Enterprises are embracing the digital workplace where there is a need for a superior unified communications experience and tools to provide granular quality of service (QoS), end-to-end call…

Explore the ins and outs of managing Microsoft Surface with Windows 10. This session provides guidance to help you deploy Windows on Surface devices, keep those devices up to date, and easily manage…

Learn how Microsoft Surface devices are used in highly regulated industries - from compliance, certifications and common criteria to solving unique business challenges that can be applied to your…

One of the biggest fears most customers have is upgrading to a new release of Microsoft SQL Server and having performance degrade, because of changes in query execution plans. In this 25-minute expo…

With the shift toward cloud computing, attackers have been fast to respond - adapting their modus operandi to target enterprise data, applications, and infrastructure in the cloud. In this session we…

Join this session to see end-to-end real-time and predictive business analytics in action. This demo has three parts beginning with a fraud detection scenario using on-premises data sets, then moves…

Join this session to see end-to-end real-time and predictive business analytics in action. This demo has three parts beginning with a fraud detection scenario using on-premises data sets, then moves…

Join us for a step-by-step overview on how to secure your data with Microsoft Azure SQL Database, the most secure relational database for the past four years and running. Our theater session showcases…

Attendees will get a quick view into all the great things your users can do with Microsoft Office 365 groups in the products that they use daily. We show you the top 10 experiences that will delight…

Learn how Microsoft Office 365 protects its customers against rapidly growing Spoof, Phish, Malware and Spam attacks. Get actionable insights for InfoSec as well as Mail Admins - into How to harden…

Learn how Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Security Management helps you gain enhanced visibility and control into your Office 365. This session dives deep into key features like the advanced security…

Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) enables you to detect, protect and monitor sensitive information in your organization. Learn how the rich DLP functionality seamlessly integrates into…

Hybrid Microsoft SharePoint is not just for shiny new 2016 farm - we are working to bring together many of our cloud technologies to SharePoint 20-13 as well. But you need some different patterns to…

Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow represent new patterns for developing business applications in Microsoft SharePoint. If you've been using tools like InfoPath, SharePoint Designer or Access Web…

Is your organization deploying or planning on deploying Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus? This session discusses the challenges and successes companies are having with their deployments. The session also…

Microsoft Office 365 Groups presents a modern collaboration workplace for teams. This session covers how you can make use of these new capabilities in Office and bring your existing users from the…

Learn the considerations and options for installing Office apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OneDrive for Business and Skype for Business in Citrix environments.

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, shares their experiences and challenges on their journey from workplaces to workspace services. The presentation…

Microsoft Office 365, Enterprise Mobility Suite, and Windows 10 provide an unrivalled framework to deliver cloud-ready clients to users. See how moving to cloud-ready devices can deliver real…

Learn how we use the wide optics from almost 1 billion devices to build insights in the Defender Cloud to protect against emerging malware.

Just about every organization has the need to communicate sensitive information through email within your org, with your business partners or with your customers. Theres no doubt that these email…

Mass OSD can be an overwhelming thought for the IT Pro (what infrastructure do I need, how much will it cost me, what about the man hours, etc.) After learning some valueable tips and tricks in this…

Microsoft has a unique perspective on mobility, not just thinking about the mobility of a single device, but the mobility of the human experience across devices. Join us to discover how our ecosystem…

Learn how to speed the process of defining user requirements and attaining acceptance through rapid, iterative, code-free prototyping and design. Save time, money, and headaches by ensuring your…

Microsoft Azure Information Protection helps protect your data at every stage of data lifecycle. Persistent labels set by Azure Information Protection act as the common language that DLP engines,…

You need to collaborate with people within and outside of your organization but you need to do that in a secure manner. Secure sharing of sensitive data should also be simple and easy. Learn how…

Microsoft Azure Event Hubs and Service Bus are the messaging infrastructure of the cloud. This session highlights the progress we've made in refining our services and present the roadmap for the…

In today's mobile and project-centric work environment, the ability to coordinate multiple projects with distributed teamsand making high-level strategic decisions based upon consolidated project…

Billing and subscription management is critical to your experience and interaction with Microsoft Azure. This session dives deeply into cost management and visualization in Azure, and answer FAQs…

The new term called DBaaS (Database as a Service) is being widely recognized nowadays, this denomination provides a flexible, scalable and on-demand platform that is oriented toward self-service and…

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 is just around the corner and with the recently released connector and adapter in preview for BizTalk Server 2016, its never been easier to connect on-premises…

Customers are building mission critical applications on Azure. Microsoft is committed to providing world-class support experience when help our customers in this journey. In this session we will…

Microsoft Azure service communications are continuously evolving based on your feedback. Learn about how we rollout changes in Azure, communication tools including recent Service Health Dashboard, and…

Moving Microsoft SharePoint to Microsoft Office 365 is more than migrating content. Learn from the Microsoft IT team about their own internal, large-scale adoption of Office 365 for team sites,…

Attend this quick rapid-fire theater session to see how you can deploy the full suite of Skype for Business right now. We will show you how to align the existing Skype for Business feature set and…

Skype for Business Preview allows organizations to join a vibrant community of organizations who are interested in shaping the future of Skype for Business. The Preview provides organizations with…

Learn tips from one of the master FastTrack Architects who helps countless customer get ready to use the Microsoft Office 365 and get value from the service quickly. Learn important tips as you begin…

You probably think you need to migrate all of your data to Microsoft Office 365. But what is the business reason for doing this? Join this session to learn the business decisions you need to consider…

Get ready for Microsoft Office 365 with this session, presented by one of the master FastTrack Architects who helps countless customer get ready to use the Office 365 and get value from the service…

Get a quick rundown on the most common issues customers encounter when implementing Microsoft Office in their environment, and learn how to avoid them.

Have you been blocked by not being able to upgrade to Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 2016 due to the presence of perpetual retail products such as Microsoft Project 2013 or Microsoft Visio 2013? The…

Microsoft Outlook is making it easier to share your calendar and improve the reliability of shared and delegated calendars. Were also working to help you more quickly find time and locations for…

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is the foundation of Microsoft's cloud. Whether you start with Office 365 or an application in Azure, your investment sets you up for long-term success with the…

Security is and should be top focus for organizations moving to the cloud, whether you are moving completely to the cloud or operating hybrid cloud and on-premises capabilities. Based on proven…

Learn insight into best practices Microsoft IT has employed in planning, designing, deploying, and operating Microsoft Office 365.

Capture all of your ideas and information in one versatile digital notebook. With Microsoft OneNote, you can collect, organize, and share all kinds of information from nearly any device, online or…

Amid continuous growth of security attacks on organizations Microsoft delivered the most advanced capabilities empowering security teams of large organizations and IT generalists to defend against…

Organizations are being targeted with increasingly sophisticated attacks. Learn about the advancements in threat protection for customers.

Your CEO has forgotten his password and needs you to reset it asap. Of course, this happens right when youre at your sons football game - its Murphys law. Until now, you had to scramble back into the…

Do your Microsoft Excel solutions span spreadsheets? Do you frequently work across multiple versions of workbooks? How can you trust the workbook you're working on now? Do your workbooks have…

Learn how customers have used Workplace Analytics to drive business transformation in their organizations. From workspace planning, enterprise health and sales effectiveness customers have been…

Manage your clients without Active Directory from the cloud. See how easy it is to join the Microsoft Azure cloud and enroll in Microsoft Windows Intune with Windows 10.

Manage your clients without Active Directory from the cloud. See how easy it is to join the Microsoft Azure cloud and enroll in Microsoft Windows Intune with Windows 10.

Roaming profiles were once introduced with Microsoft Windows NT. Lots of organizations are still with this ancient technology. Is Windows 10 the end of the roaming profile and the beginning of true…

Recently it was about keeping things out with traditional security focused on the perimeter. Today its a given that many risks have already made it past the front door with acceleration to the cloud…

Microsoft offers the broadest set of cloud offerings with the most potential for integration. Learn the building blocks of integration starting with identity, security, and networking. Learn how to…

Whether you have experimented with Yammer or are wondering how to take it to the next level of engagement, in this fast paced session you learn the when and the why to use Yammer in your organization.…

Working Out Loud is one of the most crucial practices for value creation in an enterprise social network. For many, it is also the least comfortable. Learn how to work at this new practice to deliver…

Microsoft Windows Store for Business is the place where IT decision makers and administrators find, acquire, manage, and distribute apps to Windows 10 devices. Join us to see Store for Business in…

Cloud computing has become a popular and successful computing model that enables organizations to reduce both their capital and operational expenditures, renew IT innovation, and gain the advantage of…

We've been busy enhancing the Microsoft Outlook mobile app, and have even more updates coming. Learn firsthand how Outlook mobile is getting better, and see live demos of some of the exciting updates.

We've been busy enhancing the Microsoft Outlook app for Mac, and have even more updates coming. Learn firsthand how Outlook for Mac is getting better, and see live demos of some of the exciting…

We've been busy enhancing Microsoft Outlook on the web, and have even more updates coming. Learn firsthand how Outlook on the web is getting better, and see live demos of some of the exciting updates.

Is employee engagement important for your organization? Learn how personalized insights about your time and relationships at work can drive employee engagement, productivity and impact at scale for…

Discuss how we are tackling customer challenges and needs managing security and compliance policies across their organizations. Get a deeper understanding of all the new features we have launched in…

Upgrade Analytics helps customers accelerate Windows 10 deployments and staying up to date with the Windows as a Service candence by providing telemetry driven insights. Learn about the capabilities…

We're constantly amazed at what customers do with charts in Microsoft Excel. Learn more about tips and tricks for commonly requested visualization scenarios in Excel.

If you're just starting to dig into the newer versions of Microsoft Excel, then this session gives you the tools to get more done, faster. Learn about new Get & Transform data capabilities,…

Satya Nadella will close the first day of Microsoft Ignite with a must-see presentation, focused on next generation innovations and investments that are fundamental to shaping IT in the foreseeable…

Technology continues to rapidly evolve, offering us new ways of working and powering digital transformation for all organizations. Key to our ability to harness technology is our ability to evolve…

A session all about Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft Ignite 101 explains the many learning, networking, and social opportunities available throughout the week, and what is new at Microsoft Ignite. Join us…

A session all about Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft Ignite 101 explains the many learning, networking, and social opportunities available throughout the week, and what is new at Microsoft Ignite. Join us…

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of A.C.I.D: Algorithms, Cloud, IoT, and Data are driving the revolution of ambient intelligence. Microsoft is at the forefront of this revolution by combining the power…

Digital transformation has changed the face of enterprise computing, and the time for Windows 10 is now. Rob Lefferts from the Windows Devices Group dives into what Windows 10 is delivering for…

Security in a cloud-first, mobile-first world calls for a new approach. Data is accessed, used, and shared on-prem and in the cloud – erasing the traditional security boundaries. You need technology…

Microsofts strategy centers on empowering you – the IT professionals - to generate business value within your organizations. With Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack, you can leverage the power of cloud…

Join Scott Hanselman as he takes us on a whirlwind tour of what Microsoft has to offer developers to create and modernize applications and embrace software industry trends such as cross-platform…

You can use Skype for Business Online around the world for all your business communication needs, starting now. From online meetings to telephone calls, Skype for Business Online can increase IT…

Your business demands intelligent solutions that are available on whatever device a user prefers and whenever and wherever those users need to do their work. Learn about the latest advances in…

If you're an IT Pro focused on Microsoft Exchange Server infrastructure, then ensuring that your users' mailboxes are always available is probably one of your most important tasks. This session dives…

We discuss the top network performance blockers affecting customers when connecting to Microsoft Office 365, including how to overcome network performance and design issues (e.g., “weve always done it…

High performance computing (HPC) applications are some of the most challenging to run in the cloud due to requirements that can include fast processors, low-latency networking, parallel file systems,…

Hear the master of Windows troubleshooting walk you step-by-step through how he solved seemingly unsolvable system and application problems on Windows. With all-new real case studies, see how to apply…

Learn how a leading Microsoft partner has capitalized on the new extension framework of the Microsof Dynamics AX platform to help drive its development strategy to help bring features to market…

In this session we cover the developer experience in the newest release of Microsoft Dynamics AX, including Microsoft Visual Studio IDE, customizations, extensions, and more.

Learn how the Microsoft Dynamics AX online service scales to your enterprise needs. Understand the new architecture and the new performance tools and performance testing approaches.

Microsoft Dynamics AX and Lifecycle Services provide a rich set of tools to manage the development and propagate your code and data artifacts to various environments. Join us to learn about ALM…

Join us for a live demo on how to build a Microsoft Windows deployment solution, based on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. In the session we take OS Deployment in Microsoft Deployment…

BranchCache has been a part of Microsoft Windows since Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7. It helps to reduce the bandwidth consumed and improves end user experience while accessing intranet-based…

In this session Sami Laiho shows what's really new below the surface of Windows 10. People are talking about the start menu mostly, but we talk about Secure Kernel, Memory Compression, Skylake…

This session provides an in-depth review of how Microsoft Azure Stack Solutions are architected for network, compute, and storage. It reviews the use of Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Software Define…

Microsoft Internet Explorer Enterprise Mode provides better backward compatibility for web apps designed for older versions of Internet Explorer. This session covers Enterprise Mode in detail,…

Diagnostics and usage analysis of any application are never straight forward. Application Insights has made significant investments in log analytics and querying to enable developers do deep mining…

Leverage the power of Microsoft Graph API, a unified API endpoint, for accessing SharePoint data, intelligence, and insights coming from the Microsoft cloud. In this session, learn more about…

The Microsoft SharePoint Framework provides powerful capabilities to extend your sites through client side web parts. Learn to build new client side web parts for your existing and new team sites,…

Learn how to build new Trusted Cloud Services with Skype for Business Online. Built on the Skype for Business Online Platform Service, the Trusted Application API allows developers to build…

Learn how to help your users get more done by integrating communications into business process tools they use every day using the Skype Web SDK. This session highlights best practices from…

Are you ready to plan your ExpressRoute deployment with Skype for Business? In this session we review the process and requirements for deploying ExpressRoute with Microsoft Office 365 and Skype for…

Learn how Virtual Secure Mode, Isolated User Mode and Secure Kernel work in Microsoft Windows 10 and how they protect against threats like Pass-The-Hash.

Microsoft Azure Container Service optimizes the configuration of popular open source container tools and technologies on Azure. We take a deep dive into the service and the components found within it.…

Get your media flowing with Microsoft Office 365 and Skype for Business. In this session we provide a deep dive on how Skype establish media connectivity using the ICE, STUN and TURN protocols. We…

Microsoft Azures new N series virtual machines with NVIDIA GPUs opens up a range of new accelerated compute scenarios. Learn how you can take advantage of GPUs to stream content or remotely access…

Configuring your Skype for Business and Exchange environment for Skype Room Systems to enable the best possible Skype Meeting Experience is simple once you know what to do. This in-depth session walks…

During this session, engineers from the Beta Technical Services team dive deep into how to troubleshoot the new Skype for Business offerings. We review many common areas of misconfiguration and the…

Which browser should you choose for Microsoft Windows 10? Microsoft says to use Microsoft Edge, but why? One of the most persuasive arguments has been the significant investments in security - but how…

If you want to unleash the power of Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) you need to attend this session. Learn how to better secure your sensitive information by tuning DLP for your…

Network architects have many choices to make in network design and are often weighing pros and cons of different solutions. Azure ExpressRoute adds a new choice in connectivity between an…

In this session we introduce you to capabilities of Logic Apps and how you can build enterprise integration solutions including orchestration of business process using SaaS offerings, hybrid…

With Microsoft Server 2016 there is a new option for Remote Desktop Deployments. In this session we explain how to use Server-Based Personal Desktops in your Datacenter and why it is a great new…

Hear the tips and tricks to protect Hyper-V datacenters of all sizes by fixing numerous security holes that you are already exposed to, but never even knew about. Join 5nines virtualization expert…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and the Nano Server deployment are predicted to quickly become the most popular Hyper-V platform, and here is your chance to see the different tools and techniques that…

This session discusses how to design and configure the new inbox Microsoft App-V & UE-V operating system integration experience. Application deployment strategies for desktop applications (App-V,…

Microsoft provides multiple options for Windows Enterprise settings roaming including Enterprise State Roaming (ESR) and User Experience Virtualization (UE-V). In this session, we cover the value of…

GP, MDM, AAD, DJ, DJ++, AADJ, Intune, AD. Ever wonder how all of these acronyms and products fit together to form Microsoft Enterprise device management options? If so, we invite you to come…

Microsoft Windows Anniversary update provides a host of new experience, management capabilities, and options for managing Windows. To understand what these are and how they benefit your business make…

Time spent on triage, diagnostics, and troubleshooting issues with MDM management is a cost center for our customers. With the Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update we introduce new capabilities…

Microsoft Azure AD Premium provides great features for devices. 90% of organizations have deployed Active Directory over the years and there are millions (if not hundreds of millions) of domain joined…

Want to have your app always available? This session give an overview of the newly introduced scenarios and features for applications demanding High Availability running on Microsoft Azure. We demo…

Security doesnt have to be complex, even when your environment is, and securing your organization doesnt have to take months. Join us for a live demo on how we get from zero to full security control…

Dive into the foundational compute, storage, and network resource providers that create the core IaaS functionality in Microsoft Azure Stack.

Building business applications is never easy. There are always conflicting priorities between IT and business and most apps dont merit the time and cost of traditional software development. PowerApps…

Learn how the AX client architecture enables productivity with workspaces. Learn how to build workspace components, including how to create tiles, which patterns to use for implementation, and how to…

The new version of Microsoft Dynamics AX brings a completely updated Task Recording feature. We show how task recordings can be used to create and maintain business process models and interactive task…

SQL Server 2016 offers real time insights, with a secure, scalable database platform that has everything built in, from advanced analytics to unparalleled in-memory performance & industry leading…

How is it possible to move from business intelligence to business analytics? How can you go from talking about R and Python, to using these technologies? What are the business benefits?

Containers, micro-services and Docker are all the rage but what workloads are they used for? And how can you take advantage of these transformative new technologies? Hear from a user that has…

The Sysinternals utilities have been vital tools for computer professionals on the Microsoft Windows platform for 20 years. Mark Russinovich's popular "Case Of The Unexplained" demonstrates…

The Microsoft Common Data model (CDM) is the Azure-based storage mechanism for the Microsoft business application platform. The most intuitive use case for the CDM is to provide an easy to use…

In this session you re guided through the design and implementation process of a software-defined datacenter:_x005F_x000D__x000D_ - Requirements / Components_x005F_x000D__x000D_ - What are the…

Learnings from the real world, take the hybrid datacentre to the next level with the capability of Windows Server 2016. With a focus on end-to-end design, unravel and harness the vast array of…

Get some behind-the-scenes stories from the engineers who design and build Microsoft devices. Learn more about the decision making process used to design these innovative products from the ground up.

Todays employees spend countless hours simply transferring information from one place to another or sifting through data to find a needed detail. Microsoft Flow is a service for business users to work…

In this session we go through experiences of connecting to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. This includes experiences of global deployments, network optimizations and where ExpressRoute can be used to…

For many customers deploying the Outlook client has been a necessary tool to synchronize data between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Exchange. Looking forward, Dynamics CRM has a range of…

Several Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementation accelerators are now in preview and available through Lifecycle Services, and are helping CRM Online customers manage reliable, high throughput, large…

Microsoft Excel, the beloved productivity tool, now has a powerful REST API as part of the Microsoft Graph that enables developers to build rich and deep integrations with Excel workbooks in Microsoft…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server who are interested in taking the 70-742 exam or the 70-743 exam. These exams are required for the new MCSA:…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server who are interested in taking the 70-741 exam or the 70-743 exam. These exams are required for the new MCSA:…

In this session we demonstrate the portal capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1. We give a high level overview of the portal framework and capabilities, demonstrate our various…

Many enterprises have large deployments of legacy Video Teleconferencing solutions (VTCs). This session walks you through the new Polycom Cloud Interop Service that comes to the market in 2016 and…

Work like you are all in one room, even when you are not. From collaborative team sessions to large broadcasts to traditional conference calls, Skype for Business is designed for all your meeting…

The promise of the cloud has IT professionals, like you, excited. You've heard it will be secure and easier to manage than legacy environments - but have you heard that many enterprises will continue…

Avanade partnered with Microsoft on the Microsoft Windows 10 TAP program and deployed and upgraded thousands of Windows 10 devices within months of the launch of Windows 10. We share our planning,…

On their own, each technology brings massive benefits to organizations. So what happens when you start to bring them together? This session explores how Windows 10 is "better together" with…

Join this session to hear how Sami Laiho, a world leading Windows Security expert, penetrates company networks and learn how to secure yours.

Cybercrime is a very lucrative business not just because of the potential financial return, but because it quite easy to get away with. Sometimes hackers get caught, but most of the time they still…

Antivirus is dead-long live the antivirus! In the proverbial cat-and-mouse game of cybersecurity neither the attacker nor the defender can maintain their advantage for very long. But the bad guys dont…

Do cached credentials bring any danger? Can we just extract them and crack the password or use the value to do the pass the hash attack? One thing is for sure: Paula and her team made a DPAPI world…

Learn all about SQL Data Warehouses signature scaling capabilities directly from the Program Management team. SQL Data Warehouse is a new elastic, petabyte scale, data warehouse service in Microsoft…

The new release of Microsoft SQL Server: SQL Server 2016 brings new functionality for Data Security Professionals. Now you can protect your data in your database anywhere (on-premise, in the cloud,…

This session is dedicated to the many features for Tabular models in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2016. Learn new data modeling options, such as bidirectional filters and calculated tables.…

Applications show intelligence when they can spot trends, react to unusual events, predict outcomes or recommend choices. Learn how to introduce intelligence traits into your apps including:…

We look at real-world case studies from leading telecommunication, discrete manufacturing, and healthcare organizations that leveraged MSFT-based solutions to solve critical business problems. We…

Look at options that are available to the administrator of a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 database server so that the system can provide the 99.99% or higher uptime which customers demand. These options…

DirectQuery is a feature of Microsoft Analysis Services that transforms a Tabular model in a semantic layer on top of a relational database, transforming any MDX or DAX query in a real-time request to…

"Hope for the best and plan for the worst" is a good motto when thinking about disaster recovery. In this session we cover the various kinds of DR that you can do with Microsoft Azure from…

VM Scale Sets are one of the fastest growing Compute services you can use to deploy and manage a large collection of virtual machines (Windows or Linux) as a set. This session will give you a deep…

Mission critical applications require underlying database platform to work reliably all the time, providing predictable performance. When your application becomes unresponsive or unacceptably slow, it…

Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to grow in popularity among organizations as a means to reduce hardware expenditures and enable employees to do their best work on their favorite devices. Join…

This session highlights Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services from the perspective of an independent subject matter expert. Join Benny Tritsch as he shares his experience from…

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines launched support under Azure Resource Manager (ARM) last June. Over this time Microsoft, partners and community members have published hundreds of multi-VM solution…

Microsoft Azure enables you to control your data in Azure through advanced technologies to encrypt, control & audit access, separate, and dispose of data according to your business security and…

Microsoft Office and Office 365 are cornerstones for the productivity of many businesses. Microsoft Dynamics AX already supports usage scenarios like data management in Excel, document management in…

Find out how Microsoft Dynamics AX tightly integrates with Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Suite, a fully managed, big data advanced analytics platform from Microsoft. See application scenarios in…

Learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX works with Power BI to build compelling visualizations, reports, and dashboards and view them directly from your Microsoft Dynamics AX workspace.

Learn about how you can extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft cloud privately through your carrier. We talk about how Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute enables you to move mission critical…

Learn about Project Rigel, a native Skype for Business-based meeting solution that scales from small huddle rooms all the way to large conference rooms. We showcase the Skype Meeting Experience…

Skype Meeting Broadcast allows organizations to broadcast meetings to up to 10,000 participants! Come and find out how to leverage this technology and to use features such as Q&A, recording…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Windows Server who are interested in taking the 70-740 exam or the 70-743 exam. These exams are required for the new MCSA:…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Linux on Microsoft Azure who are interested in taking the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) exam.…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with installing and configuring Windows 10 who are interested in taking the 70-698 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with configuring Windows Devices who are interested in taking the 70-697 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to review…

Take a journey with us into sales productivity with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM in a session packed with demos, and a sneak peek into our future plans. The journey starts with our…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with programming using Azure who are interested in taking the 70-534 (Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions) exam. Attendees of…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with programming using Azure who are interested in taking the 70-533 (Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions)…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with programming using Azure who are interested in taking the 70-532 (Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions) exam. Attendees of…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Programming with C# who are interested in taking the 70-483 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to review the topics…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Big Data and Data Analytics who are interested in taking the 70-475 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to review…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Cloud Data Platforms who are interested in taking the 70-473 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to review the…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Developing Mobile Apps who are interested in taking the 70-357 exam. Attendees of this session can expect to review the…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft Office 365 who are interested in taking the 70-346 exam or the 70-347 exam. These exams are required for the new…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft Office 365 who are interested in taking the 70-346 exam or the 70-347 exam. These exams are required for the new…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 who are interested in taking the 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server…

In honor of the 20th Anniversary of Microsoft Exchange Server, we're continuing the 20-year tradition of the Exchange Tips & Tricks series. This is the world premiere of the Tips & Tricks…

Microsoft Azure Active Directory Domain Services lets you join Azure, Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines to a domain without the need to deploy domain controllers. Users sign in to these…

Microsoft Power BI Desktop is a tool that allows Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Business Analysts, and BI Professionals to create interactive reports that can be published to Power BI. Join us during…

Group collaboration should not stop at the company boundary. Sometimes you need to work closely with customers, partners, subject matter experts or suppliers outside of your organization. In this…

Learn how Microsoft Office 365 Advanced Security Management can help you gain enhanced visibility and control into your Office 365. This session dives deep into key features like the advanced security…

Apache Hadoop is one of the primary technologies used to analyze Big Data today. It offers both tremendous opportunities and challenges for someone just starting the Big Data journey. See how easy…

Cisco Tetration Analytics delivers visibility across everything in your Microsoft data center, in real time. Like a data center DVR, it allows IT staff to view current data center operations and even…

Learn about how we are modernizing the Microsoft SharePoint front end and user experience (UX) from the Director of SharePoint Engineering and one of the heads of the OneDrive/SharePoint Design…

Customers are moving from Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server to get better value for their license investment. Hear about the best practices and tools for a migration project. Learn how to use SQL Server…

In this session, hear from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Solution Architects about best practices for implementing CRM.

The new Microsoft Office 365 Service Health Dashboard provides you with personalized insights and guidance to help you stay on top of service incidents, reduce support costs, and improve end user…

For generations of Windows releases weve relied on the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), Threat Modeling, and other processes to help identify security weaknesses in our designs and…

Do you have questions on how to deploy, secure, or manage Windows 10 in your organization? Heres your chance to ask the experts. Join the conversation with members of the Windows team, hosted by Mark…

Learn about the new features and scenarios for Microsoft Azure VPN Gateways and Express Route. We announce new features and capabilities as well as demonstrate new scenarios to support your hybrid…

Microsoft Windows Store for Business is one place for organizations to find, acquire, manage, and distribute Windows 10 apps in volume across your organizations. This session provides a deep dive into…

Join Corporate Vice President, Yousef Khalidi, for the Azure Networking Keynote. In this session we be announcing all the new and updated services and features across Azure Networking covering…

See how RedHat's PaaS enables Microsoft Azure customers to develop, host and scale enterprise applications on Azure. Take a deep dive into RedHat's openshift PaaS solution, learn best practices and…

Many of our largest enterprise customers leverage multiple CDNs to scale their applications globally, optimize performance and cost and provide a high degree of network redundancy. Today using the…

Youve finally taken the leap to the Microsoft cloud, so whats next? Now you have to secure everything. But where do you start? In his latest session, join Andy Malone as he delves into the heart of…

This session is based on lessons from the trenches in achieving improved availability. Availability “threat model” is essentially a dependency map that documents each component of the application and…

This Certification Exam Prep session is designed for people experienced with Skype for Business who are interested in taking the 70-334 Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 exam.…

Whether you manage a BYOD environment or provide corporate devices to your people, protecting corporate data is essential. Microsoft provides many options to protect Microsoft Office 365 files on…

Microsoft Office 365 Groups provides cross application group membership to enable teams to easily collaborate in their favorite apps. Groups are a cornerstone of our Office 365 collaboration offering.…

Making a team of data engineers and data scientists productive is a challenging task. The size of the data in "big data" problems is the first great hindrance to productivity. Apache Spark…

Access control to corporate email, apps, and files is a critical component of any enterprise mobility security strategy. With the rise of mobile devices, SaaS apps, and cloud services, the traditional…

Come to this customer-led session to learn how Attom Data Solutions counts on Microsoft SQL Server 2016 to run their business. In this technical session Attom Data Solutions shares their real-world…

Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is the mail filtering component for Microsoft Office 365 mailboxes, but can also be used to protect on-premises mailboxes. The initial configuration of EOP…

There have been major changes to the Microsoft Exchange Server architecture from the older versions still in support (Exchange 2007 and 2010) to Exchange 2016. In this session, we dig into what's…

If you haven't run an installation of Microosft Exchange for a version or two, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the changes. Learn how to deploy Exchange Server 2016 on-premises into existing…

Are you considering migrating to Microsoft Exchange Online, or planning a migration? Do you want to learn about Common Migration Myths, Best Practices, and Troubleshooting techniques? Then this…

We've been busy enhancing the Microsoft Outlook family of apps, with improvements across Microsoft Windows, Mac, mobile, and web. But we're not finished -- we have even more updates coming. Learn…

Organizations that connect on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server infrastructure to Exchange Online through a hybrid environment sometimes view it as a short-term bridge to the cloud. Others see hybrid…

Moving to Microsoft Office 365 means a lot of network connectivity that previously went to internal or outsourced datacenters now connects to Microsoft datacenters. Customers can connect to Office 365…

This session provides a deep dive into modern authentication for Office clients connecting to Microsoft Office 365. The focus is on the Outlook client and how it connects to Office 365 and how to…

Microsoft Cloud App Security is our new cloud-delivered service providing deeper visibility, stronger controls and enhanced protection for your cloud apps. In this session we show you can deploy and…

Do you want to learn how to secure your data in the cloud? Learn how Microsoft Azure Storage provides a comprehensive set of security capabilities which together enable developers to build secure…

Learn how to leverage Azure Storage to build a scalable, performant, and cost efficient object storage solution including the new cloud tiers added in 2016. The Azure Blob Storage service is the…

Microsoft Azure Storage is the core distributed file system of Azure. For IaaS VMs, Azure Storage provides Disks for block storage and Files for shared storage using the SMB protocol. This session…

See how customers are using Azure messaging capabilities in the real world. Featuring real world users of Event Hubs and Service Bus from customers and the community this session will showcase how…

This session focuses on practical architectural guidance for designing highly available applications using Microsoft Azure (IaaS). The session covers basic architecture of cloud-based applications and…

Learn how to manage the App Service on Azure Stack to enable your customers to create Web, Mobile API and Function apps. This session goes over the system architecture, and demonstrates the…

Security, scale, hybrid, modern. These arent just buzzwords – they all describe capabilities that a modern PaaS platform should provide. Microsoft Azure App Service is “the” battle-tested PaaS…

Learn the architecture patterns and best practices on how to design modern microservice applications, how to design communication and security for your services. We will walk through an end-to-end…

In this session, we show you how organizations manage and control their Microsoft Azure applications in real world situations. Learn how to set up a secure Azure environment using Role Based Access…

Understand how to build, deploy, and maintain apps with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager using templates, PowerShell, CI/CD, and more.

Learn about Microsoft SQL Server FastTrack Data Warehouse - certified reference architectures (RA's) that are guaranteed to perform against data warehousing workloads from a few terabytes to 100…

The Microsoft Graph is the consistent endpoint for developers to access intelligent insights that Microsoft builds in the cloud. Learn how to use the intelligence of the Microsoft Graph to add value…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 was designed to support cloud applications and devops workflows. The NanoServer configuration reduces the size of the OS deployment by 26x and dramatically reduces start…

You're already seeing SHA-1 hash warnings. You've basically got 2-14 months to get migrated, depending on your applications. Attend this session and learn everything about SHA-1 to SHA-2 migrations,…

This session will give the complete roadmap of the wealth of new Failover Clustering features and features which enable high availability scenarios in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. If you are going…

Microsoft Visual Studio is a productivity game-changer for C# and Visual Basic. The .NET Compiler Platform (Roslyn) enables many new experiences that will change the way you write and debug code. In…

Microsoft ASP.NET Core has an all-new project system and cross-platform runtime. In this session, we dig deep into the "what, how, and why" of ASP.NET Core and look at how you can deploy…

Customers are looking at how to upgrade thousands of devices and extend their deployments with the newest phones running Windows 10 Mobile. This is the second session of a two-part series that…

Customers are looking out how to upgrade thousands of devices and extend their deployments with the newest phones running Windows 10 Mobile. This is the first session of a two-part series that…

Did you know that Microsoft Windows Server 2016 DNS server can be used to do traffic management, load balancing and more? That IPAM can now manage your DNS servers as well in addition to DHCP? Explore…

Learn how Microsoft Visual Studio integrates with popular modern web tools and client-side frameworks to provide a better and more powerful development experience than ever. Join Mads as he walks you…

You want to develop, build and deploy your app in containers, but where do you start? What development workflows would you use? What if you want to target Linux and/or Windows? In this talk, we demo…

Have you seen VMs handling nearly 50Gbps? Can your clients connect to your file server at 40Gbps with virtually no CPU overhead? Do you want to converge your RDMA interfaces with Hyper-V data…

This session goes over the value prop and features in why Microsoft Windows Server 2016 is the best Windows Server ever to run SQL Server 2016. When deploying SQL Server 2016, this is why you will…

Ensuring enterprise grade security and compliance for Big Data deployments is one of the key challenges customers face today. In HDInsight, we are enabling support for Microsoft Azure Active Directory…

Dealing with data sets that are on the terabyte or larger scale and have varying structure is a big challenge. It is a Big Data challenge which the new U-SQL language lets you solve efficiently and…

Big data pipelines are notoriously hard to build. Mixing real-time data with batch data makes things even messier. Spark 2.0 offers new take on all-inclusive approach of solving this problem using…

Data scientists and data engineers have jobs of the 21st century. These are the people who are supposed to deliver on the promises of big data and advances in AI. In IT organizations this translates…

Learn how Microsoft Identity can make it easy for you to add world-class identity features to your native & mobile applications: handle sign on, connect to to the Microsoft Graph, Office 365,…

Learn how Microsoft identity can make it easy for you to add world-class identity features to your web applications: handle sign on, connect to to the Microsoft Graph, Office 365, Active Directory and…

In this session we describe the mechanisms available to convert a Microsoft Dynamics CRM on-premise Organization to CRM Online. The mechanism to move from CRM on-premise to CRM Online has been greatly…

Connecting with consumers is one of the highest priorities of every organization. In a mobile-first, cloud-first world this connection goes through logging in to self-service portals and applications…

You have heard themes such as elastic databases, in-memory analytics and cloud and on-premise deployments. Learn how Microsoft Dynamics AX, together with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and SQL Azure DB,…

Businesses need to continuously innovate to keep up with changing market conditions and engage with customers in unique and compelling ways. They need a solution that can be adapted to their needs…

Learn about the tools that are available to help you accelerate your migration from Dynamics AX 2009 and Dynamics AX 2012 to Dynamics AX, Microsoft's modern, cloud ERP service for enterprises, built…

Learn tips and techniques on how to stay current with your Microsoft Dynamics AX implementations. Hear best practices for how to speed up your code upgrade. Understand not only the basics, but…

With Windows 10, we are encouraging everyone, including organizations, to upgrade from their existing OS (Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1). This upgrade process is easy and reliable, but how…

Learn about the different integration capabilities that Microsoft Dynamics AX supports. Join us as we review the basic concepts behind data entities in 'AX7' and how they can be consumed via Odata and…

The new version of Microsoft Dynamics AX brings a completely innovative approach to Help with the use of interactive Task Guides and a new extensibility platform. We show how to create and use Task…

Join us for a deep dive into how to leverage the Microsoft Dynamics AX Cloud Platform. Learn about the cloud offerings, the different deployment options, and hear about the coming roadmap and how it…

Join us as we walk you through the application lifecycle for Dynamics AX from purchase, through onboarding, deployment, defining what customizations are needed to align AX with your business…

In this session we will cover how to operate Microsoft Dynamics AX, specifically showcasing features and best practices around the Lifecycle Services operational dashboard, managed services approach,…

So you just signed up for a managed service, now what? Learn what you need to know to use Microsoft Dynamics AX and understand the different roles and responsibilities. From our FastTrack service that…

To make your software-defined datacenter strategy a reality, you need the right management tools. Get hands-on with the latest version of Microsoft System Center, and find out how to increase…

Rapid innovation in the datacenter requires an agile approach to management. With System Center 2016 Operations Manager, you can take advantage of all the rich features coming in Windows Server 2016,…

Automation is a foundational capability required to deliver end to end management across hybrid clouds running Microsoft Windows Server and Linux. Learn about the core automation capabilities in the…

Learn how Microsoft Operations Management suite – through advanced log analytics – can help you collect any type of machine data, correlate and visualize data in rich dashboards. Learn how you can use…

Financial Fabric, in partnership with Microsoft, has integrated Always Encrypted into the Financial Fabric DataHub Analytics platform hosted on Microsoft Azure. Financial Fabric's DataHub provides a…

Ever wondered why other people are using different tools from your team? Do they know something you don't? Do they solve their small problems faster...their big problems more reliably? Do they have a…

Your SAN consumption is increasing faster than your budget, you have tables so big that you dread re-indexing, or your end-users demand their cold or archived data always be online. There's a solution…

This session covers technical deployment challenges and solutions with step-by-step configuration instructions. We do a demo using scripts to automate Microsoft Surface Hub accounts creation. And…

Learn how Microsoft Surface Hub integrates in your environment and how to connect and use it in combination with your devices such as tablets, mobiles, etc. You also learn how to setup the Microsoft…

Join the Microsoft Surface supportability team as they share best practices for getting the most out of Surface devices in your environment. This session will cover power, pen and touch, and…

You have chosen Microsoft Surface for your organization. Now, get the tips and tricks directly from engineers who built it. This session offers useful information on how you can deploy, manage and…

Microsoft Azure SQL Database's built-in smart tuning models help you achieve great performance for your database apps while saving you time and effort in the process. We demo the state-of-the-art…

The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 wave of features raises the productivity of data developers to new highs. Thanks to Temporal tables, JSON, new string processing functions and other T-SQL language…

So you've heard you can keep as much data as you want indefinitely with minimal effort and cost. You've also discovered you can secure you data with strong cryptography at all times. You even learned…

Need help with troubleshooting Windows deployment issues? Johan and Mikael share lessons learned around handling device drivers in the deployment process, common deployment issues and their…

This session covers the current state and future plans for Windows 10 deployment, upgrade, provisioning and servicing using System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), and…

Understanding the hybrid cloud platform and building applications for Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack.

Applications are changing and Docker is driving the containerization movement to deliver new microservices applications or provide a new construct to package legacy applications. Attend this session…

Applications need to be always available, globally accessible, scalable, and secure in todays 24/7 economy. Businesses must be able to deploy rapid updates and revisions at a lower cost with fewer…

A common concern with Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows as a Service has to do with the size of both monthly quality updates and the less-frequent feature updates. We have a variety of technologies…

We continue to invest in new capabilities to make Windows deployment easier. In this session, we provide an overview of the latest enhancements for Windows 10 deployment.

In this session, we explore how Microsoft's own IT department initially deployed Microsoft Windows 10, and how it implemented Windows as a Service to keep these Windows 10 devices current.

Learn about the amazing new capabilities available in Microsoft PowerShell V5 using the way PowerShell was meant to be learnedexploring, making mistakes, sharing with others, and having a blast.

Discussion of using DevOps tools, templates and processes to deliver continuous integration and deployment of applications on Microsoft Azure Stack.

Windows 10 impacts the way you deploy, service, and provision PCs. In this interactive session, we try to answer all of your questions related to these aspects of Windows 10, with engineering team…

Now you can use the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Application Proxy to publish HTTP/HTTPS on premise applications replacing the need for an on premise DMZ and proxy. Come to this deep-dive session…

Join Microsofts Hunter team inside an advanced attack. Hear a Hunters story of how a targeted attack on an enterprise unfolds through Microsoft optics and how we helped our customers protect, detect…

This session highlights the power of the Microsoft Azure Software Defined Network and Hybrid Networking to build and run enterprise grade applications. We cover how to build high-speed networks using…

You've heard a lot about Microsoft Windows 10 and probably have a basic understanding of Windows as a Service and how Windows 10 will be updated with new functionality. But do you know how to…

Join this interactive demo session to see end-to-end real time business analytics in action for a customer scenario. We cover the new Microsoft Power BI industry solutions. Customer stories will be…

In this demo-rich session, learn how to use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power BI together to boost your business analytics and insights. Learn how to easily collect existing organizational data from…

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 helps you build comprehensive, enterprise-scale analytic solutions that deliver actionable insights through familiar data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI and…

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services is a modern enterprise reporting and mobile BI solution that is implemented on-premises. Learn how you can bring business insights to more people in your…

In this deep dive session we talk about Push APIs and show you how to use and create content packs, connectors for Power BI. ISVs and Sis will also learn from this session. Microsoft Power BI Embedded…

What if your app could put the power of analytics everywhere decisions are made? You have the app. You have the data. Bring data to life in your app with Microsoft Power BI. Learn how Power BI…

With the growth of connected devices and IOT, there has been a boom in semi-structured data stored in Hadoop that can be used to complement existing relational data stored in Microsoft SQL Server.…

Once you finish creating a compelling dashboard, what is the best way to share it with your organization? There are many options for dashboard distribution, getting alerts, getting updates, viewing it…

Microsoft Cortana Intelligence provides services that deliver secure and scalable analytics and intelligence so you automate decision making, and take action - and get more value from your data in…

Learn what a Shielded VM is, what security assurances they offer and whats required to deploy them. We walk you through what is possibly the world's first production-ready Hoster deployment of a…

Learn how SQL Data Warehouse can help you succeed with a complex hybrid architecture or deployment in Microsoft Azure. Deep views on integration with Azure services such as Data Factory, Data Lake,…

Maintaining strong separation between Hyper-V administrators and sensitive VM-workloads is highly desirableseparation that today isnt achievable. However, we know that customers virtualize sensitive…

Have you heard about Software Defined Networking (SDN) but are not sure what all the hype is about? Do you worry that SDN is too complex and time consuming to set up without seeing a lot of value? Do…

Learn how to setup and maintain rules and use appliances to harden your network to keep from being the next easy target. Don't let your network be compromised by being the next victim of a malicious…

Get the latest information on Linux Integration Services (LIS) and BSD Integration Services (BIS) and their effect on performance on guests using Hyper-V. Heterogeneous environments with Microsoft…

Hear about important transformations in Microsoft Windows Server - the new installation option called Nano Server. Nano Server is a deep rethink of the server architecture. The result is a new, lean…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 is a radical transformation of the server application platform and developer experience with a super lightweight platform enabling apps to scale better and utilize just…

Microsoft is one of the worlds most targeted networks with attackers becoming more adept at breaching organizations there are few organizations as motivated to raise the bar of our security posture.…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 brings a huge number of new capabilities and after a year of discussions in the Microsoft Technology Center there are certain features that resonate the best with…

Learn how to administer the Microsoft Azure Stack Infrastructure, including monitoring, hardware management, and how Azure Stack integrates with our components in the datacenter.

Xamarin powers developers to write native applications for iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows Phone using C#. This session shows you how to use the Microsoft Office 365 APIs in mobile device…

Make your line of business applications come alive with data from Office 365 and other Microsoft cloud services quickly and easily through the Microsoft Graph API. In this session, we'll show you how…

Azure Resource Manager provides a powerful engine to orchestrate your template deployments. Learn about the community templates that are available and how you can benefit from these resources. This…

Learn how you can use Azure Active Directory to manage cloud identities at scale and enable self-service capabilities for cost reduction and efficient access management. Group-based application access…

Explore how Azure AD Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management take secure identity and access management to the next level. These features put the power of conditional access and…

Managing and securing Office 365 at scale can be challenging. Join us to learn how Azure Active Directory can help you get even more value from your Office 365 subscription with scalable identity…

Azure Active Directory B2B collaboration simplifies management and improves security of partner access to corporate resources including SaaS apps such as Office 365, Salesforce.com as well as Azure…

Azure Active Directory Connect is the simplest way to integrate AD and other on-premises directories with Azure Active Directory. Combining the capabilities of sync, SSO and health monitoring makes…

Predictive maintenance is a technique to predict when an in-service machine will fail so that maintenance can be planned in advance. Data-driven predictive maintenance, in particular, is gaining…

Explore Cortana Intelligence suite and teach your applications to see, listen, and learn from the world around them, without an advanced degree in artificial intelligence. From facial recognition to…

Continuous streams of data are generated in every industry from sensors, business transactions, social media activity, etc. Within these streams of data lie business insights that are waiting to be…

Microsoft SQL Server In-Memory Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) can bring incredible performance benefits, but it can be a little daunting to understand if it can benefit a given customer…

Are you planning to deploy Microsoft Intune (including MAM without enrollment) and looking for straightforward technical guidance to help you accelerate this effort? Please join the Intune Product…

Do you manage Apple devices in an enterprise, healthcare, or education environment? Do you think they are fully secured? In this deep dive session, we will provide insights into managing iOS and OS X…

Are you frustrated about the hoops you have to jump through to get BitLocker enabled on your devices? Learn about how new enhancements to MBAM can help you easily enable BitLocker during imaging. MBAM…

Walk through the architecture of Remote Desktop Services (RDS) hosted in Microsoft Azure as well as partner-hosted and private clouds. We also discuss new features in the next version of Windows…

Learn why Remote Desktop Services is the platform for your customers to build their desktop virtualization infrastructure. We have made significant performance investments in Remote Desktop Services…

In-Memory OLTP, introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2014, allows customer to achieve phenomenal performance improvements for OLTP workloads (up to 30X). Recent improvements have made it drastically…

Every software developer has the need to debug problems in code, but we are rarely taught how to use the debugging tools available to us. Come to this demo-driven session where we explain how to…

In order to implement an information protection solution, you first need to understand what kind of information you need to protect; identifying your most critical assets is the first step in the data…

The SQLCAT team worked with several customers as part of the Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Preview Program. Hear about how those customers were able to target specific bottlenecks and overcome them to far…

At no extra cost, our customer success service can help your organization seamlessly adopt EMS and deliver business results faster. Learn about best practices from our engineers who spend their day…

The transition to mobility and the cloud has made employee interactions with other users, devices, apps, and data increasingly more complex. This has generated new blind spots for IT. At the same…

Learn how Microsoft Cloud App Security takes the visibility, control and protection you have come to expect on-premises and extends them to your cloud apps. Even if you are not on the cloud, your…

Watch cybersecurity attacks executed live on-stage, see how Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) detects them live, and learn from ATA security research and engineering teams about each stage of…

Learn how to deploy Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) - our on-premises solution identifying breaches before they cause damage. Watch the ATA engineering team demonstrate this solution…

Use industry-standard, cloud-inspired hardware to build highly performant, capacity efficient, and fault tolerant software-defined storage for Hyper-V and private clouds. Storage Spaces Direct enables…

Join us for a deep dive on two new deployment tools for Windows devices in education, improving shared cart and 1:1 deployments. The first half of this session discusses and demos the Set up School…

Explore the Microsoft software-defined storage stack in Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and how it gives you the ideal return on investment for datacenter workloads, efficiency, and disaster protection.…

Your web application is up and running? Great. Now count the minutes before your first problem. What do you do now? Check logs? Debug? Stare at the screen and hope for the best? In my line-of-work,…

Based on proven experience, our top Office 365 cybersecurity consultants provide coaching on how to assess risk and implement the rich set of security, compliance, and information protection controls.…

This session demonstrates how to use Microsoft Graph API and Microsoft OneDrive API to work with Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft OneDrive for Business and Microsoft SharePoint Online files and folders.…

Learn about how to plan and execute your rollout of the new Microsoft OneDrive sync client. The new OneDrive sync client provides an unprecedented level of performance and reliability as well as a…

On premises or in the cloud, rich data visualizations are essential to most business processes an decisions. But frequently, key data may live on premises, although tools like Power BI provide a cloud…

A common deployment model for Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition is with a Session Border Controller (SBC) to manage connectivity between multiple call control platforms. In this session, we…

Learn how pairing HockeyApp and Visual Studio Team Services produces a cohesive DevOps solution that can accelerate your application development. When paired with Xamarin, this solution can extend to…

In this fun and interactive session, listen to real-world solutions for how to secure access to enterprise software development processes using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services. Using Microsoft's…

Creating a comprehensive testing suite is imperative to success in the mobile market to ensure your app is of the highest quality with each and every release. How can you ensure your user interface is…

Xamarin enables C# developers to become native iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows mobile app developers overnight. Learn how to leverage your existing .NET and C# skills to create iOS and Android…

Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) continues to transform and modernize the enterprise for connecting to cloud services (Azure AD/Office 365) and newer applications and…

Hear how, what and why customers around the world has embraced the latest Server technology from Microsoft: Nano Server. We go over designs, deployment and operational capabilities as well as some of…

Delivering business continuity involves more than just high availability...it means disaster preparedness. In this session, we discuss the new Storage Replica feature, including scenarios,…

See how Microsoft SQL Server 2016 enables you to run analytic queries on in-memory and disk-based OLTP tables with minimal impact on business critical OLTP workloads, requiring no application changes.…

Over the past years, attacks have become more sophisticated and what once was the most safe operating system on the planet, can now easily be hacked. What are the most compelling dangers for Microsoft…

Interested in security? Want to protect your data in the real world? See how Microsoft Windows addresses security as a whole system, one layer at a time. Explore methods of developing a secure…

Create a competitive advantage for you and your organization by moving your apps to the cloud. Develop for the cloud and speed up application development in Microsoft Azure with a suite of open and…

Explore the customer stories and reference architectures from some of the common IOT scenarios that we have seen working with customers in the field. As customers tell us about what they want to…

You are moving to Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft can help. Join this session to learn how you can leverage the Microsoft FastTrack Center services to accelerate your use of Office 365. Hear from…

Building multi-tenant SaaS applications in the cloud means balancing requirements such as ease of development, manageability, isolation of tenants, and cloud provider cost. Various design patterns…

With phenomenal growth of Microsoft Azure compute infrastructure and applications born in the cloud, traditional approaches to backup can no longer keep pace. Businesses today need cost-effective…

In this real-life customer scenario of “GeoSafe”, learn how to build a “persistent” data pattern that is common in modern cloud hosted applications. Requirements of modern applications, such as,…

You want Skype for Business but you don't know how to prepare your network? You want to find out how to configure Quality of Service, what to do with your proxy servers, why and if you need Express…

Learn about the latest on Skype for Business Server, including how customers can connect their on-premises deployments and PSTN trunks to the Microsoft cloud. We also discuss some of the new features…

Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition is an offering that allows customers to easily connect Cloud PBX to their existing telecommunications environment. See a deployment of Cloud Connector…

The Skype Operations Framework (SOF) is a comprehensive guide and toolset for implementing and managing a reliable, cost-effective communications service based on Skype for Business. Learn the details…

Operating a Skype for Business deployment with mobile devices now includes a powerful set of capabilities to provide rich application management. By using Microsoft Intune, customers can realize all…

Cloud PBX is growing to include sophisticated capabilities for managing calls including Organizational Auto Attendant and Hunt Groups. Hear all about the capabilities provided, the requirements for…

Calling all phones with Cloud PBX! Ensuring the phones always work is of critical importance for your Microsoft Office 365 deployment of Skype for Business. In this session we cover the deployment and…

Bring your PSTN circuits to Microsoft Office 365 today! In this session we cover two types of connectivity with Cloud PBX, either using your existing Skype for Business server pool or using Cloud…

Know your routes! This session covers the creation, configuration, importance and impact of dial plans and voice routing. From differences between dial plans and routes to possibilities and…

Join us to learn about managing Skype for Business Online using policies that range from Client to Conferencing. We walk admins through how to create, modify and assign Custom Policies for Skype for…

Ensuring great call quality is critically important to any deployment of Skype for Business. In this session, we review the Call Quality Dashboard, available in both Skype for Business Server and…

We have introduced a new set of management tools to help IT Professionals with management, reporting and analytics. IT admins will be able to understand usage patterns, analyze call quality and…

Have you ever wanted to understand how PSTN conferencing works in Microsoft Office 365? We explain the Skype for Business PSTN conferencing architecture, walk you through how to successfully setup end…

While controlling organization-wide privilege is of paramount importance, more and more adversaries are leveraging tactics that take broader advantage of attacks against Tier 2. Alas, all too many…

Learn how to quickly and easily build responsive apps and services using Outlook REST APIs exposed through Microsoft Graph! It is now easier than ever to use off the shelf technologies to connect to…

Come learn how you can now use Microsoft Graph to reach your users in hybrid Exchange 2016 deployments. We will discuss how you set set up on-premises Exchange 2016 to support applications developed…

Learn how to build an add-in for Microsoft Outlook that runs across Windows, Web and Mac. We cover the platforms and deployment, cover the new features and functionality and build an add-in from…

Take a deep dive and a behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft SQL Server 2016: It Just Runs Faster, focused on scalability and performance enhancements. This talk discusses the improvements, not only for…

In this session, we explore different scenarios enabled by Microsoft Operations Management Suite and Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. We demonstrate how Site Recovery enables cloud migration for your…

Want to perform risk assessment / due diligence on Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM? Need "one-stop shop" access audit reports, interactive dashboards, deep…

In a true SAAS cloud there is always a concern about how your data is secured in the cloud. With Microsoft Office 365, our state-of-the-art access control technology is driven by our pervasive service…

Learn about the changes to the User Profile Service in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 and best practices to implementing native sync or external sync with Microsoft Identity Manager 2016.

Microsoft is extending the power the hybrid cloud with new SharePoint Hybrid scenarios. Hybrid Auditing empowers admins to have unified auditing visibility to users file access activities, be it in…

Learn how to get started with SharePoint Server 2016 in Microsoft Azure IaaS, best practices, and deployment tips and tricks.

Data loss is non-negotiable and organizations are increasingly looking to better secure the information their users create. Learn about the native data loss prevention and compliance capabilities in…

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 provides a new suite of IT capabilities to drive improvements in both scale and resiliency. Learn the best practices to deploying and provisioning SharePoint Server…

The cloud search service application empowers organizers who seek to bring intelligence to their on-premises data. Learn how to empower discovery in Microsoft SharePoint 2013/2016 by exposing your…

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 provides a broad array of hybrid capabilities enabling you to cloud-accelerate your on-premises deployment. Learn more about the capabilities in SharePoint Server 2016…

Join us as we showcase how SharePoint Online delivers a world-class level of trust, protection, privacy, and compliance. We look at how we safeguard customer data at rest and in-transit, how we…

Microsoft SharePoint Online is the largest SharePoint deployment in the world - massive scale. We take you on a "behind the scenes" tour of how we run, build and manage SharePoint Online…

The updateable clustered columnstore in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 offers a leading solution for your data warehouse workload with order of magnitude better data compression and query performance over…

In this session, learn how to manage your Microsoft SharePoint Online (SPO) and Microsoft OneDrive for Business environments in the browser (the SharePoint Online Admin Center) and by using the…

Learn best practices for creating and managing Microsoft SharePoint site templates, Including some brand new options. We show you steps on how to utilize custom templates alongside out of box…

Stay away from the common pitfalls of achieving performance on your custom Microsoft SharePoint portal in SharePoint Online. Build it in a way that is fast for your users, solves business problems and…

See how Microsoft SharePoint Online can be used to customize, brand and theme existing team sites in your environment. Learn best practices to make your team sites deliver a more engaging user…

Security, privacy, and compliance are imperatives for the increasing number of customers across the commercial, government, and education sectors moving to Microsoft Office 365. Learn about using the…

Learn how Microsoft Office 365 protects its customers against rapidly growing Spoof, Phish, Malware and Spam attacks. Get actionable insights for InfoSec as well as Mail Admins - into How to harden…

Encryption and the term "BYOK" have surged to the forefront of cloud service evaluations. Microsoft Office 365 provides several encryption options to meet customer needs for information…

Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP) enables you to detect, protect and monitor sensitive information in your organization. Learn how the rich DLP functionality seamlessly integrates into…

Microsoft Office 365 Groups helps you collaborate by easily bringing together your colleagues and the applications you need to get work done. Office 365 Groups leverages a standard definition for team…

We discuss current customer challenges and needs managing security and compliance policies across their organization and how we are tackling those head on. You get a deeper understanding of all the…

Monitor and investigate actions taken on your data, intelligently identify risks, contain and respond to threats, and protect valuable IP. We discuss current customer challenges and needs for auditing…

With the volume of electronic data exponentially increasing, discipline in the data lifecycle, including intelligent Data Governance, is critical. We discuss current customer challenges and needs…

In today's high volume data environment, the eDiscovery process could involve sorting through millions of pieces of data. Microsoft Office 365 offers a rich set of in-place eDiscovery capabilities…

We share best practices to visualize complex information using data-driven diagrams that business users can relate to, present KPIs on top of real-world processes and plans, and set up layered…

Do you know when to use the new cloud services such as Microsoft Windows Update for Business? How do they integrate with your existing management tools? See how Microsoft Intune and Microsoft System…

Microsoft Project Online provides easy, yet powerful, reporting options to create a variety of projects, resources, and portfolio reports. Learn how you can take full advantage of real-time reports…

Do you want to manage projects and recourses in Microsoft Project Professional and Online to meet your organizations needs? If you answered yes, learn how to quickly and easily create Project add-ins…

Learn how get the most out of Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). This session includes best practices from actual deployments and customer case studies.

Selecting the right set of projects and managing them appropriately through their lifecycle is critical for any organization to successfully achieve its competitive edge and business goals. Due to…

Why is W3WP using 12GB of RAM? Getting to the root cause can take a lot of time, but we're here to help. This session will focus on troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Performance issues using tools…

Engage in this deep-dive, demo-driven session, which guides you through the most complex deployment and management scenarios with Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus and Microsoft System Center Configuration…

As the workplace becomes more dynamic, organizations must up their knowledge management game to drive efficiency, productivity and competitiveness. Office 365 powers content, community, conversation,…

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Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, in combination with the new System Center, introduces better integration to allow IT admins to efficiently download and distribute Office and any subsequent updates.…

Office 365 Groups is the first service to exploit the unique collaboration fabric that exists within Office 365. Drawing from Azure Active Directory, Exchange, and SharePoint and more, Groups provide…

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CloudFirst@SiemensIT is a global program to increase flexibility, elasticity and scalability as well as cost efficiency of datacenter services based on cloud infrastructure. For a company with the…

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For years, the perceived wisdom was always to perform a clean install of Windows. With Windows 10, that all changed. Learn why it doesnt make sense to seek the holy grail of a gold image any more.

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Join this session to learn how the FastTrack Center can help you drive value and user adoption.

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A demo of the security capabilities in Microsoft Operations Management Suite that enable you to identify security threats and attacks. Learn how to leverage Operations Management Suite for an Incident…

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Hear how customers and partners work with Microsoft Research. See the journey from innovation to impact. Meet members of the research team who are bringing technology to customer hands.

Learn about the lifecycle management capabilities of Service Fabric Platform for managing microservices at scale. After this session you will learn, how to create Secure Service Fabric clusters…

In a fast-paced, competitive global economy, organizations today are being driven to become more efficient while at the same time improving levels of quality and service. If you are considering to…

New to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online? Learn to use some of the powerful native Features in the xRM platform in Dynamics CRM 2016 Online. Create new “tools” using Business Rules, Calculated Fields and…

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Discuss strategies and methods for creating custom UX Design for Microsoft Sharepoint at this meetup.

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A discussion on how to use real-world scenarios on Internet of Things and Microsoft Azure with other technologies from Microsoft to produce something beyond the just blink led or push a simple data.…

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During this panel, industry experts share their input and experiences with the latest updates to Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office 365. They provide insight on the latest releases as well as…

How are organizations able to succeed with the constant change of Microsoft Office 365? Office 365 provides an incredible amount of value to individual employees, teams, departments and organizations.…

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Microsoft Intune provides a comprehensive toolset for managing Android devices and apps. Come to this session to explore how Intune can help you to manage Android devices while securing Office 365…

The benefits of Cloud to IT organizations is undeniable, yet many of you are in early stages of plotting out your journey to the Cloud. Microsoft Azure IaaS is a collection of compute, networking and…

Hear about our vision of business application platform innovation with PowerApps, PowerBI, Microsoft Flow and the Azure cloud platform. Get a deeper understanding of our strategy, roadmap and…

Azure is not just for Microsoft devs! We are seeing amazing growth in usage by developers across the board. Come hear about developing for Azure if you are a node.js or Java Developer. We will present…

This session features a panel of the world's best MVPs. The panel fields questions from the audience as well as talks about the amazing new features and technologies coming out with Microsoft Windows…

Unlock the potential of videos to transform your business – built engagement with your employees, connect with your customers or optimize your operations with intelligent video processing. Find out…

Amway continues to get increasing high return on its investment in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure and Express Route. Hear how Dynamics CRM Online has provided…

The Caterpillar enterprise CRM project, including 13,000+ users around the globe, was Microsoft's largest early Dynamics CRM Online customer in the world. Join the Caterpillar project team's…

There are benefits to be gained when patterns and practices from developer techniques are applied to operations. Notably, a fully automated solution where infrastructure is managed as code and all…

Join this session to explore how Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) can help get started with Cloud without breaking the integrity of existing, virtualized environment. Learn about new developments…

By integrating your apps with OneNote, it's easier than ever to create empowering apps on your favorite platforms and reach millions of users worldwide. We're thrilled to introduce you support for…

Security, privacy and compliance are key features of Microsoft SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365. In this session we will cover various capabilities and controls in SharePoint and OneDrive that…

Join Mark Russinovich and Mark Minasi for a lively discussion as they share their views on the cloud computing disruption and what it means for IT pros and developers. Mark Russinovich brings his…

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Microsoft SharePoint MVPs talk about SharePoint across the board, be it within Microsoft Office 365, in Microsoft Azure, on-premises and certainly hybrid. Via a panel Q&A format, these MVP experts…

For decades people have been collecting data in ever-increasing formats and exponentially increasing volumes. Data collection tools have historically outnumbered data analytics tools, leading to a…

Join us for an in-depth discussion on how IMSA – the sanctioning body for, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari and other high-end sports car racing – migrated from disparate data and management systems, to…

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Microsoft Azure Functions empowers developers to focus on writing the bare minimum of code, while abstracting away common problems via Azure Functions' serverless, event-based framework to execute on…

During the past decade web-centric APIs were the driving force behind explosive growth in cloud computing, mobile devices and Internet of Things and have become the de facto integration model for IT…

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Are you looking for more than great backup? Join us as we discuss and demonstrate some of the cutting edge innovations from Veeam and Microsoft that will take you to true availability. Learn how…

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Windows 10 represents a step change in terms of an organizations ability to address the broad range of identity related threats. New features like Microsoft Azure Active Directory Join, Web Account…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is here today in the devices, sensors, cloud services, and data your business uses. Microsoft delivers a flexible cloud-based approach that enables enterprises to…

Enable your organization to connect, collaborate, and learn with the power of video. Built for organizations of all sizes, Microsoft Stream & Office Video make it easy to upload, organize and…

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Learn about the core capabilities of Microsoft Azure Monitoring applicable to all Azure resources. Learn about the new capabilities of Azure monitoring in the Portal, ranging from quickly building…

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Track Attack is a Microsoft Azure-based application that allows you to broadcast real-time telemetry and video from any race car with nothing more than an iPhone. See how 9104 Studios built Track…

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PROS, a world leader in pricing and revenue management software, was able to take a two-day selection, segmentation and batch scoring process against a 20 million row table and make it run in less…

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Big Data and Data Warehousing have taken a giant leap in the last few months and are now the helm of any data platform discussion. Delve into Microsofts play in the Big Data workload, and paints the…

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For 75 minutes, you'll give you a virtual Microsoft blue badge and enter the world of Microsoft Exchange Online operations. See how it's done with a rare look behind the scenes of one of the world's…

You won't want to miss this panel discussion. Join us as leading Exchange MVPs share the podium with Exchange engineering luminaries from Microsoft to discuss wide-ranging topics; drill down on…

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 hits the end of support in April 2017. If you've got Exchange 2007 in your messaging infrastructure, learn about your options - migrating to Exchange Online, or to…

Microsoft has developed a tool, the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA), to help troubleshoot common support issues in Microsoft Outlook. Outlook users now have more resources available to them to…

The unplugged panel is your chance to hear directly from product experts in an unscripted, conversational format. The Microsoft Exchange experts represent engineering, support, and real-world…

You've heard all of the reasons before: "My organization cannot migrate our Microsoft Exchange Server mailboxes from our premises to Exchange Online because of compliance issues"... or…

The new experiences in Microsoft SharePoint Online including the SharePoint Mobile app, SharePoint home, and modern team sites have been designed to be usable by people of all abilities. Learn the…

Application compatibility remains a top concern for Microsoft Office migration projects of any size. In this session we share perspectives on the tools and processes availiable to enable IT managers…

As a customer in Germany, EU or EFTA you have the choice between Microsoft Office 365 delivered from the Microsoft Cloud Germany or from the global datacenter region in EMEA. Learn about the…

Unilever decided to take the journey of modernizing IT and securing the resources for more than 100,000 users by using Microsoft Azure Active Directory. During the process they are deploying Single…

Collaboration in the past often meant many things: lengthy content creation and review cycles, large email attachments, and long searches for important documents. Microsoft Office apps provide a new…

In this session, understand what is new in Microsoft Office Mac and how to manage it in an enterprise environment. No previous Mac knowledge required - we bring you up to speed on the basics of Mac…

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With Microsoft Windows 10 we have made substantial changes to Windows Defender to improve its detection capabilities, resilience from tampering, and its ability to recover systems from some of the…

Join us in this demo-heavy presentation for the unveiling of the brand new Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft System Center 2016. Drive business transformation in the cloud-first world - Windows Server…

Microsoft Azure's Cloud Server Infrastructure team has been standardizing its server designs for years now with its first contributions of the Open CloudServer to Open Compute Project over two years…

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Learn how Microsoft Azure Storage solutions make it easy for you to extend your existing infrastructure with cloud storage. Azure partners with leading companies to deliver end-to-end storage…

The title-winning Hendrick Motorsports uses Microsoft Azure to deploy the latest high-tech solutions in their quest for speed, efficiency and a competitive edge. Hear directly from David Hood, lead…

Bad things happen, even to good people. Protect yourself and avoid costly business interruptions by implementing a modern backup, archive and disaster recovery strategy. See how you can securely…

Almost no company in the world is correctly doing computer security defense. Imagine two armies engaged in a long-term fight against each other on a field of battle - one army has successfully managed…

Microsoft Azure Compute services span from Infrastructure to application platform - VMs, Cloud Services, VM Scale Sets, Containers, Batch, Service Bus, Event Hub, Service Fabric and power the rest of…

Angular 2 with TypeScript has arrived and it's time to learn the key features that help you successfully build Angular 2 apps. We explore how TypeScript and Microsoft Visual Studio Code help us write…

.NET is in a new era of growth sparked by the new .NET CLI and .NET Core framework. In this session, we explore the new features of the .NET Core tools and framework and review the advantages of the…

Microsoft ASP.NET Core is a new open-source, cross-platform, high performance and lightweight framework for building Web apps using .NET. We introduce how to create an ASP.NET Core project on your…

There has never been a better time to be a .NET developer. You can now build Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Microsoft Windows applications with .NET all in open source. In this session we will run…

Discover how Windows Server 2016 brings you hyper-converged solutions. We heard your feedback - you asked for the ability to run software-defined storage with local disks on Hyper-V clusters. We…

Overview of the scenarios and architecture of the Microsoft Azure Stack Infrastructure components including the Fabric Controller.

This session provides an overview of Microsoft Azure Stack. Technical Fellow Jeffrey Snover and CTO of Azure Mark Russinovich detail and demonstrate the approach and benefits of allowing customers to…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 brings a host of new technologies for infrastructure (software defined compute/networking/storage) and for the application platform (Containers, Nano Server). Its both…

Application developers now support unprecedented rates of change – functionality must rapidly evolve to meet customer needs and respond to competitive pressures, while user populations can grow and…

Entity Framework (EF) is a popular data access technology for .NET applications. Entity Framework Core is a lightweight and extensible version of EF that brings new features, new platforms, and…

Microsoft Azure Search is a platform-as-a-service offering that enables scalable, streamlined, and flexible search in the cloud. NBC Sports uses Azure Search to surface articles, athlete data, and…

Hear about the current state of Dynamics AX, the vision and roadmap for the months to come and the plans for mobility, productivity improvements, scale, high volume operational analytics, power apps,…

Do you think of disaster recovery as an expensive and complex solution involving multiple sites either owned or leased? Do you think disaster recovery is an afterthought for most of enterprise…

In many of todays environments, customers need to use multiple tools to monitor both their Microsoft Windows Server and Linux workloads and applications. The challenge increases when workloads exist…

Cloud-first deployment for your workloads and applications deliver new management challenges. No longer can you effectively use traditional management tools designed specifically for on-premises…

With Operations Management Suite you can take advantage of the power of Azure to manage and secure your IT environment, in the cloud and on-premises. Explore the deep capabilities of OMS that enable…

The LDS Church has developed a Center of Excellence around Microsoft Dynamics CRM to meet the needs of nearly 50 different lines of business from Welfare Services, Food and Product Safety,…

Leave with a better understanding of Microsoft Surface as a Service in an IT context. It is a turnkey purchasing model for devices combined with Windows Enterprise E3, Microsoft Office 365, and…

What does it take to survive the unpredictable conditions for an IT Pro in the pro sports industry? Take a look behind the game at how Microsoft Surface devices are setup, deployed, and managed inside…

Discover how you can enable digital transformation with the Microsoft devices portfolio (Surface, Surface Hub, Lumia, HoloLens) to empower employees, engage customers, gain operational efficiencies…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 was designed to support cloud applications and devops workflows. The NanoServer configuration reduces the size of the OS deployment by 26x and dramatically reduces start…

Rumors of the demise of the Microsoft Exchange Public Folders team have been greatly exaggerated. The Exchange Public Folders team continues to work on enhancements in the areas of scale, migration,…

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 wave represents a tectonic shift in the industry with Software Defined Compute, Storage, Networking, Nano Server, Containers, Next Generation Assurance and more. If you…

Are you a member of a development team working on a Microsoft Dynamics CRM project? Do you have multiple work streams in your Dynamics CRM project that require integration into CRM solutions? If so,…

Want to deploy Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) quickly and reliably? This is one session you dont want to miss! Come and learn about the Microsoft-recommended hardware and the process for deploying…

Microsoft Office 365 Secure Score is a new data service that Microsoft is building to help our tenants understand the extent to which they have adopted robust security configurations, behaviors, and…

Discover the new features and possibilities with Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. Come to this session to get a fly-by of everything there is, lots of demos and to learn about some features…

Want to visualize and explore Microsoft Dynamics CRM data to get insights? Want to embed predictive insights into your CRM processes? Learn about new capabilities added to Dynamics CRM for deep…

Engage intelligently and effectively with your customers on social media. In this session, we show you the most recent updates to Microsoft Social Engagement (MSE), and also share the roadmap for the…

Do you need to understand how the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform is evolving to meet your needs? In this session we cover a variety of platform topics, including investments around the online…

PowerApps and Flow are services for building and using custom business apps that connect to your data and work across the web and mobile - without the time and expense of custom software development.…

Microsoft System Center 2016 keeps you in control of your IT operations, giving you enterprise-grade management across Microsoft Windows Server and Linux. With substantial new capabilities to help you…

You've been hearing that Microsoft loves Linux. What changed? Why does Microsoft love Linux and open source? This session is a broad overview of Microsoft's approach to Linux and open source,…

Microsoft Office is the worlds most popular set of productivity tools for getting things done, and is used by over 1.2 billion people around the world. Learn how developers can take advantage of the…

SLAs are shrinking, creating major challenges for IT in providing services like DR without additional budget. To solve this problem, cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure are becoming the de facto…

Azure Stack is Azure in your datacenter. This session will provide you with an overview of everything you need to know about Azure Stack, from the value proposition to the business model to the…

Microsoft Visual Studio provides the best in class C++ development experience whether you are targeting Android, iOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, or IoT. With a good mix of demos and showcase…

This foundation session walks you through the current threat landscape and the engineering principles that Microsoft employed when building Windows Server 2016. Windows Server 2016 provides layers of…

Microsoft has an integrated BI story that spans across cloud and on-premises data. Join this session to get an overview of continued evolution of BI and the approach thats shaping modern BI today and…

This session provide details for planning, developing and deploying a trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure using Microsoft Azure IoT Suite. Trustworthy IoT infrastructure implies…

At the beginning of 2016, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced an initiative to put the cloud to work for public good by donating $1 billion in Microsoft cloud services to nonprofits and university…

Learn about how to identify data and workloads within your enterprise where using StorSimple will reduce your costs by leveraging the elastic capacity of the cloud & connect with Azure services to…

Ensure that you always have a rich management experience, even when running a GUI-less Nano Server installation, using the new tools in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. We discuss how the web-based…

Learn how Microsoft Windows Server 2016 delivers layers of protection that help address emerging threats and transform the server to be an active component in your security defenses. These security…

Dealing with emerging threats in your datacenter and hosting environment? Privileged Identity is the new security boundary. This session covers how you can use Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and…

Microsoft Edge is a safer, faster, more productive way to browse the web. It's great for large organizations, and can fall back to Internet Explorer for sites that need backward compatibility. This…

The new built-in intelligent features in Microsoft Azure SQL Database work around the clock to learn and profile your unique app patterns, and make your apps run faster, make them more secure and…

Advanced analytics is hot in the industry today and many people are interested in learning how to apply this new technology to their businesses to discover further predictive insights. In this…

Join us for an overview of the capabilities of Azure Active Directory, Microsofts Identity and Access management cloud solution (IDaaS). Azure Active Directory provides secure, scalable and…

Do you need to manage Windows, Android, iOS, and Mac devices in your organization? Join this session to see how Microsoft Intune and System Center Configuration Manager are designed to address your…

Whats the best approach to deploy and manage Microsoft Windows 10? Through MDM or PC agent? Is it better to use Intune or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager? Get guidance on how you should…

Disrupting the revolution of cyber-threats requires a platform with revolutionary security capabilities, and Windows 10 is rising to the occasion. In this session, we talk about technologies that can…

Windows 10 offered an enormous leap forward when it comes to threat resistance, but that was just the beginning. With Windows 10 Anniversary Edition we have an impressive lineup of new capabilities…

You've heard a lot about Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello but how will customers actually make the transition away from passwords in the real world? Join us to learn how to deploy and manage these…

With Anniversary Edition, Windows Hello family is expanded to support wearables, phones, and IoT devices. Also, support for Windows Hello is now expanded to Microsoft Edge. See how Microsoft Band, HID…

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With endless new malicious files created per day, the fight against malware using traditional techniques like signature based detection is a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. Microsoft Windows 10…

Just about every organization has the need to communicate sensitive information through email within your org, with your business partners or with your customers. Theres no doubt that these email…

Microsoft Azure Information Protection helps you safeguard your data throughout the complete data lifecycle. Data is "born" protected and carries the protection wherever it travels. So you…

As Microsoft moves towards a Windows as a Service model, application development cycles will need to evolve to cater to the faster release cadence. This session explains how to decouple the…

This session shows you how to manage compatibility of applications and devices when moving to Microsoft Windows 10 or keeping current through Windows as a Service updates. We talk about the upgrade…

Microsoft Windows 10 is great for education and seeing is believing. Join us for a demo run-through of features and functionality great for both teachers and IT. Starting with improvements to Windows…

There's a perfect tool for every job and Microsoft's mobile toolbox is BIG. Join mobile developers from the Xamarin, Cordova, Universal Windows Platform, and C++ teams in a candid conversation…

Microsoft Azure Security Center helps organizations prevent, detect, and respond to threats by providing increased visibility into the security of cloud workloads and advanced analytics to identify…

Learn how monitoring solutions from Microsoft come together to helps you manage, identify, understand, and resolve problems in your web apps & services, irrespective of the platform. With…

Join us on a demo-packed session that shows how Microsoft IT manages mobile and desktop apps using Microsoft Intune, HockeyApp, and Visual Studio Team Services. Learn how your company can manage and…

Were making big strides in sync reliability and performance for Microsoft OneDrive for Business with the new OneDrive sync client. In this session well review what weve delivered to date for both PC…

Learn about the latest key Microsoft OneDrive for Business innovations and a detailed update of our strategy and roadmap. We demonstrate all the latest sync, mobile, browser and Office product…

Microsoft SharePoint extensibility is evolving with the rate of technology evolution. Learn about how SharePoint extensibility is moving forward to adapt to industry trends, the relationship of this…

Stand out from the crowd with a modern digital marketing solution that delivers a rich and personalized experience to your customers. In this session we show you how Microsoft Azure can help you…

Office 365 Dev and SharePoint Patterns & Practices (PnP) helps customers move forward whether building solutions for today or tomorrow. Get latest update on the provided samples, reusable…

We are really excited about the ability to innovate in customer user interfaces. Lots of people have developed great solutions using the Microsoft SharePoint page and part model. Like most content and…

DevOps represents a transformational shift in the way the software industry produces and delivers software. While the benefits are many, the road to DevOps for an established organization can be a…

Every field service organization has nuances in the way they operate. As you implement Field service capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics CRM it is important to understand all of the ins and outs of…

Microsoft Windows Provisioning can help lower deployment costs by removing the need for imaging. Learn what's new with Windows Provisioning and the product roadmap.

The summer update of Windows 10 Mobile delivers some very important updated and new functionality to Microsoft's mobile OS. Organizations continue to increase their investment in digital…

Keep up with business demand for new products and features using a comprehensive set of development and testing tools that allows your team to collaborate and deliver at cloud speed. See how to…

Want to evolve your career to a role in cloud technologies? Learn how to transition from on-premises IT to cloud computing, what technology skills you will need as well as, the soft skills required to…

The true power with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is being able to write applications that target various Windows devices & form factors. But how do you harness this power to build…

The Carlsberg Group manages more than 140 master beer brands in a global market. The companys Microsoft Office 365 journey began in 2012, and is still evolving. Join us for a firsthand account of how…

Mott MacDonald is a $2 billion employee-owned consultancy providing engineering, management, and development services for some of the most complex projects around the globe. In 2014, they made the…

Learn from Microsoft Office 365 customers. This panel shares user adoption strategies utilized to drive value from the Office 365 service for their organizations.

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Want to know how you move to Microsoft Office 365? Learn what to expect as you move to Office 365 and how the Microsoft FastTrack Center and resources can assist you in your journey.

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Six years ago, PhoneGap (a.k.a. Apache Cordova) burst onto the scene with tremendous fanfare. It promised near-total code sharing across iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows using HTML, CSS, and…

Designing and implementing Microsoft Exchange on premises can be a complex and challenging task. That's why Microsoft offers the Preferred Architecture for simpler, easier and less expensive…

Learn about the new change monitoring and configuration services in Microsoft Operations Management Suite. We cover how you can identify changes that happen in your Microsoft Windows Server and Linux…

Learn about the new update management capabilities in Microsoft Operations Management Suite. In this session, we cover how you can manage updates for your Microsoft Windows Server and Linux…

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Skype for Business online delivers Continuous Compliance for our customers. Learn how Microsoft provides proactive processes to meet evolving compliance needs, customer controls for organizational…

Skype for Business provides great opportunities to enhance organizational productivity by integrating communications into your everyday business processes. In this session we highlight real-world…

The Skype Developer Platform provides the opportunity to create business and vertical apps, extending capabilities and features that are required for their business and communications. Whether…

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The Microsoft Azure Application Platform comprises of a rich set of PaaS Services that allows you to be more productive when you're developing applications in the cloud. In this session we look at the…

Is your organization migrating to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online? Join the Premier Field Engineering team for 15 tips in 15 minutes on migrating to CRM Online and then join the team for an interactive…

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Skype for Business Cloud PBX in Microsoft Office 365 is here and ready for your enterprise! This session covers all the features of Cloud PBX and how best to apply end-user profiles to understanding…

Skype for Business runs an extensive certification program. We explain what categories exist and what it is exactly that Microsoft is certifying and how it can this program and the Skype for Business…

The sales capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics CRM automate your sales processes to boost productivity, gain key insights, streamline sales cycles, and reduce costs, featuring a highly intuitive…

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We are delighted to introduce the Skype Operations Framework, discuss why we created it and who the framework is relevant for (spoiler alert – all roles). The Skype Operations Framework is a…

Are you considering moving to Skype for Business Online? Whether you are considering a new deployment or a migrate your users to the cloud - join us for a session on starting your journey. We will…

Learn to align business function across personas regardless of industry. This session helps you learn to plan how to successfully deploy Skype for Business based on your organization's make up and…

Hear directly from Kelly Services about their Skype for Business deployment story. These customer stories provide a great behind-the-scenes look at a complete customer deployment, from the early days…

Hear directly from Cushman and Wakefield about their Skype for Business deployment story. These customer stories provide a great behind-the-scenes look at a complete customer deployment, from the…

We're honored to have Accenture talk about their Lync and Skype for Business journey. Accenture reviews the impact of Skype on their business today and offers a behind-the-scenes look at how they…

The Skype for Business client for Microsoft Windows continues to be updated and enhanced with additional features and delivered using Microsoft Office 365 Click-to-run. Hear all about the latest…

Meet the newest client- Skype for Business for Mac. See it in action, and then learn the internals and troubleshooting techniques to help you support the new client.

Learn how to put users at the center of your skype for business rollout. We share the latest adoption framework for Skype for Business Online, and focus on a deep dive into the framework including…

Walk through the journey of a successful end user adoption lifecycle. Learn how the Skype for Business adoption framework helps you realize how awareness, gamification, user communities and…

SaaS App Management with Azure Active Directory is easier than ever. With 1000's of applications already integrated and with templates and libraries, the addition of practically any application hosted…

Choosing between developing a native app and a web app is a choice that many companies and developers face, weighing factors such as code re-use, customization, capabilities and speed to market. With…

Windows 10 offers new solutions for building, selling and deploying apps to organizations. The Windows Store for Business enables apps to be acquired in bulk and the ability to publish LOB apps to…

IT's biggest challenge is how to manage access to work data for a mobile workforce, where phones and laptops with sensitive data are lost or recycled, employees switch companies, and data lands on…

Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello were introduced with Microsoft Windows 10 to provide a convenient way for users to securely sign in to their Windows 10 devices and apps using PIN or biometrics.…

With Microsoft Windows 10, your phone can work like your PC. Continuum for phones enables you to connect a Windows mobile device to any external display with the new Microsoft Display Dock, USB-C, or…

Building smaller single-purpose apps that are faster to maintain and update are taking over from the previous paradigm of large, monolothic desktop applications. In this session, we walk through some…

With the power of Windows Ink you can now add the ability to integrate the use of Windows Pen in your apps to enhance user experience. Windows Ink provides solutions to easily enable inking, with only…

Learn about new features the Microsoft Windows Store and Dev Center is adding to help developers attract and engage users, and monetize their apps. Learn how adding apps to the Store is easier than…

The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on Windows 10 enables developers to build a single app that scales across all Windows 10 devices, such as phones, tablets, PCs, Xbox and even HoloLens. Designing…

Enabling existing desktop apps to become part of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) ecosystem is a key part of the Windows 10 vision. This session covers the technologies that will enable you to…

The Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update is the second large update to Windows 10 since its initial release in July 2015. With that, the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) was introduced, to build…

GigJam, one of the latest capabilities within the Microsoft Office 365 family, is a productivity and collaboration app the removes the friction you often hit when working with others and trying to get…

New to Office 365 are actionable messages, which enable users to complete the task on messages from services they use every day right from Outlook. Actionable messages can be pulled in via Office 365…

Learn how to quickly and easily connect your line of business applications right into Microsoft Outlook. This session introduces Microsoft Office 365 Connectors, and shows you how to connect…

Microsoft Office 365 Education now offers a tailored space for educators to collaborate in a community of practice with other educators or a classroom of students. Professional Learning Community…

No-code and low-code applications have been essential tools in Microsoft SharePoint for a long time, but weve added many other new tools to your palette. We review the roadmap and best practices for…

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 provides a broad array of hybrid capabilities enabling you to cloud-accelerate your on-premises deployment. Learn more about the capabilities in SharePoint Server 2016…

Microsoft Office Add-ins allow you to make your solution a native part of Office on every platform across desktop, web and mobile applications. Learn how to build an Office add-in, the new features…

Migration to Microsoft SharePoint online has evolved a lot since last year. We discuss how to make an educated decision on what to migrate and how to migrate from various environment into SharePoint…

SharePoint Server 2016, cloud-born and future-proof establishes a foundation for continuous innovation. While Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 has been released, this is not the end of innovation, but…

Your users may struggle with these questions: Should I share via Microsoft Yammer, Microsoft Office 365 Groups, or Microsoft OneDrive? Should I collaborate on data using an Excel sheet or a SharePoint…

We are modernizing search experiences in Office 365 and making them more personal, more intelligent and more consistent across entry points. This session will cover new capabilities in search…

Microsoft Delve is evolving, and the Microsoft Office Graph is getting smarter - helping you stay in the know – to discover new, relevant information and people based on the intelligence of who you…

At the heart of team sites is the document library, a secure location to create, share and organize team files. We are modernizing the user experience and adding distinct new features, while building…

Smartphones represent the fastest technology adoption in history, twice as fast as the internet, three times faster than social media and ten times faster than PCs. Your customers are more mobile than…

There is a lot of new functionality within Microsoft SharePoint team sites, alongside current capabilities. As a SharePoint user, join us for this session to learn how to get the most out of…

Learn about whats new with Microsoft SharePoint Publishing experiences. Well walk through a demo of our new modern pages and authoring canvas, talk about what were building for the next wave of…

Microsoft SharePoint team sites are evolving from the top down, bottom up and through and through. We highlight updates to more actionable, responsive home pages, evolving document libraries to be…

Learn about the new Microsoft SharePoint apps designed for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and the web. Through demos and a peek into the future, see how users will interact with their sites, portal,…

See firsthand how we continue to push ECM forward into the modern world. In this session, you get a tour of all recent investments from an enterprise content management perspective. Whether you are an…

Amid continuous growth of security attacks on organizations Microsoft delivered the most advanced capabilities empowering security teams of large organizations and IT generalists to defend against…

Microsoft Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is a new service built into Windows 10 enabling enterprises to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks on their networks.…

Discover Microsoft Office 365 Groups, a key component of our group collaboration solution that enables you to move from task to task with cross application group membership (managed in Azure AD).…

Find out how Microsoft Excel's new modern chart types can help you identify and visualize insights for more impact. New chart types released in Excel 2016 include waterfall, treemap, sunburst,…

Microsoft Azure Stack provides the same cloud service delivery model as Microsoft Azure. In this session, youll get an overview of the self-service experiences and delivery model for both Azure…

We are evolving your intranet - making it more mobile for users on the go and infusing it with intelligence so that information finds you, not you hunting and searching for information This session…

The new centralized deployment model with Microsoft Office Add-ins allows admins to target deployment to specific users or groups and eliminating the need for software distribution systems to deploy…

Did you know that 28% of the average knowledge worker's work week is spent processing email, and that 47% of meetings are seen as ineffective? Learn about you can drive employee engagement,…

Project Service Automation combines with Field Service and Customer Service to expand the range of service delivery scenarios that may be executed within our customer engagement platform. Learn how…

Hear from two of Yammer's leading implementation partners about how organizations get most value from Yammer. We also discuss results from a recent global Yammer benchmarking study about adoption, and…

Successful Yammer networks need more than a vision and strategy. Driving the value you expect relies on strong groups, champions and valuable conversations, supported by smart, actionable analytics.…

In this session our industry thought leaders demonstrate how you can use behavioural analytics to set goals and track progress of your Yammer network. We also show you the best ways to compare desired…

Join leading customers and partners in this session, where we cover how to avoid the disasters of launch and community management. We share best practices so you feel confident that your Yammer launch…

Learn best practices from some of our Yammer leading partners and customers on how to align your community management strategy to business strategy, set the right metrics for measurement and how to…

Yammer has become a place not only for teams to talk about work, but for a place for teams to get work done. And with our latest integration of Yammer in Microsoft Office 365 Groups, this has never…

Join our MVP customer panel discussion to hear stories about how they been able to successfully launch Yammer within their organisation. You also hear about the challenges & best practice of…

Over the past several months Yammer has made a series of improvements from a product, security and identity perspective to further integrate and become a part of Microsoft Office 365. Learn about…

So Yammer has been turned on for your company. Now what? How do you ensure successful and lasting adoption? Learn from our experts best practice for launching and adopting Yammer.

Yammer is transforming how people collaborate and in the process enabling organizations around the world to move quickly and adapt the change. Learn about the value of working like a network, the…

Moving to Microsoft Office 365 means moving to a service that invests heavily in infrastructure security and data privacy, but how? Beyond our compliance program, what do we do internally that keeps…

Meet Sway, a new Microsoft Office app that lets you easily create presentations, reports, and stories to share with the world. Start by adding photos, videos, and multimedia from favorite sources like…

Microsoft Office 365 provides the latest Office 2016 apps to help you maximize productivity at work, school or on-the-go. With built-in intelligence, seamless collaboration capabilities, and anywhere…

Implementing ExpressRoute for Microsoft Office 365 relies on having the right network operator partner, getting the right Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute configuration, setting up internal network…

The last year has been an exciting year for Microsoft Office 365 admins. Office 365 administration has been evolving at a rapid pace, making more features and functionality available to admins on an…

Understanding how your users are using Microsoft Office 365 is extremely important to you as an Office 365 admin. It allows you to monitor adoption, plan training, and to report back to your…

Overview of paradigm shifting Persistent memory technology from Microsoft Windows 2016 and HPE next generation servers; Overview of SQL Server 2016 HTAP and significant performance acceleration using…

In this session we demonstrate how, using the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus license, you can reap the benefits of Office apps on iOS, Android and Windows. From key end user functionality to IT admin…

Virtualization is a popular way to deliver Microsoft Office client applications. In this session we give you detailed information on how to run Office in virtualized environments. Learn how to install…

Want to know what the Microsoft Office Deployment team will be delivering next? This session covers the recently improvement to Office 365 ProPlus deployment features, including demos and…

With the workplace becoming more diverse, were delivering solutions that are optimized for different working styles and needs. For example, within the realm of group communication, we offer Skype for…

Leverage the capabilities of Microsoft Operations Management Suite to provide a comprehensive security solution for on-premises and cloud environments. We include how to protect workloads, servers and…

Getting your users up to speed with Windows 10 is now easier than ever with new options to customize the Windows 10 start menu. Attend this session to see how you can get happy customers with exactly…

We've been busy enhancing Microsoft Outlook on the web, and have even more updates coming. Learn firsthand how Outlook on the web is getting better, and see live demos of some of the exciting updates.

Cloud computing has become a popular and successful computing model that enables organizations to reduce both their capital and operational expenditures, renew IT innovation, and gain the advantage of…

Learn how to install the Linux bash shell in Windows 10 and run basic commands. Create management bash scripts in Windows 1 and manage Microsoft Azure resources from the Windows 10 Linux bash shell.

Cloud computing is the driving force behind digital transformation. Hear the latest on Dell and EMC's Cloud point of view and how our broader portfolio has helped customers achieve their cloud goals.…

Success in a disruptive business environment requires digital reinvention focused on improving customer experience. Organizations transform business models, employee experiences, and ecosystems to…

The Salesforce and Microsoft strategic partnership is ushering in a new era of efficiency and productivity. Over the past two years, Salesforce and Microsoft have collaborated to create over 10 new…

With the goal of better securing company data, these companies started using Microsoft Azure Information Protection to achieve a comprehensive yet simple solution for Information Protection. This…

Having second thoughts about the effectiveness of firewalls and manually changing passwords on your servers to lock out intruders? You should be. As you migrate to the cloud, are you worried about the…

Learn how to get started building highly available microservice-based applications using Microsoft Azure Service Fabric on Windows and Linux. We will show how to get started with the Service Fabric…

How can you start a user group in your local area? Join this session to get insightful ideas on how to get sponsors, find speakers, and to get started when come back home.

There is a growing trend of organizations moving to the cloud to meet their intranet needs. While many organizations are running their intranets on premise, many are considering entirely cloud-based…

Are you a student, teacher, working in the education sector or want to know more about how students are learning on the Microsoft platform? Join us for an education meet up and share how we are using…

Meet up with other passionate people who want to make a difference in making sure STEM, including computer science, is available for all children. Lets make learning science fun as well as relevant…

This session shows you how to ramp up a IoT Solution based on Microsoft Azure IoT and other Azure services. For example, we reflect the whole scenario on a predictive maintenance solution, showing…

Not ready for SharePoint Online yet? No problem. Host your SharePoint farms in Microsoft Azure, scale rapidly based on demand and save on infrastructure costs. Whether its for development, testing,…

Have you and your organization made the transformation to the cloud first world? Join us to uncover trends and best practices discovered from months of research where we interviewed successful IT Pros…

Today, the changing macro environment, shorter innovation cycles and silos of knowledge present tremendous challenges that require every business to transform. Leverage Microsoft Visio as your change…

Maximizing the capabilities of Microsoft technologies in your data center requires delivering the most performance and ease of use with a reliable and secure infrastructure. Attend this session and…

Learn about new innovations that empower people and organizations to intelligently discover, share, and collaborate on content from anywhere, on virtually any device. Microsoft Corporate Vice…

Are you an IT leader? Have you considered how the cloud can transform your business? If yes, then attend this session to get an overview of Azure, covering business benefits, technology investments,…

Do you have deskless workers? These frontline employees are often the heartbeat of the company and are prominent in retail, hospitality and other service related industries. Deskless workers are…

There is a large list of recent and upcoming changes for Microsoft Outlook and the Outlook mobile apps. Bring your questions and get answers from this panel of experts that includes engineering,…

Join us for the ABCs of finding focus and creating time using insights derived from your communications and collaboration. Learn how to understand where your time is going, and who you are working…

Todays hybrid IT environments require a new approach to management. Hear from Manulife and Rackspace about how they are shifting their management strategies to make the most of cloud resources and…

The cloud-first world presents multiple challenges and opportunities for the ever-changing space of IT Operations. Hear from the leaders of Microsoft Operations Management Suite on how they are…

You've moved your data to the cloud. Now your leadership wants to know what the risks are and what you are going to do to keep it safe. This talk covers the top five threat scenarios, and how you can…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is experiencing exponential growth fueled by ubiquitous connectivity and the rise of cloud computing. In a world of disrupt or be disrupted, is your organization ready to…

Discover how, with its "Everything Built-In" approach, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 ushers in a new era for SQL users. SQL Server R Services brings predictive analytics capabilities including…

Files are at the core of the modern world. They reflect peoples and organizations aspirations, processes and outcomes. Making it easy to securely create and collaborate on important files such as…

Regardless of your device of choice you want a great experience when accessing your Microsoft Office 365 files. Come to this session to see the simple, powerful and intelligent experiences in our…

In building and delivery Microsoft Office 365 as a global service, we are committed to earning your trust with the highest level of data security, privacy, and compliance assurances. This ensures…

Learn how to more efficiently gather, transform, and analyze data using Microsoft Excel 2016 business analytics capabilities that identify important trends and patterns for decision making.

Take a deep dive into Microsoft Planner, a new work management tool for team collaboration in Microsoft Office 365. This session has a demonstration of Planner's features, and discussion of how…

Learn from our experienced customers and partners, how to establish a successful Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) practice. Get valuable tips that would help you to make smart…

Cloud, proliferation of devices, and apps have changed the way we collaborate, and manage our tasks and projects. During this session we talk about Microsoft's vision for work, project, and portfolio…