Cloud 2 Endpoint #1

Cloud2Endpoint #1 — Meet the people behind the technology.
Join fellow cloud and endpoint professionals on Tuesday, 19 January 2027 at Microsoft The Stage, Schiphol. An evening of practical Microsoft expertise, real-world experiences and community connections, with Microsoft MVPs Ralph Eckhard and Gerjon Kunst.
Free community event · Limited to 50 registrations · Doors open at 17:00 · Sessions start at 18:00.
PROGRAMME — 19 JANUARY 2027 (CET)

• 17:00–18:00 — Welcome & networking
• 18:00–18:45 — Ralph Eckhard: From Gate to Cloud: Lessons from Deploying Windows 365 in a Dutch Airline
• 18:45–19:30 — Dinner & conversation
• 19:30–20:15 — Gerjon Kunst: Your Agent Is Live. Now the Real Work Starts: Day-Two Lessons from Real AI Deployments
• From 20:15 — Drinks & networking

SESSION 1 · RALPH ECKHARD · 18:00–18:45
From Gate to Cloud: Lessons from Deploying Windows 365 in a Dutch Airline
In this session, we’re taking our desktops to the clouds—literally!
Join us as we share the real-world journey of deploying Windows 365 Cloud PCs across a Dutch airline. From infrastructure and licensing quirks to unexpected use cases and business wins, we’ll walk you through what worked, what didn’t, and what we wish we’d known from the start.
Expect practical tips, licensing insights, and a candid look at how different teams—from flight ops to finance—are using Cloud PCs to stay productive and secure. Whether you're planning your first deployment or scaling up, this session will help you avoid turbulence and land smoothly.
About Ralph
Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Cloud architect working across Microsoft Azure and the Modern Workplace.
Ralph on LinkedIn
SESSION 2 · GERJON KUNST · 19:30–20:15
Your Agent Is Live. Now the Real Work Starts: Day-Two Lessons from Real AI Deployments
Building an AI agent has never been easier. Running one in production is a different story. Once the demo is done and users start relying on it, new questions arrive. Is it actually delivering value? Why did the token bill double last month? Which model should it run on, and should it run in the cloud at all?
This session shares the unpolished story of several AI agents built for real customers on Microsoft Foundry, Power Automate, Copilot Studio and Teams. The examples include a pipeline that analyses every inbound support call, a voice agent that interviews salespeople and writes their meeting reports, and an intake process that transcribes Frisian and pushes results into a DMS with no API. For each one you'll see the architecture, what worked, what broke, and what we would do differently.
From there we go into day two along three axes:

• Value: measuring real KPIs, and what happens when users learn to game the system.
• Cost: token economics, rate limits, and budgeting when pricing is variable and exposed to geopolitics.
• Control: evaluating and swapping models, and choosing between cloud, hybrid and local inference while staying EU-compliant.

Expect live demos, real numbers, and lessons learned the hard way. No hype.
Key takeaways

• A day-two checklist for any agent heading to production
• A practical way to calculate and control cost per transaction
• A decision framework for model choice and where your AI should run

About Gerjon
Microsoft MVP and CTO at RawWorks. AI Lead at Interstellar Group and co-host of Impact of AI Explored.
Gerjon on LinkedIn
VENUE & PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Microsoft The Stage, Microsoft Schiphol
Evert van de Beekstraat 354
1118 CZ Schiphol, Netherlands
Registration is free and limited to 50 places. Please register individually on Meetup. If you can no longer attend, update your RSVP so someone else can take your place.
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Brought together by Cloud2Endpoint. Hosted by Engin Soysal.
Full event information and speaker profiles: cloud2endpoint.com/event