Azure Incident Retrospective - Please register! Session 2 - Tracking ID: 5GP8-W0G
Join our upcoming live webcast for a transparent discussion about this recent Azure service incident — led by our engineering teams. Control plane issues in East US Tracking ID: 5GP8-W0G | Impacted: 24-25 April 2026 Same content presented in both sessions — pick the one that works best for your timezone! What to expect 📚 Understand What happened, how we responded, and what we learned 💬 Ask Live Q&A with our engineering experts throughout the session 🛠 Learn The fixes we've put in place and guidance for workload resiliency Choose your session Same content presented at both times — pick the one that works best for your timezone: Session 1 17:30 UTC Thursday, 14 May 2026 Register now → Session 2 05:30 UTC Friday, 15 May 2026 Register now → 9:30 AM US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 PM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 PM London (BST) 1:30 AM +1 Beijing (CST) 4:30 AM +1 Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 AM +1 Auckland (NZDT) 9:30 PM -1 US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 AM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 AM London (BST) 1:30 PM Beijing (CST) 4:30 PM Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 PM Auckland (NZDT) Our engineering leaders Deepak Bansal Corporate Vice President, Technical Fellow Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn ↗ Qi Zhang Partner Software Engineering Manager Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn ↗ ⚠️ Prepare before the livestream Read the Post Incident Review (PIR) ahead of time so you can ask any follow up questions during the live Q&A Helpful resources 🔔 Azure Service Health Alerts Get alerts for relevant incidents by setting up notifications via email, SMS, or webhook 🎥 Past Retrospective Recordings Watch recordings of previous retrospective livestreams 📄 Azure Post Incident Reviews Learn more about PIRs and the retrospective programAzure Incident Retrospective - Please register! Session 1 - Tracking ID: 5GP8-W0G
Join our upcoming live webcast for a transparent discussion about this recent Azure service incident — led by our engineering teams. Control plane issues in East US Tracking ID: 5GP8-W0G | Impacted: 24-25 April 2026 Same content presented in both sessions — pick the one that works best for your timezone! What to expect 📚 Understand What happened, how we responded, and what we learned 💬 Ask Live Q&A with our engineering experts throughout the session 🛠 Learn The fixes we've put in place and guidance for workload resiliency Choose your session Same content presented at both times — pick the one that works best for your timezone: Session 1 17:30 UTC Thursday, 14 May 2026 Register now → Session 2 05:30 UTC Friday, 15 May 2026 Register now → 9:30 AM US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 PM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 PM London (BST) 1:30 AM +1 Beijing (CST) 4:30 AM +1 Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 AM +1 Auckland (NZDT) 9:30 PM -1 US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 AM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 AM London (BST) 1:30 PM Beijing (CST) 4:30 PM Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 PM Auckland (NZDT) Our engineering leaders Deepak Bansal Corporate Vice President, Technical Fellow Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn↗ Qi Zhang Partner Software Engineering Manager Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn ↗ ⚠️ Prepare before the livestream Read the Post Incident Review (PIR) ahead of time so you can ask any follow up questions during the live Q&A Helpful resources 🔔 Azure Service Health Alerts Get alerts for relevant incidents by setting up notifications via email, SMS, or webhook 🎥 Past Retrospective Recordings Watch recordings of previous retrospective livestreams 📄 Azure Post Incident Reviews Learn more about PIRs and the retrospective programAzure Incident Retrospective — Please register for one of the 2 sessions below!
Join our upcoming live webcast for a transparent discussion about this recent Azure service incident — led by our engineering teams. Network degradation within East US AZ-02 Tracking ID: DG_Z-S08 | Impacted: 20 March 2026 What to expect 📚 Understand What happened, how we responded, and what we learned 💬 Ask Live Q&A with our engineering experts throughout the session 🛠 Learn The fixes we've put in place and guidance for workload resiliency Choose your session Same content presented at both times — pick the one that works best for your timezone: Session 1 17:30 UTC Thursday, 23 April 2026 Register now → Session 2 05:30 UTC Friday, 24 April 2026 Register now → 9:30 AM US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 PM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 PM London (BST) 1:30 AM +1 Beijing (CST) 4:30 AM +1 Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 AM +1 Auckland (NZDT) 9:30 PM -1 US Pacific (PDT) 12:30 AM US Eastern (EDT) 5:30 AM London (BST) 1:30 PM Beijing (CST) 4:30 PM Sydney (AEDT) 6:30 PM Auckland (NZDT) Our engineering leaders Newton Sanches Partner, Engineering Manager Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn ↗ Frank Rey Partner, General Manager Azure Networking Cloud+AI Engineering LinkedIn ↗ ⚠️ Prepare before the livestream Read the Post Incident Review (PIR) ahead of time so you can ask any follow up questions during the live Q&A Helpful resources 🔔 Azure Service Health Alerts Get alerts for relevant incidents by setting up notifications via email, SMS, or webhook 🎥 Past Retrospective Recordings Watch recordings of previous retrospective livestreams 📄 Azure Post Incident ReviewsSecurity: An essential part of your Azure and AI journey
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. 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.
Live AMA: Demystifying Azure pricing (AM session)
⏱️ 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 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 (PM session)
⏱️ 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!🎉Join the Microsoft Ignite 2025 NYC Community Summit in Times Square!
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.Cloud platform security in an evolving threat landscape
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.Proactively design, deploy & monitor resilient Azure workloads
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.Essentials to build and modernize AI applications on Azure
Need to confidently design AI applications? In this session we’ll explore the prescriptive guidance, resources and tools available within Azure Essentials to help you build and modernize reliable, secure AI applications. We will demo how to get started designing an AI workload using the AI assessment tool from the Azure Well-Architected Framework and then show how to build it using Azure AI Foundry. This session is part of Tech Accelerator: Mastering Azure and AI adoption. View the full agenda for more great sessions and insights.
