Microsoft at tech events
20 write-ups · 20 events · 2015–2026
Every event write-up on this site where Microsoft spoke, hosted, sponsored or was interviewed, newest first. Each post covers what was presented, in my own words, with photos of the slides.
2026
17 Sept 2026 · AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 · Amsterdam
People I Met at AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026The builders behind the agentic stack — speakers, panelists, and hosts I met at AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam.
16 Sept 2026 · AGNTCon Preday Meetup: Agentic AI in the Wild · Amsterdam
AGNTCon Preday: Agentic AI in the Wild — Securing What Runs in ProductionAGNTCon Preday at Adyen Amsterdam: Qodo on verification gates, Snyk on malicious SKILL.md files, Postman on agent gateways, plus a panel on trust.
11 Sept 2026 · IBC 2026 · Amsterdam
IBC 2026: Future Tech and the Startup RevolutionAI dubbing engines, semantic search, quantum-secure media, and the startups driving Future Tech at IBC 2026.
1 Jul 2026 · Wiz Club Amsterdam 2026 · Amsterdam
Wiz Club Amsterdam 2026: Machine-Speed Cloud and AI SecurityRecap of Wiz Club Amsterdam: machine-speed cloud defense, AI threats, and lessons from security leaders at Booking, Mews, Nebius, and Philips.
25 Jun 2026 · RoachFest London 2026 · London
Form3: How a Payments Platform Survives Cloud OutagesKevin Holditch of Form3 on why regulators forced a V1 to V2 rebuild across three clouds, and how CockroachDB keeps quorum writes safe across all of them.
11 May 2026 · Red Hat Summit 2026 · Atlanta
Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta: Open Source Meets AI atMy experience at Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta — from platinum sponsors to late-night labs, product spotlights, and Turkish Airlines scaling 60+ AI.
2025
12 Dec 2025 · Microsoft Power Platform community meetup · Amsterdam
Patrick Debois on Coding with AI Agents at Power PlatformNotes from Patrick Debois's talk at a Microsoft Power Platform meetup on 12 December 2025: reviewing, specs, prototypes, knowledge and the manager role.
18 Nov 2025 · Azure Heroes Amsterdam meetup · Amsterdam
Azure Heroes Amsterdam: Testing, Chaos and AI SafetyNotes from the Azure Heroes meetup in Amsterdam: Playwright, load testing, Chaos Studio, PSRule, red teaming, GitHub Models and Prompt Shields.
7 Nov 2025 · SREday Amsterdam 2025 Q4 · Amsterdam
SREday Amsterdam 2025 Q4: Observability, MCP, ClickStackNotes from SREday Amsterdam, 7 November 2025: decoupled observability, ClickStack, platform engineering for AI, securing MCP servers and Azure automation.
10 Sept 2025 · Amsterdam AI and Dev Meetups, Autumn 2025 (roundup) · Amsterdam
Amsterdam AI and Dev Meetups, Autumn 2025: A RoundupTwelve smaller Amsterdam tech events from autumn 2025: LangChain, ClimateHack, AI House coding sessions, Apidays, SREday, OpenJDK and sustainable UX.
25 Aug 2025 · Open Source Summit Europe 2025 · Amsterdam
Open Source Summit Europe 2025 Amsterdam: RecapThree days at Open Source Summit Europe and ELC 2025 in Amsterdam: agentgateway, DocumentDB, COSSA, RISC-V interviews, Zephyr testing and NIS2 vs CRA.
18 Jun 2025 · DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2025 · Amsterdam
DevOpsDays Amsterdam 2025: OpenTelemetry and OpenSSFDevOpsDays Amsterdam 2025 in photos: an OpenTelemetry adoption story, OpenSSF supply chain practices, trust-driven teams, and Identity Week Europe.
4 Jun 2025 · Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2025 · Bunnik
Red Hat Tech Day Netherlands 2025: ACM, InstructLabRed Hat Tech Day Netherlands, 4 June 2025: ACM Global Hub, Vault on OpenShift, AI on Azure Red Hat OpenShift, image mode for RHEL and InstructLab.
2 Jun 2025 · Security in AI: an afternoon with Sarah Young (Global AI Utrecht) · Utrecht
Sarah Young on AI Security: Global AI Utrecht 2025Sarah Young of Microsoft at Global AI Utrecht, June 2025: threat stats, keyless auth, layered controls, data oversharing, MCP security and a short interview.
26 Mar 2025 · DevSecCon community meetup at Mollie · Amsterdam
Responsible AI and Anyshift at a Mollie Meetup, AmsterdamSlide notes from a March 2025 meetup at Mollie in Amsterdam: security risks of coding copilots and Responsible AI, then Anyshift on GenAI for infrastructure.
20 Mar 2025 · Microsoft AI Tour Utrecht · Utrecht
Microsoft AI Tour Utrecht 2025: Agents and FoundryNotes from the Microsoft AI Tour in Utrecht, 20 March 2025: the keynote's agent demo, Copilot and Foundry claims, and an afternoon AI-apps session.
25 Jan 2025 · BitBash 2025 · Veenendaal
BitBash 2025 Veenendaal: Quantum, IAM and Dev BoxBitBash 2025 at Info Support in Veenendaal: a Q# quantum session, Henry Been on IAM for engineering platforms, and Erwin Staal on Dev Box and ADE.
2024
3 Sept 2024 · Azure Platform Engineering Meetup · Utrecht
Azure Meetup Utrecht 2024: Verified Modules and Private DNSRabobank's Azure platform team on Template Specs, Azure Verified Modules and template tests, then Mark Scholman (CA8) on Private DNS in landing zones.
13 Jun 2024 · Dutch Kubernetes / Cloud Native Meetup: Happy Birthday, Kubernetes! · Amsterdam
Kubernetes 10th Birthday Meetup in AmsterdamThe Dutch Kubernetes / Cloud Native meetup celebrated 10 years of Kubernetes at Datadog in Amsterdam: a timeline, a cake, and an RTL platform adoption story.
2015
25 Mar 2015 · Community Days 2015 · Peschiera Borromeo
Community Days Milan 2015: Microsoft IoT Then and NowSlides I photographed at Community Days 2015 near Milan, from Event Hubs to Windows Embedded and Intel Galileo, and what each one became by 2026.