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Marketplace office hour for customers: June 2026

Pearl-Angeles — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:06:13 GMT

Tune in for updates, insights, and live Q&A to help you buy from the Microsoft Marketplace. Follow this page for updates on the topics that will be covered during this month's session.

Note: Office hours for customers are typically held the last Wednesday of every month, 8:30 AM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

How do I participate?

Registration is not required. Add this event to your calendar, then sign in to the Tech Community and select Attend to receive reminders. Post your questions in advance, or any time during the live broadcast.

Marketplace office hour for customers: May 2026

Pearl-Angeles — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:44:58 GMT

How do I participate?

Using Microsoft Marketplace to optimize Azure spend

Pearl-Angeles — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:13:59 GMT

If your organization has an Azure cloud commitment, Microsoft Marketplace can be a powerful tool for optimizing how that spend is used. Tune in to explore how your organization can leverage its Azure commitment to support software investments through Microsoft Marketplace, while also simplifying supplier management and billing.

Guest partner Clazar will join the session to demo a solution they’ve developed to help customers identify Marketplace solutions eligible for MACC decrement, making it easier to apply cloud commitment dollars with confidence.

We’ll cover practical ways to right-size commitments, reduce risk, and better align cloud spend with actual usage. Walk away knowing how to turn Azure commitments into strategic, outcomes-driven spend with Microsoft Marketplace.

Note: Office hours for customers are typically held the last Wednesday of every month, 8:30 AM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

How do I participate?

Charting your AI strategy for manufacturing with Marketplace

Pearl-Angeles — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:25:07 GMT

Build, buy, or blend? Gain the insights you need as a manufacturer to scale AI apps and agents across the factory floor using Microsoft Marketplace. We’ll go beyond AI theory and focus on practical manufacturing scenarios—connecting factory equipment, IoT, and enterprise systems into a unified foundation that enables analytics, digital twins, and AI agents.

Learn how you can turn unstructured plant data into actionable decisions, accelerating predictive maintenance and production optimization, and moving from pilot to production faster by blending custom solutions with Marketplace models, agents, and AI applications.

This session will provide guidance on architectural trade‑offs, governance, and how to make effective build, buy, or blend decisions to drive real operational impact.

Note: Office hours for customers are typically held the last Wednesday of every month, 8:30 AM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

How do I participate?

Select Add to calendar to save the date, then click the Attend button to save your spot, receive event reminders, and participate in the Q&A.* If you can’t make the live event, don’t worry. You can post questions in advance and catch up on the answers and insights later in the week.

This session will be recorded and available on demand immediately after airing. It will feature AI-generated captions during the live broadcast. Human-generated captions and a recap of the Q&A will be available by the end of the week.

* Don’t see the Attend button? Sign in to your Marketplace Tech Community account or register for the Tech Community and join the conversation!

Accelerating AI adoption through Microsoft Marketplace

Pearl-Angeles — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:01:10 GMT

Explore practical AI use cases available through Microsoft Marketplace—from prebuilt AI apps and agents to AI‑powered solutions that simplify buying and deployment.

As organizations look to move from AI experimentation to real business impact, Microsoft Marketplace plays a critical role in helping customers discover, evaluate, and deploy AI apps and agents that integrate seamlessly with their Microsoft investments. In this office hours session, you will learn how Marketplace supports common business scenarios and the best practices that you can use to accelerate AI adoption while maximizing their overall cloud performance.

Note: Office hours for customers are typically held the last Wednesday of every month, 8:30 AM Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

How do I participate?

Microsoft Marketplace office hours: Optimize cloud cost and performance

Pearl-Angeles — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:29:44 GMT

Learn proven strategies to accelerate the time-to-value for your Microsoft cloud investments with Microsoft Marketplace. Microsoft Marketplace is your trusted source to find, try, and buy cloud and AI solutions—but it’s more than just a catalog. Discover best practices, explore cost-saving tools, and get answers to your questions in real time.

How do I participate?

Select Add to calendar to save the date, then click the Attend button to save your spot, receive event reminders, and participate in the Q&A.* If you can’t make the live event, don’t worry. You can post questions in advance and catch up on the answers and insights later in the week.

This session will be recorded and available on demand immediately after airing. It will feature AI-generated captions during the live broadcast. Human-generated captions and a recap of the Q&A will be available by the end of the week.

* Don’t see the Attend button? Sign in to your Marketplace Tech Community account or register for the Tech Community and join the conversation!

Live AMA: Demystifying Azure pricing (PM session)

Aaron_Bode — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:21:14 GMT

⏱️ This live AMA is on January 22nd, 2026 at 5:00 PM PT. This same session is also scheduled at 9:00 AM PT on January 22nd.

SESSION DETAILS

This session breaks down the complexity of Azure pricing to help you make informed decisions. We’ll cover how to estimate costs accurately using tools like the Azure Pricing Calculator, explore strategic pricing offers such as Reservations, Savings Plans, and Azure Hybrid Benefit, and share best practices for optimizing workloads for cost efficiency. Whether you’re planning migrations or managing ongoing cloud spend, you’ll learn actionable strategies to forecast, control, and reduce costs without compromising performance.

This session includes a live chat-based AMA. Submit your questions below as Comment to be answered by the product team!

Live AMA: Demystifying Azure pricing (AM session)

Aaron_Bode — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:21:35 GMT

⏱️ This live AMA is on January 22nd, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT. This same session is also scheduled at 5:00 PM PT on January 22nd.

SESSION DETAILS

This session includes a live chat-based AMA. Submit your questions below as Comment to be answered by the product team!

Chart your AI app and agent strategy with Microsoft Marketplace

j_weller_nv — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:42:15 GMT

Organizations exploring AI apps and agents face a critical choice: build, buy, or blend. There’s no one-size-fits-all—each approach offers unique benefits and trade-offs. Tune in for insights into the pros and cons of each approach and explore how the Microsoft Marketplace simplifies adoption by providing a single source for trusted AI apps, agents, and models. Learn how Marketplace accelerates time-to-value, reduces procurement times and serves as the trusted source to access a catalog of thousands of AI models, enabling you to innovate faster without sacrificing governance or cost control.

Where do I post my questions?

Scroll to the bottom of this page and select Comment.

This session will be recorded and available on demand immediately after airing. It will feature AI-generated captions during the live broadcast. Human-generated captions and a recap of the Q&A will be available by the end of the week.

🎉Join the Microsoft Ignite 2025 NYC Community Summit in Times Square!

MariselaC — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:09:41 GMT

Get ready, New York! The Microsoft Ignite 2025 NYC Community Summit is coming to the heart of Times Square — and you’re invited to be part of the energy, insights, and innovation.

Whether you're a seasoned tech leader, a cloud enthusiast, or just Ignite-curious, this two-day experience is your chance to connect with the local Microsoft customer community, attend live sessions by MVPs and local experts. Watch the live streamed Ignite keynote while engaging in real-time conversations with peers and experts.

To attend please register here.

🎤 What to Expect

Live Keynote Viewing: Watch Microsoft leaders unveil the latest in AI, cloud, and security.
Community Conversations: Join breakout discussions with local customers and Microsoft experts.
Exclusive Panels & Lightning Talks: Hear from industry voices and community MVPs.
Food & Snacks Included: Because no community event is complete without them.

🌟 Featured Speakers & Sessions

Explore a variety of exciting topics, including…

Generating Pages in Power Apps
Lights, Camera, Akka! The Actor Model & Agentic AI Orchestra
How to create Moonshot solutions with AI
Transforming Facility, Network and Organization Management with Visio and Power BI
Elevating Construction: Real-Time Optimization with Azure Digital Twins and AI
Building Agents in AI Foundry!
Mastering Vibe Coding: 6 Suggestions for Successful Agentic Development
What's new with Azure Load Balancer, NAT Gateway, and Public IP Addresses
.NET Apps Everywhere!
Accelerating Web Application Development with AI-Powered Tools: From Design to Deployment
How (and why) Microsoft's upstream teams engage with multi-stakeholder open-source projects
Leveling Up Agents: Copilot Studio for Enterprise Studios
RAG Hero: Fast-Track Vector Search in .NET
Building Resilient Systems
Agentic Orchestration: Building Scalable, Open-Source Automation with A2A, MCP and RAG Patterns
Microsoft MVP (Most Valued Professional) Panel Discussion
Ignite Keynote Virtual Watch Session

🤝 Sponsors & Partners

We’re proud to be supported by a fantastic group of sponsors who help make this event possible.

🔗 RSVP & Stay Connected

Spots are limited, must register by November 11th, 2025 — don’t miss out!
👉 To attend please register here. Exact location provided upon registration acceptance.

Office hours: FinOps and the Microsoft marketplace

j_weller — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:43:15 GMT

Want to unlock a faster time-to-value for your cloud and AI projects? Join us live, July 30, with your questions! Learn how the Microsoft marketplace can support your FinOps practitioners by sourcing thousands of pre-vetted solutions that accelerate AI transformation while better managing technology spend.

Safeguard AI applications with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:26:59 GMT

Generative AI applications drive innovation and efficiency but often face security risks like AI jailbreaks and data exfiltration. This can pose a serious threat to your organization's security and reputation. Learn how to prevent AI risks through robust AI-security posture management and discover effective strategies to detect and respond to AI threats. Enhance your understanding of AI security and protect your AI assets with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

This session is part of the Azure security and AI adoption Tech Accelerator. Increase your skills by checking out more sessions to help you plan, build, manage and optimize your Azure deployments and AI projects with a security-first mindset.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

How to design and build secure AI projects

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:25:43 GMT

Given the complexities of AI integration, designing and building secure AI projects is critical. This session equips technical professionals with the knowledge and tools to create secure AI workloads. Attendees will learn how to incorporate Responsible AI and security-by-design principles from the Azure Well-Architected Framework, identify tradeoffs during design, and prioritize security. This session includes a live demo of the Azure Well-Architected Framework AI assessment, showcasing practical applications and best practices - ideal for anyone seeking to enhance their expertise in secure AI development.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

How to secure your AI environment

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:25:15 GMT

Prioritizing security in AI projects is vital. This session covers Azure Essentials best practices for safeguarding AI Landing Zones, focusing on the infrastructure, data, and models for GenAI applications. Attendees will learn about integrating products and PaaS services like OpenAI, Azure API Management, and Machine Learning into a comprehensive architecture that shields the AI environment. The session will also feature lessons learned from the field and insights from Microsoft's internal best practices for securing AI deployments.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

Enhancing security for cloud migration

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:24:40 GMT

Safeguarding your data and applications during cloud migration is crucial. In this session, enhance your expertise in securely migrating workloads to Azure with best practices, guidance, tools, and advanced strategies for secure migrations. Learn how to establish a robust foundation, protect workloads, and maintain enterprise-grade security post-migration. Designed for technical professionals, this session will deepen your understanding of secure cloud migration practices and help you implement these strategies effectively.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

AMA: Azure platform security

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:23:24 GMT

Uncover insights and best practices for Azure platform security. Dive into the tools, strategies, and solutions to protect your cloud infrastructure. Bring your questions and explore how to enhance security in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

Secure by design: Azure datacenter & hardware security

Heather_Poulsen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:24:07 GMT

With security threats evolving across every layer, it is critical to have a cloud platform that is designed to safeguard your data and applications from the inside out. Join this session to explore the security capabilities built into every Azure datacenter, along with new hardware security innovations that provide an extra layer of protection for every workload in Azure.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

Security: An essential part of your Azure and AI journey

Heather_Poulsen — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:26:57 GMT

Robust security is crucial at every stage of your cloud and AI journey. Take a closer look at the importance of embedding security from the initial consideration of Azure to the ongoing management of workloads and AI applications. Join Uli Homann and David Blank-Edelman as they share insights on how to make Zero Trust actionable as you leverage Microsoft’s platform, products and tools to achieve secure and successful Azure and AI adoption. Learn from the leaders about how to build security into your next Azure or AI project.

Learn more with Microsoft Secure! Find solutions your organization can use to protect your data, defend against cyberthreats, and stay compliant.

Proactively design, deploy & monitor resilient Azure workloads

Heather_Poulsen — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:50:47 GMT

Do you want to know how to get resilient and stay resilient? Explore the architectural features needed to uphold stringent uptime requirements for critical deployments. Learn how to design resiliency into workloads and environments by implementing Azure landing zones and infrastructure-as-code modules. We will demo native bicep and Azure Verified Modules while explaining the scenarios in which you need those. We'll also show how to use the Azure Proactive Resiliency Library, Azure Advisor and Azure Monitor baseline alerts to minimize outage impacts and increase productivity.

This session is part of Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI adoption. View the full agenda for more great sessions and insights.

Cloud platform security in an evolving threat landscape

Heather_Poulsen — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:51:49 GMT

Need to protect your Azure workloads from security threats? In this session, we'll explore the daily threats that Microsoft's core platform security engineering team face and discuss the key mitigation strategies you can use to protect your workloads on the Azure platform. Discover attack surface reduction techniques used at the platform level and learn how to best secure your workloads within the cloud shared responsibility model.

This session is part of Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI adoption. View the full agenda for more great sessions and insights.