This session tackles one of the biggest post-pilot challenges with Microsoft Copilot: turning initial enthusiasm into sustained, measurable adoption. With over 13 years of real-world Microsoft 365 adoption experience, I’ll share a proven framework brought to life through live demos and customer results that equips attendees to scale Copilot successfully, reduce shadow AI, and demonstrate clear business impact. Fast, practical, and repeatable. Attendees will walk away ready to act the next day.

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.

Enterprises are racing to operationalize AI, but connecting agents to live, trusted data remains a major architectural challenge. In this session, Alok Pareek, co-founder and EVP of Product and Engineering at Striim, will explore how Striim MCP Agentlink enables secure, real-time data movement from operational systems to AI agents. Learn patterns for inference, vector embeddings, and predictive analytics built on Microsoft data products with end-to-end encryption, lineage, and PII protection.

Microsoft Partner Center is the gateway to managing your relationship with Microsoft — but are you using it to its full potential? Join this roundtable to explore best practices, common pitfalls, and expert tips for navigating Partner Center with confidence. Whether you're new to the platform or looking to optimize your experience, this session will help you set your partnership up for long-term success.

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.

You probably don’t need a collection of specialty databases. Just use Postgres instead! Written for application developers and database pros, Just Use Postgres! shows you how to get the most out of the powerful Postgres database. In Just Use Postgres! you’ll learn how to: Use Postgres as an RDBMS for transactional workloads Develop generative AI, geospatial, and time-series applications Take advantage of modern SQL including window functions and CTEs Perform full-text search and process JSON documents Use Postgres as a message queue Optimize performance with various index types including B-trees, GIN, GiST, HNSW, and more Over the decades, PostgreSQL, aka Postgres, has grown into the most powerful general-purpose database and has become the de facto standard for developers worldwide. Just Use Postgres! takes a modern look at Postgres, exploring the database’s most up-to-date features for AI, time-series, full-text search, geospatial, and other application workloads. About the Technology You know that PostgreSQL is a fast, reliable, SQL compliant RDBMS. You may not know that it’s also great for geospatial systems, time series, full-text search, JSON documents, AI vector embeddings, and many other specialty database functions. For almost any data task you can imagine, you can use Postgres. About the Book Just Use Postgres! covers recipes for using Postgres in dozens of applications normally reserved for single-purpose databases. Written for busy application developers, each chapter explores a different use case illuminating the breadth and depth of Postgres’s capabilities. Along the way, you’ll also meet an incredible ecosystem of Postgres extensions like pgvector, PostGIS, pgmq, and TimescaleDB. You’ll be amazed at everything you can accomplish with Postgres! What's Inside Generative AI, geospatial, and time-series applications Modern SQL including window functions and CTEs Full-text search and JSON B-trees, GIN, GiST, HNSW, and more About the Reader For application developers, software engineers, and architects who know the basics of SQL. About the Author Denis Magda is a recognized Postgres expert and software engineer who worked on Java at Sun Microsystems and Oracle before focusing on databases and large-scale distributed systems. Quotes I was pleasantly surprised to learn many new things from this book. - From the Afterword by Vlad Mihalcea An excellent guide covering everything from basics to cutting-edge features. - Dave Cramer, PostgreSQL JDBC Maintainer Pleasant, easy to read with tonnes of great code. - Mike McQuillan, McQTech Ltd Well-organized and easy to search. - Edward Pollack, Microsoft Data Platform MVP The missing guide to understanding and using Postgres. - Mehboob Alam, POSTGRESNX, Inc.

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.

Ride the agent revolution with Microsoft Foundry, the one and only enterprise-ready Agent Factory. See how Foundry empowers you to build, test, and launch intelligent agents in record time, then scale them across your enterprise with bulletproof security and seamless integration. From prototype to leveraging tools, memory, knowledge and multi-agent orchestration, to integrate with Microsoft 365, this session is your shortcut to agentic success.

Discover how Microsoft Purview delivers the most comprehensive approach to securing and governing your data. Learn how organizations can protect, manage, and unlock value from their data while meeting regulatory and business goals.

Microsoft 365 Copilot is transforming productivity but unlocking its full potential requires more than just turning it on. Rafsan Huseynov, SHI AI Solutions Architect and Microsoft MVP, shares how SHI helps organizations deploy Copilot securely, responsibly, and with measurable impact. Learn how SHI’s proven strategies maximize ROI, ensure compliance, and confidently scale Copilot across the enterprise.

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.

Big ideas start small—but need the right energy to take off. That's where Red Bull Basement comes in. The program gives students and innovators tools, mentorship, and community to create real-world solutions. Red Bull, AMD, and Microsoft have teamed-up to supercharge creativity and push the boundaries of what’s possible. Experience stories from people building tomorrow’s tech today, Developer, dreamer, or curious about what’s next? This is your chance to be in the room where innovation happens.

Discover how Microsoft’s ASIA leadership is empowering partners to drive transformation with Small and Medium Businesses. ​Learn how to align with FY26 priorities. This session will spotlight key initiatives, partner recognition, and actionable next steps to deepen engagement and fuel growth.

The Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is the primary way we engage and invest in our partner ecosystem.  The program brings everything together across the whole of the partner lifecycle, including onboarding, skilling, go-to-market, incentives, and co-selling. In this session, learn about our Partner Program, its evolution, exciting new offers and how it enables partners drive growth.

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Get guidance on how to monetize your AI apps and agents by listing them in Microsoft Marketplace. This session shares strategies to get your solution discovered by global buyers 24/7, integrated into Microsoft products like Copilot and Microsoft Foundry, and distributed through Microsoft’s powerful channel ecosystem—making adoption easier to accelerate growth.

The future of AI is hybrid - running inference on a PC and in the cloud. Discover applications and vertical use cases that leverage local AI through Microsoft Foundry on Windows while running on Copilot+ PC, for improved latency, data privacy, and cost

Discover how to hire, onboard, and train AI-powered digital labor that acts with autonomy, adapts to evolving business needs, and operates securely across environments. This session explores how intuitive tools and built-in controls enable you to manage these agents like real team members—scaling productivity while maintaining oversight and trust.

As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are transforming their data platforms to keep pace. Without a unified, enterprise-ready foundation, even the most ambitious AI strategies can stall. Join Amir Netz, Technical Fellow and CTO of Microsoft Fabric, as he shares the latest data and analytics announcements, developments and demos for Fabric.

Discover how Microsoft’s Americas leadership is empowering partners to drive transformation with Small and Medium Enterprise. ​Learn how to align with FY26 priorities. This session will spotlight key initiatives, partner recognition, and actionable next steps to deepen engagement and fuel growth.

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.

Learn to discover, manage, govern, and protect agent identities and access to resources – just as you do for human identities—with enterprise-grade secure access for agents in Microsoft Entra.

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