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Microsoft Tech Brief: Boost Developer Productivity with AI

 Join us at Microsoft Tech Brief: Boost Developer Productivity with AI, a free event, to discover how to accelerate developer productivity and innovate faster with GitHub, the Microsoft AI-powered development platform. Learn how to build new apps using GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio tools and see how to integrate existing apps with Azure services and data storage capabilities. You’ll preview the latest version of GitHub Copilot Chat along with powerful debugging tools in Visual Studio 2022. Gain insights from Microsoft experts as they create an app from the ground up using GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio, Microsoft Dev Box and GitHub Enterprise Cloud with GitHub Advanced Security. Discover how to help teams deploy software faster with Azure Deployment Environments and GitHub actions.    Who should attend:   Software and enterprise developers Software architects DevOps and site reliability engineers Data scientists  Technical level:     This is an intermediate-to-advanced-level course. Attendees should be able to credibly discuss, offer perspective and demonstrate expertise of the technology built from repeated and diverse practical experience.During this event, you’ll be able to:   Accelerate coding processes using generative AI workflows that deliver simple code suggestions to complete assembly. Build apps and collaborate seamlessly using self-service tools and flexible solutions, backed by a commitment to open source and DevOps practices. Learn how to write more secure code, respond quickly to vulnerabilities in software supply chains and adopt best practices to help secure development environments. Embrace a complete development toolkit using ready-to-code, self-service products that easily fit into your tech stacks.  Here’s what you can expect: Introduction to the Microsoft developer platformDemo – Microsoft Dev Box, Visual Studio, Azure deployment environmentsDemo – GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Advanced SecurityDemo – GitHub Action, Azure deployment environments  Click here for the Microsoft Event Code of Conduct.    Disclaimer: Microsoft Tech Brief: Boost Developer Productivity with AI is open to the public and offered at no cost. Prior to registering for this event, government employees must check with their employers to ensure that their participation is permitted and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.    

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Protect Data and Mitigate Risk

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Defend Against Threats and Secure Cloud Environments

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Defend Against Threats and Secure Cloud Environments

Powering the Future: Microsoft Energy Summit

We are pleased to invite you to Powering the Future: Microsoft Energy Summit. This event will bring together senior leaders from the Power & Utilities industry from across the country for an exciting two days to discuss business divers and technologies empowering the industry. Participate and engage with your industry peers on a variety of topics, as well as network and build relationships with the broader Canadian Power & Utilities community and dive deeper into the innovative technologies and business models that are transforming the industry. Session Name                                                          DAY 1 Welcome Microsoft's Role in Energy & ResourcesP&U Perspectives and Capabilities The Future of Copilot A case Study in Intelligent Grid PG & E Empower your workforce: strategies for an inclusive and collaborative culture Data as a Foundation in P&U Process Automation: AI for Assessors (AiFA) Focus on Clean Energy, AI and Sustainability in Utilities Regulatory Innovation in Digital Technologies                                                         DAY 2 Security in the age of AI The Future of Customer Experience Operating for the Future with connected assets Enbridge Data Story Responsible AI Keynote Moderated Discussion You will come away from this event with ideas and best practices to accelerate modernization in your own organization.Your name and email address will be forwarded to CIBC Square so that they can send you an email with a QR Code for you to use to access the building and attend the event. Should you wish to not have these details shared, cancel your registration below!

Microsoft Tech Brief: Unlock Value From Your Data with Analytics

Join us at Microsoft Tech Brief: Unlock Value from Your Data with Analytics, a free event, to learn how to use Microsoft Fabric to deliver an integrated and simplified experience for your analytics workloads and users.Explore how to bring your data engineers, scientists, and analysts together to democratize data across your organization. Learn how to transform data into insights using intelligent apps and find out how to accelerate developer productivity with Copilot—while building security and compliance for your data.Who should attend:Data practitionersData developersData scientistsData engineersBusiness analystsTechnical level: This is a foundational-level course. Attendees should have a basic understanding of the fundamental scope of the technology and an opportunity to integrate without practice or hands-on experience. During this event, you’ll be able to: Learn how to eliminate rogue data sprawl by unifying different sources and platforms within a centralized data lake.Explore how to efficiently share data insights through responsible, self-service access to analytics tools.Find out how to connect clouds and services to an open and scalable analytics solution with built-in security, governance, and compliance.Learn how to get started with Fabric with a product demonstration. Disclaimer: Microsoft Tech Brief: Unlock Value from Your Data with Analytics is open to the public and offered at no cost. Prior to registering for this event, government employees must check with their employers to ensure that their participation is permitted and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.

Mastering the Art of Cloud Modernization

Microsoft is inviting you to Microsoft Cloud Summit which is designed for IT-Infrastructure professionals who are on the look out to learn best-practices within the field of cloud modernization, hybrid-cloud principles, FinOps, and security.You will access a line-up of speakers who will share their real-world experiences and provide valuable insights on how to improve the performance, security and cost-efficiency of your Cloud estate and applications by means of cloud technology. Why join? Learn from the Best: Gain a deep understanding of what industry leaders are doing to ensure their applications and data remain available and secure even in the face of outages or disasters. Discover the strategies that have helped them succeed and the pitfalls they've encountered.Optimize Your Costs: Explore how companies reduce capital expenditure and optimize their operations costs by addressing their technical debt. Learn how to make smart financial decisions while modernizing your IT infrastructure.Enhance Security Posture: Dive into the latest features in cloud technology, including encryption, identity and access management, threat detection, and response. Discover the steps you should take to bolster your organization's security.Microsoft Expertise: Gain access to strategy recommendations and governance principles from Microsoft experts. Learn from the company that has been at the forefront of cloud technology innovation. Target audience: Professionals who works with or managers IT-infrastructure – hereunder Database Administrators, Head of Infrastructure, IT-Operations Managers, CIOs, Systems Engineers

Microsoft Virtual Briefing - Azure AI

Time zone: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)We are thrilled to invite you to this exclusive event where you will have a unique opportunity to sit down with our fantastic subject matter experts to discover more on how Microsoft can revolutionize your work processes and empower your organization to achieve more!Azure OpenAI - Making it a reality for our customers​Fine-tune language models to your specific needs for a variety of use cases, from summarization to content and code generation. Detect and mitigate harmful use with built-in responsible AI controls and access enterprise-grade security, available only on Azure.Responsible AI​The session will frame Microsoft’s vision of amplifying human ingenuity with AI, together with a candid discussion of the underlying ethical challenges these technologies pose, including the need to consider fairness, transparency, accountability, and respect for individual privacy. The session will use real world examples to provide elevated guidance on how to approach responsible design, development, and use of AI.​These Briefings are designed to be an open platform where you can ask questions, engage in discussions, and ultimately get real-world answers that you need. Our speakers will share their expert insights providing you the opportunity to discover the solutions to take your business to the next level. Who should attend: IT & Business leaders who are responsible for making decisionsIT professionals who manage their organizations infrastructure

Azure Arc Opportunity: Meeting customers where they’re at

Microsoft provides flexible options to meet your customers where they are at. When migrating or modernizing to Azure is not a short-term possibility, Azure Arc is the best option for CSP partners. Arc acts like a bridge to extend the Azure platform and provide customers a clear visibility and reliability into their entire IT estate. For partners, Azure Arc revenue contributes to their growth as a CSP partner, as it counts as ACR. Strategically, it offers a simplified and flexible billing process in the short term, while it also sets the ground for a bigger cloud transformation in the future.In this session we will dive deeper into two key scenarios within Azure: Extended Security Updates and Arc-Enabled SQL.Agenda: Azure Arc Sales Motion and key scenarios to targetFAQ on partner and customer impactImproving partner profitability through Azure Arc

Microsoft Tech Brief: Enable a Smart Workplace with Microsoft Teams Premium

Join us at Microsoft Tech Brief: Enable a Smart Workplace with Microsoft Teams Premium, a free event, to learn how Teams Premium with OpenAI’s GPT technology helps make your meetings more efficient, enabling you to improve productivity and focus on high-value work. You’ll also see how to protect and customise sensitive and confidential information shared during meetings. Plus, understand how to develop deeper customer and employee engagements using personalised, branded experiences.Who should attend: IT decision makersHuman resources and marketing decision makersChief security officers Technical level: This is a foundational-to-intermediate-level course. Attendees should have a basic understanding of the technology and be able to discuss and offer perspective from minimal experience. After completing this event, you’ll be able to: Enhance collaboration using advanced protection and Teams management.Create high-quality webinars to drive deeper customer engagement.Delight customers with seamless, custom-branded virtual appointments. Click here for the Microsoft Event Code of Conduct.Disclaimer: Microsoft Tech Brief: Enable a Smart Workplace with Microsoft Teams Premium is open to the public and offered at no cost. Prior to registering for this event, government employees must check with their employers to ensure that their participation is permitted and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.

Microsoft Virtual Briefing - The Future of Work with AI

Time zone: 2:00PM – 4:00PM (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, LondonWe are thrilled to invite you to this exclusive event where you will have a unique opportunity to sit down with our fantastic subject matter experts to discover more on how Microsoft can revolutionize your work processes and empower your organization to achieve more!Azure OpenAI Overview​Fine-tune language models to your specific needs for a variety of use cases, from summarization to content and code generation. Detect and mitigate harmful use with built-in responsible AI controls and access enterprise-grade security, available only on Azure.Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot​Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph – your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and more – and the Microsoft 365 apps to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet. It does so within our existing commitments to data security and privacy.Turbocharge your workforce with Dynamics 365 Copilot​Dynamics 365 Copilot brings the power of next-generation AI capabilities and natural language processing to Dynamics 365, working alongside business professionals to help them create ideas and content faster, complete time-consuming tasks, and get insights and next best actions—just by describing what’s needed.​These Briefings are designed to be an open platform where you can ask questions, engage in discussions, and ultimately get real-world answers that you need. Our speakers will share their expert insights providing you the opportunity to discover the solutions to take your business to the next level. Who should attend: IT & Business leaders who are responsible for making decisionsIT professionals who manage their organizations infrastructure

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Defend Against Threats and Secure Cloud Environments

Microsoft Virtual Briefing - Microsoft Power Platform & Copilot

Time zone: 10:00AM – 12:00 PM (UTC+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, ManilaWe are thrilled to invite you to this exclusive event where you will have a unique opportunity to sit down with our fantastic subject matter experts to discover more on how Microsoft can revolutionize your work processes and empower your organization to achieve more!Do More With Less Through Low-CodeUnderstand the business value of Power Platform with Azure, helping businesses do more with less by innovating applications faster. Discover how to apply low-code and code-first tooling together to develop inclusive solutions faster for different business needs​.See in action & Use cases​Learn how to create powerful, dynamic apps, dashboards, and business automation flows with easy-to-use tools for citizen developers while IT to focus on data management, security and scalability.These Briefings are designed to be an open platform where you can ask questions, engage in discussions, and ultimately get real-world answers that you need. Our speakers will share their expert insights providing you the opportunity to discover the solutions to take your business to the next level. Who should attend: IT & Business leaders who are responsible for making decisionsIT professionals who manage their organizations infrastructure

Microsoft Tech Brief: Power SAP Innovation with Microsoft Cloud

Join us at Microsoft Tech Brief: Power SAP Innovation with Microsoft Cloud, a free event, to learn how moving critical SAP applications to the Microsoft Cloud connects you to Microsoft security, data and productivity solutions. You’ll discover how to use AI to overcome immediate business challenges while innovating for the future. You’ll also gain deeper insights into the ways that migrating to the cloud improves IT agility, optimises cost savings and helps your organisation scale for growth.Who should attend: IT directors, practitioners and professionalsInfrastructure directors Technical level: This is a foundational-to-intermediate-level course. Attendees should have a basic understanding of the technology and be able to discuss and offer perspective from minimal experience. After completing this event, you’ll be able to: Quickly detect threats to help protect your SAP and non-SAP workloads.Remove silos and combine SAP and non-SAP data to enhance real-time decision making.Enable collaboration on SAP data in Microsoft Teams.Enhance app capabilities and processes by using SAP with Microsoft Power Platform. Disclaimer: Microsoft Tech Brief: Power SAP Innovation with Microsoft Cloud is open to the public and offered at no cost. Prior to registering for this event, government employees must check with their employers to ensure that their participation is permitted and in accordance with applicable policies and laws.

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals