Observability as trust: Differentiation points for customer-facing AI agent operations
As AI agents become increasingly customer-facing, trust is emerging as a critical differentiator. Customers need confidence that AI-powered solutions will operate reliably, securely, and predictable especially when agents are making decisions, interacting with systems, and adapting to changing conditions. Observability provides the visibility needed to understand agent behavior, identify issues early, and demonstrate operational maturity. Join this session to learn how software development companies can use observability to build confidence in AI applications and agents. We'll explore the key signals, metrics, and operational practices that help make agent behavior transparent, measurable, and explainable across customer environments. You'll gain practical insights into monitoring AI operations at scale, improving reliability, and reducing risk while creating better customer experiences. Discover how observability can move beyond a technical requirement to become a strategic advantage—helping you strengthen customer trust, accelerate adoption, and differentiate your AI solutions in the marketplace. Learn more and register: Observability as Trust: Differentiation points for customer-facing AI agent operations🎉APAC FY26 Fabric Partner Community Year‑End Celebration
As we prepare to wrap up FY26, we’re closing the year the same way we built it — together. This year‑end celebration will be held as part of the final Fabric Engineering Connection calls of FY26, giving us space to pause, look back on what we built together, and celebrate the partners who make this community what it is. 🌎Americas & EMEA Wednesday, June 24 | 8:00–9:00 AM PT 🌍APAC Thursday, June 25 | 1:00–2:00 AM UTC / Wednesday, June 24 | 5:00–6:00 PM PT) ✨ What to expect: A look back at the moments that defined FY26 along with partner updates to take you into FY27 Fun & games — including a Mad Libs–style community story built live by partners A community toast and a few surprises along the way 👉 Important: This call is open to members of the Fabric Partner Community on Microsoft Teams. If you’re not already a member, you can join here: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity This isn’t just a year‑end recap. It’s a thank‑you to the partners who showed up, shared openly, asked great questions, and helped each other grow real Microsoft Fabric practices. Mark your calendars. We can't wait to celebrate with you! 🥳 🥂🎉 Americas/EMEA FY26 Fabric Partner Community Year‑End Celebration
As we prepare to wrap up FY26, we’re closing the year the same way we built it — together. This year‑end celebration will be held as part of the final Fabric Engineering Connection calls of FY26, giving us space to pause, look back on what we built together, and celebrate the partners who make this community what it is. 🌎Americas & EMEA Wednesday, June 24 | 8:00–9:00 AM PT 🌍APAC Thursday, June 25 | 1:00–2:00 AM UTC / Wednesday, June 24 | 5:00–6:00 PM PT) ✨ What to expect: A look back at the moments that defined FY26 along with partner updates to take you into FY27 Fun & games — including a Mad Libs–style community story built live by partners A community toast and a few surprises along the way 👉 Important: This call is open to members of the Fabric Partner Community on Microsoft Teams. If you’re not already a member, you can join here: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunity This isn’t just a year‑end recap. It’s a thank‑you to the partners who showed up, shared openly, asked great questions, and helped each other grow real Microsoft Fabric practices. Mark your calendars. We can't wait to celebrate with you! 🥳 🥂Turning co-sell readiness into real Microsoft Marketplace revenue
Achieving co-sell readiness in Microsoft Marketplace is only the beginning. Many software development companies reach this milestone but struggle to translate it into meaningful pipeline and consistent seller engagement. Join Microsoft partner and special guest Trunal Bhanse, CEO and co-founder at Clazar, as he breaks down what separates companies that are simply “co-sell ready” from those that successfully build active, revenue-generating partnerships with Microsoft sellers. Drawing on real-world insights from hundreds of marketplace partners, we’ll explore the operational habits, processes, and strategies that drive faster deal velocity, larger deal sizes, and stronger collaboration with the Microsoft field. You'll learn: How to create seller-focused collateral that drives Microsoft field engagement Best practices for working effectively with your Partner Development Manager (PDM) How to improve referral response times to increase co-sell opportunities You'll walk away with: A practical checklist to improve Microsoft seller engagement immediately Proven strategies to generate more co-sell opportunities A clearer understanding of how to operationalize your marketplace motion for consistent growth 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!Securing and governing AI agents before deployment
As AI agents become more embedded in business workflows, ensuring they are secure, governed, and compliant before deployment is critical. Join and learn how to provision, secure, and manage AI agents at scale using modern identity and governance practices. This session will explore how to establish strong guardrails across the entire AI agent lifecycle—helping prevent risks such as unauthorized access, Shadow AI, and agent sprawl. You’ll gain practical insight into how organizations are using Entra Agent ID to provision AI agents, manage credentials and service principals for agentic workflows, and enforce least-privilege access policies. The session will also highlight approaches to detecting unmanaged AI usage and implementing governance strategies that ensure every AI agent is accounted for before going live. During this session, you will: • Understand how to provision AI agents securely using Entra Agent ID • Learn best practices for managing identities, credentials, and service principals for agent workflows • Explore how to enforce least-privilege access across AI-driven systems • Discover strategies to detect Shadow AI and prevent uncontrolled agent sprawl • Learn how to govern AI agents throughout their lifecycle before deployment To view the session live, register here: Securing and Governing AI Agents Before They Go Live You can view previous Security for SDC series sessions on demand here: Security for SDC Series: Securing the Agentic EraFrom AI assistant to autonomous defense: Microsoft Security Copilot and agents in action
Cybersecurity teams are facing unprecedented pressure—from alert fatigue and skills shortages to increasingly sophisticated, AI‑driven attacks. Microsoft Security Copilot helps address these challenges by combining generative AI with deep security expertise and rich organizational context. Now, with the introduction of Security Copilot agents, security teams can take the next step toward more scalable, efficient defense. In this session, you’ll learn how Microsoft Security Copilot supports security teams in investigating incidents, hunting threats, and strengthening security posture at machine speed. We’ll also explore how Security Copilot agents enable human‑supervised, autonomous automation across key Microsoft Security solutions, including Microsoft Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview. You’ll also see how this innovation connects to Microsoft Marketplace, which provides the underlying publishing, commerce, and billing infrastructure for partner solutions. Customers discover, procure, and deploy these solutions through the Microsoft Security Store—a security‑optimized storefront purpose‑built for extending Microsoft Security Copilot. Learn how marketplace‑published offerings and partner integrations available in Security Store help organizations tailor Security Copilot to their environment, accelerate time to value, and operationalize AI‑driven security at scale. Learn more and register: From AI Assistant to Autonomous Defense: Microsoft Security Copilot & Agents in ActionAPAC Fabric Engineering Connection Call
After a two‑week pause for FABCON & SQLCON - The Microsoft Fabric & SQL Community Conferences, we’re excited to welcome partners back for our first Fabric Engineering Connection call since the conference. Welcome back—and what a great way to restart the conversation! 🙌 This week’s sessions bring partners closer to the people building Microsoft Fabric, with timely insights and takeaways straight from FabCon. 🎙 What’s on the agenda: Fabric AI‑Powered Automation for Pro‑Developers (Americas & EMEA) presented by Evelina Alroy-Brin and Hasan Abo-Shally Recap of Data Warehouse announcements from FabCon presented by Rakesh Krishnan and Tino Tereshko 🇺🇦 🌍 Session times: Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, March 25 | 8–9 AM PT APAC: Thursday, March 26 | 1–2 AM UTC / Wednesday, March 25 | 5–6 PM PT These calls are a great opportunity to reconnect after FabCon, hear directly from engineering, and dig deeper into what’s new—and what’s next—for Microsoft Fabric. 👉 Participation is open to members of the Fabric Partner Community. Join here: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunityAmericas & EMEA Fabric Engineering Connection
After a two‑week pause for FABCON & SQLCON - The Microsoft Fabric & SQL Community Conferences, we’re excited to welcome partners back for our first Fabric Engineering Connection call since the conference. Welcome back—and what a great way to restart the conversation! 🙌 This week’s sessions bring partners closer to the people building Microsoft Fabric, with timely insights and takeaways straight from FabCon. 🎙 What’s on the agenda: Fabric AI‑Powered Automation for Pro‑Developers (Americas & EMEA) presented by Evelina Alroy-Brin and Hasan Abo-Shally Recap of Data Warehouse announcements from FabCon presented by Rakesh Krishnan and Tino Tereshko 🇺🇦 🌍 Session times: Americas & EMEA: Wednesday, March 25 | 8–9 AM PT APAC: Thursday, March 26 | 1–2 AM UTC / Wednesday, March 25 | 5–6 PM PT These calls are a great opportunity to reconnect after FabCon, hear directly from engineering, and dig deeper into what’s new—and what’s next—for Microsoft Fabric. 👉 Participation is open to members of the Fabric Partner Community. Join here: https://aka.ms/JoinFabricPartnerCommunityFrom Copilot to Catalyst: How MSPs Turn AI Readiness Into Recurring Revenue
AI interest is surging—but most customers aren’t ready to scale it securely or successfully. Gaps in device management, identity hygiene, data governance, and operational consistency often stall AI initiatives before they deliver real value. For Managed Service Providers, this challenge creates a powerful opportunity. In this webinar, you’ll learn how MSPs are using Microsoft Intune as the foundation for helping manage and secure devices, and extending it with AvePoint Confidence Platform: Elements Edition to standardize, automate, and scale AI-ready environments across customer tenants. Together, they enable MSPs to move beyond one-off AI projects and deliver AI readiness as a repeatable, revenue-generating managed service. This session focuses on turning AI demand—starting with Copilot—into a long-term services motion that improves margins, reduces operational friction, and positions your MSP as a trusted AI partner. In this webinar, you will learn how to: Turn AI readiness into recurring revenue Learn how MSPs are packaging AI readiness—starting with Copilot—into repeatable, high-margin managed services customers renew and expand. Scale securely without adding overhead See how Microsoft Intune, extended with AvePoint Confidence Platform: Elements Edition, enables standardized, automated delivery across multiple customer tenants. Move from AI pilots to real outcomes Get a practical blueprint to replace one-off AI projects with scalable services that position your MSP as a trusted AI partner. Register now: From Copilot to Catalyst: How MSPs Turn AI Readiness Into Recurring RevenueCertified Software Designations: FY26 Benefits Updates
If you are a software development company selling through the Microsoft commercial marketplace, don’t miss this office hours session. Learn how to stand out to Microsoft customers and sellers -- and unlock the top-tier of benefits available to software development company partners. Walk away with a better understanding of: Certified software designation: What it is and why it matters FY26 updates: New benefits and incentives for designated partners Getting started: Steps to begin your designation journey Where can I access the deck? Click here to download the slides presented in this session of Office Hours. When is the next Office Hours session? Bookmark the Marketplace Community for announcements about upcoming Office Hours events.
