensibility, PostgreSQL is a top choice for accelerating AI innovation. Now Azure is allowing developers to move even faster with Azure HorizonDB. Discover why Azure HorizonDB, which is AI-enabled out of the box, is the ideal launchpad for your apps and agents. We’ll demo the latest features, like AI Model Management and DiskANN Advanced Filtering, that make Postgres easy to provision and AI-aware on Azure.  See how you can build solutions faster with PostgreSQL.​

Discover how AI, cloud, and robotics are transforming digital engineering across industries. Learn how Microsoft and its partners are enabling faster design, smarter simulation, and scalable automation—from PLM modernization to autonomous systems. See how Azure, GitHub, and agentic AI are powering the next wave of industrial innovation.

Explore the digital transformation and AI-enablement driving manufacturing optimization at Kraft Heinz. Discover how our digital core and Digital Twin provide real-time recommendations to plant operators powered by Azure Arc and Microsoft Foundry. This customer-led session offers actionable insights for scaling AI across industrial environments, envisioning an autonomous future of manufacturing, and advancing toward a self-driven supply chain.

Step through training and deploying a custom reasoning model with Azure ML and Microsoft Foundry. See the magic happen in real time and learn how to bring it to your own projects with Foundry.

Discover how you can make the most of your IT estate migrations and modernizations with the newest AI capabilities. This session guides IT teams through assessing current environments, setting goals, and creating a business case with Azure Migrate for all of your workload types like Windows Server, SQL Server, .NET, Linux, PostgreSQL, Java, and more. We’ll explore tools to inventory workloads, map dependencies, and create actionable migration roadmaps.

Data is what powers AI, but AI is only as secure as your data. As businesses leverage AI at unprecedented speed, building a data protection backbone to deploy AI with confidence remains critical to success. Learn how Cyera and Microsoft are helping CISOs leverage AI and data intelligence to: Unify governance in multi-cloud, decentralized environments Stay compliant & future-proof with secure AI adoption for tools like Copilot Strengthen data protection across Azure, M365, OneDrive, & SharePoint

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.

The explosive growth of cloud data—and its importance for analytics and AI—demands a new approach to protection and access. Traditional backup tools weren’t built to handle hyperscale workloads, such as Azure Blob Storage and Cosmos DB, resulting in costly silos. Discover how a cloud-native platform delivers hyperscale protection, automates operations, reduces TCO, and turns backups into a live, queryable data lake for analytics in Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure OpenAI.