December 2025 Free Microsoft Events, Training, and Workshops

Welcome to December, everyone! Between catching up on Ignite keynotes and sessions on YouTube and all of the training and workshops Microsoft is hosting before the holidays, you've got plenty of opportunities to learn something new this month.

The Biggest Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025

Hi, everyone! I’ve spent the last day sorting everything from Microsoft Ignite and have together this overview of the headline announcements, along with a number of other notable ones. As always, the Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News is a great entry point to everything Microsoft, where I put more

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Wishing you and your families all of the happy holidays and a wonderful new year!

Microsoft Hands-on Labs

• December 1st: Accelerator: Snowflake Integration with Microsoft Fabric: Iceberg and Fabric Data Agent
• December 3rd: Accelerator: AI Developer - Azure AI Foundry and Semantic Kernel Fundamentals
• December 3rd: Accelerator: Work With Data Lake And Data Factory Pipelines In Microsoft Fabric
• December 3rd: Introduction to Agents
• December 4th: GitHub Copilot Innovation Workshop
• December 4th: Accelerator: Build Agentic AI with Semantic Kernel and Graph RAG on PostgreSQL
• December 5th: Accelerator: Hands-on with Azure AI Foundry and Agent Frameworks
• December 5th: CFO Perspectives Digital Event: How AI is fueling strategic transformation
• December 8th: Accelerator: Fabric Database Mirroring
• December 9th: Accelerator: Build Agentic AI with Semantic Kernel and Graph RAG on PostgreSQL
• December 10th: Accelerator: SQL Datawarehouse With Synapse
• December 10th: Accelerator: Microsoft Azure AI Agents: Hands-on Lab
• December 10th: Agent Governance
• December 11th: Expanding Azure Virtual WAN To Support Your Global Network
• December 11th: Scalable Cloud Networking With Azure Virtual WAN
• December 12th: Accelerator: AI Developer - Azure AI Foundry and Semantic Kernel Fundamentals
• December 15th: Accelerator: Build A Fabric Real-Time Intelligence Solution in a Day
• December 16th: Leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio for Marketing or Other Business
• December 17th: Accelerator: Fabric Copilot Hands-on Lab
• December 17th: GitHub Copilot Innovation Workshop
• December 17th: Microsoft Azure AI Agents: Hands-on Lab
• December 17th: Accelerator: Hands-on with Azure AI Foundry and Agent Frameworks
• December 18th: Microsoft Azure AI Agents: Hands-on Lab
• December 19th: Accelerator: Microsoft Azure AI Agents: Hands-on Lab

Microsoft Azure Virtual Training Day

• December 1st & 2nd: Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server Workloads
• December 3rd: Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL to Azure
• December 4th & 5th: Data Fundamentals
• December 15th & 16th: Azure Fundamentals
• December 19th: Build Agentic AI Solutions with Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day

• December 1st & 2nd: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
• December 3rd & 4th: Implement Data Security with Microsoft Purview
• December 11th & 12th: Strengthen Cloud Security with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• December 16th & 17th: Predict and Defend Against Cybersecurity Threats

Microsoft Discovery Hour

• December 2nd: Secure your data with Microsoft Purview
• December 3rd: AI Foundations for Business Leaders
• December 9th: RISE to Innovation: Accelerate Your SAP Journey with Microsoft Cloud
• December 9th: Innovate with Azure AI Apps and Agents
• December 10th: Innovate with AI Apps and Agents using Microsoft Power Platform
• December 17th: Modernize your endpoints with Windows in the Cloud

Microsoft Technical Workshop

• December 9th: Windows 365 & Azure Virtual Desktop Technical Workshop
• December 16th: Migrate Linux and PostgreSQL to Azure

Microsoft Tech Brief

• December 2nd: Activate your data for AI Innovation with Microsoft Fabric
• December 2nd: Ask the Experts: Decoding AI Agents and Their Processes
• December 2nd: Future-proof your VMware workloads with Azure VMware Solution​
• December 4th: Powering AI Apps and Agents at Scale on Azure App Platform​
• December 9th: Ask the Expert: Migrate and Modernize SAP
• December 9th: Unlocking Value After Migration: Advanced Workloads on Azure Databricks
• December 10th: Are you a Software Developer Company? Learn how to infuse AI and analytics capabilities in YOUR applications
• December 10th: Protect Cloud, AI Platform & Apps with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• December 11th: GitHub/Copilot Greatest Hits: discussing the more recent features/developments that have come out for it in the past 3-6 months
• December 11th: Activate your Data for Innovation with Microsoft Fabric
• December 11th: Modernize security operations with a unified platform

AI at Work

• December 3rd: AI at Work: Enhancing Human Resources

Microsoft Virtual Briefing

• December 1st: Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience
• December 2nd: AI Agents in Copilot Studio: Understand, build and deploy
• December 3rd: AI Agents in Copilot Studio: Understand, build and deploy
• December 3rd: Modernize Your VMware Environment with Microsoft Azure
• December 4th: Modern Cybersecurity Unlocked: Maximizing Microsoft Security in E3 and Beyond
• December 4th: Introducing Microsoft Foundry: Design, customize and manage AI Apps and Agents
• December 8th: Innovate with Azure AI: Next-Gen Intelligent Apps & Agents
• December 9th: Take Control of Your Data with Microsoft Purview: Protection and Governance Made Easy
• December 9th: Innovating Service with AI: The Agentic Future of Customer Engagement
• December 9th & 10th: Microsoft Virtual Training Day: Develop Generative AI Apps with Azure AI Foundry
• December 9th: Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience
• December 9th: What’s New in Microsoft Purview and Purview for AI – Highlights from Ignite 2025
• December 10th: Innovate with Azure AI: Next-Gen Intelligent Apps & Agents
• December 11th: Unlocking Data Protection: Maximizing Microsoft Purview in E3 and Beyond
• December 11th: Copilot Prompt-a-Thon | Ignite Recap: Copilot’s Latest and Greatest
• December 15th: Unlocking Data Protection: Maximizing Microsoft Purview in E3 and Beyond
• December 16th: Modern Cybersecurity Unlocked: Maximizing Microsoft Security in E3 and Beyond
• December 17th: Microsoft Azure: Your unified & intelligent cloud
• December 18th: Protection and compliance with the new Defender and Purview Suites for Microsoft Business Premium
• December 19th: Security First: Essentials and Best Practices for Using Copilot Chat

Microsoft Security

• December 3rd: Microsoft Security Innovation Series: From Breach to Resilience
• December 3rd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for IT
• December 3rd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing
• December 4th: Preventing Data Leaks to Shadow AI
• December 8th: Learn What's Possible: Going Beyond Data Security​
• December 16th: Secure the use of GenAI apps and defend against SaaS-based attacks

M365 Copilot Training

• December 1st: Transform your Everyday Business Processes with Agents
• December 2nd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Executives
• December 2nd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for IT
• December 2nd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing
• December 2nd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Sales
• December 3rd: Explore Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
• December 3rd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Sales
• December 3rd: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Executives
• December 3rd: Explore Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
• December 8th: Exploring Copilot Chat in Microsoft 365 Apps: Free for Microsoft 365 Users
• December 9th: Get Started with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents
• December 9th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Legal
• December 9th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Finance
• December 9th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Operations
• December 9th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for HR
• December 9th: Get Started with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents
• December 10th: Secure and Govern Microsoft 365 Copilot + Agents
• December 15th: Transform your Everyday Business Processes with Agents
• December 15th: Security First: Essentials and Best Practices for Using Copilot Chat
• December 16th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing
• December 16th: Copilot for all - Transforming Workflows with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and AI Agents
• December 17th: Explore Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
• December 17th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Marketing
• December 17th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for IT
• December 17th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Executives
• December 17th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Sales
• December 18th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for HR
• December 18th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Operations
• December 18th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Finance
• December 18th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for Legal
• December 18th: Get Started with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents
• December 19th: Microsoft 365 Copilot Training for HR

Microsoft Reactor

Note that all of these Reactor sessions are livestreamed on YouTube and recorded for later viewing.

• December 1st: Model Mondays - Model Router
• December 2nd: MVP Program Essentials: What You Need to Know
• December 2nd: Spark It Up: From Napkin Sketch to Working App (No Code Required!)
• December 2nd: The MS Docs MCP Case: Building a Web Client for a Microsoft MCP Server
• December 2nd: Transforming and Analyzing Customer Reviews with Microsoft Foundry and Fabric
• December 3rd: Building AI Agents with the AI Toolkit & Microsoft Foundry
• December 3rd: Maintaining reliable codebases with GitHub Code Quality
• December 3rd: Modernize Your Future: Windows Server and SQL Server 2025
• December 3rd: Customized MCP with Azure Container Apps and AI Foundry Agents
• December 3rd: Analyzing Customer Call Recordings with Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft Fabric
• December 4th: Get started with AI agent development
• December 4th: Modernizing Linux Workloads with PostgreSQL on Azure
• December 4th: Analyzing Microsoft Fabric Data using a Microsoft Foundry Agent
• December 8th: Streamlit Meets Scenarios: Building Adaptive AI for the Enterprise
• December 9th: Build an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework, PostgreSQL, and API Management
• December 9th: .NET Day on Agentic Modernization
• December 9th: Spark to Rocket Ship: Turbocharging Your MVP with AI-Powered Development
• December 9th: Agentic AI in Action: Transforming Migration and Modernization
• December 9th: Developing a Windows AI App powered by Azure-hosted MCP
• December 10th: Fabric Data Days Student Dataviz Championships - The Finals
• December 10th: OSS AI Summit: Building with LangChain
• December 10th: AI Dev Days: Building AI Applications
• December 10th: Azure Static Web Apps for the Enterprise
• December 11th: AI Dev Days: Using AI to Enhance Developer Productivity
• December 11th: How to build an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure Cosmos DB, and AKS
• December 16th: Building MCP servers with FastMCP
• December 16th: Scale and Orchestrate Multi-Agent Systems Effortlessly (AMER)
• December 17th: Deploying MCP servers to the cloud
• December 18th: Authentication for MCP servers