Events

February 2025 Events, Training, and Workshops

Jason Berberich

01 Feb 2025 — 5 min read

Hello friends! It feels like we’ve made it through the worst of winter here in North Dakota, with spring already in sight. January managed to fly by, so I feel like we’re in store for a fast February, too.

So, take a look at all the free events Microsoft has managed to cram into this short month and find something interesting to learn and try!

Azure Technical Events

February 7th — Lunch & Learn - Get started with Azure OpenAI Service (Eastern | Central | Pacific)
February 10th — Developing AI Applications with Azure AI Studio
February 10th — Automate Document Processing by Using Azure AI & OpenAI
February 12th — Mitigating Vulnerabilities with GitHub Advanced Security and Azure DevOps
February 12th — Innovate With AI
February 14th — GitHub Copilot Innovation Workshop
February 14th — Lunch & Learn - Integrate Azure OpenAI into Your App (Eastern | Central | Pacific)
February 14th — Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions
February 17th — Use Azure Open AI Like a Pro to Build Powerful AI Applications
February 17th — Get Started with OpenAI and Build Natural Language Solution
February 19th — Azure API Management
February 19th — .NET App Modernization
February 21st — Build Intelligent Apps with Microsoft's Copilot Stack & Azure OpenAI
February 21st — Lunch & Learn - Code Suggestions with GitHub Copilot in VS Code (Eastern | Central | Pacific)
February 21st — Build Prompt Engineering with Azure OpenAI Service
February 24th — Use Your Own Data and Explore Content Filter with Azure OpenAI Services
February 24th — Azure Red Hat OpenShift Workshop
February 26th — DevOps with GitHub
February 26th — Develop Generative AI Solutions with Azure OpenAI Service
February 28th — Implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions
February 28th — Lunch & Learn - Get started with Azure OpenAI Service (Eastern | Central | Pacific)
February 28th — Azure Virtual Machine and Compute

Azure Virtual Training Days

February 3rd — Azure Fundamentals
February 4th — Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric
February 6th — Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions
February 6th — AI Fundamentals
February 10th — Develop Your Own Custom Copilots with Azure AI
February 11th — AI Fundamentals
February 12th — Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions
February 13th — Azure Fundamentals
February 13th — Implement a Lakehouse with Microsoft Fabric
February 18th — Data Fundamentals
February 20th — Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server Workloads
February 20th — Migrate and Modernize your Apps for AI-powered Solutions
February 23rd — Azure Fundamentals
February 24th — Accelerate Development with GitHub Copilot
February 25th — Azure Fundamentals
February 27th — AI Fundamentals

Microsoft Discovery Hour

February 2nd — Roundtable: Inspiring Intelligent Apps Through Industry-Specific Use Cases
February 11th — Migrate to Innovate - Be Secure and AI Ready
February 13th — Accelerate Business Growth with AI Applications on Azure

Microsoft Virtual Briefings

February 2nd — Microsoft Datacenter Tour: Virtual Experience
February 2nd — Data Security in the Era of Generative AI
February 2nd — Common Azure Cosmos DB Use cases
February 6th — Reinvent your Business with the latest Updates for Microsoft 365 Copilot
February 12th — Preparing for AI-Enhanced Productivity and Secure Content Management with Microsoft 365 Copilot and SharePoint Advanced Management
February 13th — Unlocking AI-Powered Productivity: Exploring the Potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot & Copilot Studio
February 19th — Data Security Posture Management for AI

Microsoft Tech Brief

February 6th — Migrate and Secure Windows Server and SQL Server
February 11th — Next Generation Development Powered by AI
February 13th — Migrate and Secure Linux, PostgreSQL, and MySQL
February 20th — Build Your Own Copilot with Azure
February 26th — Maximize Impact through Value Engineering
February 26th — Future-Proof Your VMware Workloads with Azure VMware Solution
February 27th — Transform your Development Experience and Ship Apps Faster with AI

Microsoft Reactor

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

February 3rd — RAGChat: Adding speech input and output
February 3rd — From Concept to Creation: A Guide to Building Intelligent Custom Agents
February 3rd — Production-ready RAG with Azure AI Search
February 4th — Getting started with Generative AI in Azure
February 4th — Simplifying Workflow Orchestration with Apache Airflow in Microsoft Fabric
February 4th — Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot
February 4th — Building Custom Text Classification Models with Azure AI Language
February 4th — Get started with data engineering on Microsoft Fabric
February 4th — Getting started with Generative AI in Azure
February 5th — Upgrading to Windows 11 using Microsoft Intune - Tips and Tricks
February 5th — RAGChat: Private deployment
February 5th — Empowering Apps with Copilot: From Creation to Deployment
February 5th — Azure AI: Building Trust in the Generative AI Era
February 5th — Ingest and manage data in Fabric with data factory and notebooks
February 5th — Empowering Apps with Copilot: From Creation to Deployment
February 6th — What's available for Fabric CI/CD
February 6th — Building an AI Web Application with Python and Flask
February 7th — Building Scalable AI Agents: From Framework to Future
February 7th — What's New in Copilot in YOUR Tenant
February 9th — Seamless Data Loading into Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse
February 10th — RAGChat: Evaluating RAG answer quality
February 10th — Getting started with AI Agents
February 11th — Build AI Solutions with Azure AI Foundry
February 11th — Boosting Productivity with AI: Copilot for Data Factory
February 11th — Productivity with GitHub Copilot: Docs and Unit Tests
February 11th — Implement real-time intelligence in Microsoft Fabric
February 11th — CRUD Operations with Azure Cosmos DB Emulator
February 11th — Build a Gen AI Chatbot with Microsoft Azure
February 12th — A guide to Innovative AI Apps with MS Fabric and AI Search
February 12th — Powerful Devs Conference 2025
February 12th — RAGChat: Monitoring and tracing LLM calls
February 12th — Data warehousing in Microsoft Fabric
February 12th — Build smarter automation with AI Builder and Power Automate
February 12th — Using the OWASP DSOMM with GitHub
February 13th — Designing Windows Widgets using Generative AI
February 13th — Collaboration and Deploy with GitHub Copilot
February 13th — Smart, efficient, and well-architected IaC with Azure Verified Modules
February 16th — Mastering Power BI Model Relationships
February 17th — Powerful Devs Hack Kickoff: All About AI
February 17th — Building Intelligent Multi-agent Systems
February 18th — Boosting Productivity with AI: Copilot for Data Factory
February 18th — The Microsoft Fabric environment - CI/CD, monitoring, and security
February 18th — Getting started with AI Agents in Azure
February 18th — RAGChat: Extending RAG with function calling
February 18th — Deploying Azure AI Services in Containers
February 19th — Uncovering Hidden Gems: Revolutionizing Opal Mining with Azure AI
February 19th — The Developer's Approach to Power Automate
February 19th — Build Smarter AI Agents with Azure AI Agent Service
February 19th — Microsoft Fabric administration and governance
February 20th — Speedrunning Code to Cloud with the Azure Developer CLI
February 20th — Preparing for Your Organization's AI Workloads
February 20th — Developing Windows Widgets with Generative AI
February 20th — Zero to Hero with Azure Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK
February 20th — Developing Cloud Native: Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps
February 20th — Coexisting with AI: Succeeding In the New Era
February 24th — Microsoft Autonomous Copilot Agent
February 24th — Securing Microsoft Copilot Studio Integration with External Connectors
February 24th — How to enhance your own AI services using Semantic Kernel
February 24th — Leverage cloud native infra for intelligent apps
February 24th — GatewayAPI with AKS
February 25th — Deep dive into using Dataflows Gen2 with Data Factory
February 25th — Building Custom Named Entity Recognition Models with Azure AI Language
February 25th — Build your code-first app with Azure AI Agent Service
February 25th — Generative AI for Scam and Fraud Detection in Banking
February 26th — Powerful Devs Hack Overview: Building Powerful Solutions
February 26th — A lap around Entra External ID
February 26th — Building Microsoft Copilot Agent with custom connector
February 26th — Powerful Devs Hack Overview: Building Powerful Solutions
February 26th — Real World Cyber Attacks Illustrated: Rapid Response Techniques
February 26th — GitHub Advanced Security Overview - 2025
February 26th — RAG'ing on Azure with Postgres
February 27th — Code Without Barriers | Guardians of Trust: Bridging AI Security & AI Safety Code
February 27th — Deploying and Managing HPC Clusters with Azure CycleCloud
February 27th — The fundamentals of using Python with Azure Cosmos DB