Microsoft Marketplace office hours: Optimize cloud cost and performance
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!Using Microsoft Marketplace to optimize Azure spend
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? 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.Chart your AI app and agent strategy with Microsoft Marketplace
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.
Office hours: FinOps and the Microsoft marketplace
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.
