Equinor, a $100B global energy leader partnered with Tessell to migrate 700+ Oracle and SQL Server databases to Azure - without re-architecting. With cloud-native HA/DR, automation, and cost visibility, they achieved 65% efficiency gains and cut provisioning from weeks to hours. Not theory: this is a real, enterprise-tested approach to modernizing mission-critical databases at scale. It’s secure, efficient, and built for the cloud.

Attendees will learn to enable Defender for Cloud, navigate its dashboard, and interpret regulatory compliance and workload protection insights. The labs also cover secure score analysis, security recommendations, inventory management, pricing models, and governance rule assignment. By the end of the series, participants will be equipped to proactively identify and mitigate threats, strengthen cloud security posture, and align with organizational governance standards.

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

Join us for a session to wrap up Azure Data announcements & road map track with an Ask Me Anything session with Azure Data Senior Leadership. This is your opportunity to ask follow-up questions for all the things you want to know, ask those future looking road map questions or even “help us understand why you chose X?”

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.

Microsoft Marketplace is central to how we sell alongside our partner ecosystem. As demand surges for intelligent applications and personalized agents, Marketplace is how we meet customers where they are. In this session, you’ll learn how to build, ship, and monetize your AI-powered solutions—like agents and other intelligent cloud offerings—through Marketplace. We’ll share a proven formula to align your marketplace strategy with your sales motion to drive new revenue opportunities.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

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.

Modern development moves fast. Security teams are overwhelmed with alerts. But not all risks are equal. GitHub Advanced Security and Microsoft Defender for Cloud make DevSecOps seamless by connecting code to runtime context and unifying developer and security admin tools. Learn how to prioritize what’s actually exploitable in production, reduce alert fatigue, and accelerate remediation with AI-powered fixes with agentic workflows.

Governments are under increasing pressure to modernize services, improve citizen engagement, and operate more efficiently. In this session, we’ll explore Microsoft’s value proposition for public sector organizations, highlighting how cloud and AI technologies are driving transformation across national, federal, state, and local agencies. Learn how Microsoft’s platforms support secure, scalable, and compliant solutions tailored to government needs.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Discover what’s new in Microsoft Intune—from exploring deeper data with Copilot, simplifying workflows and cloud native deployments, to scaling with agents. Learn about the latest innovation across platforms to build resilient, secure, and productive environments, to stay ahead of rapidly evolving threats, app updates and device compliance. Empower IT, protect endpoints, optimize with AI to get there.

Breaches are inevitable. Disasters are optional. Watch Illumio Insights, an AI-powered cloud detection and response solution, transform complex threat detection into visual containment in minutes. As a Sentinel data lake launch partner, Insights is accessible from within Sentinel. Insights Agent within Security Copilot identifies lateral movement risk, contains threats instantly, and suggests microsegmentation policies. Stop intruders and turn threat containment into a 5-minute “wow” moment.

FinOps has evolved from visibility to optimization and now to action. As AI workloads introduce new cost complexities, organizations can no longer afford analysis paralysis or endless dashboards. Enter FinOps 3.0: a shift where cost intelligence is embedded directly into engineering workflows, insights are contextual and role specific, and automation becomes a trusted ally rather than a leap of faith. Learn how to innovate faster, smarter, and more sustainably in the cloud in this session.

Agentic AI is swiftly transforming opportunities and risks in financial services. As banks use AI for secure experiences, criminals exploit these same technologies to create sophisticated scams and expand mule networks. OpenAI’s research underscores the urgency of these challenges. In this keynote, BioCatch will show how behavioral biometrics and fraud analytics, powered by Microsoft Cloud, help banks disrupt scams, dismantle mule networks, and rebuild digital trust worldwide.

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.

Explore Windows 365 AI in this hands-on lab! Configure and experience features like Advanced Search and Click to Do on Cloud PCs. Learn prerequisites, enable AI-driven workflows, and boost productivity for IT admins and end users. Automate tasks with natural language and take smart, context-aware actions directly from your screen.

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.

Kubernetes unlocks powerful capabilities for modern apps—but can be complex. AKS Automatic changes this. In this session, we’ll introduce AKS Automatic and how it helps accelerate cloud-native adoption without the operational overhead. Whether you're modernizing or building new apps, AKS Automatic offers a streamlined path forward, delivering production-ready clusters out of the box, automating infrastructure operations, and embedding best practices for security, scalability, and performance.

Are your Oracle applications and databases stuck on-premises? Azure makes it easy to unlock their full potential by bringing Oracle workloads to the cloud, running them alongside your other cloud applications on the same high-performance, secure network. Unify Oracle data with other critical sources using Microsoft Fabric, and accelerate app modernization with the power of Azure AI services. Discover how to streamline operations, boost agility, and maximize the value of your Oracle investments.

Reimagine the airline business model for the digital age: Discover how Amadeus and Microsoft are partnering to transform airline retail and operations to thrive in a competitive market defined by experience and innovation. Attendees will learn how AI and cloud capabilities can enable airlines to deliver personalized, seamless travel experiences, streamline their operations, overcome legacy technology challenges, and redefine customer-centricity in a competitive market.

AI isn't just transforming how customers work—it's redefining how partners grow profitably. Join Microsoft and Ingram Micro to discover how you can maximize margins and unlock new revenue streams in the age of AI. Together, we'll share strategies to drive sustainable profitability with Microsoft AI and cloud solutions including go-to-market best practices, service opportunities, and tools to future-proof your business.