An evening about Confidential Compute with Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty

Xebia Microsoft Services is kind enough to host us tonight. Thank you for having us.

This evening will be all about Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty. We have 2 sessions and 3 speakers about this topic. Sessions will be given in English.

Sovereign services arrived to Azure; the why, what, and how of Sovereign Cloud Computing
Last year Arnold and Dinant worked intensively together with Microsoft and their customers implementing and improving the ‘Cloud for Sovereignty’ solution. We will go through all the services that are necessary to set up a Secure Landing Zone (SLZ).
(See detailed session description below)
By Dinant Paardenkooper & Arnold van Wijnbergen

The ultimate guide to protecting your assets in a Sovereign Cloud
In this session, we will show you how we protect workloads that process confidential information in a Sovereign Cloud. We will talk about how Entra ID helps us control who can access what and when. We will also explain how we use PIM, Deployment Stacks, and Delegated Access in a (confidential) Landing Zone to manage access and deployments efficiently in a zero-trust manner guarding the sovereignty.
By Dwaine Ridderhof

Agenda
17:30 - 18:00 Walk-in
18:00 - 18:45 Diner
18:45 - 19:45 Sovereign services arrived to Azure; the why, what, and how of Sovereign Cloud Computing
20:00 - 21:00 The ultimate guide to protecting your assets in a Sovereign Cloud
21:00 - 21:30 Drinks

Location
Xebia Microsoft Services
Laapersveld 27
1213 VB Hilversum

Practical information
Parking is free!

Detailed session information:
Sovereign services arrived to Azure; the why, what and how of Sovereign Cloud Computing
Many of us have heard about the term ‘Digital Sovereignty’, is it just a buzzword or is it in the interest of the customer in means of cloud compliancy? Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad interpretations of this concept, especially how to reach the ultimate implementation model by taking measures to protect your data and privacy. Hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have each developed their own approach to support Digital Sovereignty use cases. The question may arise, can this help to solve the NIS2 directive challenges? We will compare all approaches and explain which pain points they are trying to solve. After the comparison, we will dig deeper into the unique approach Microsoft takes with their ‘Cloud for Sovereignty’ and the benefits for you as a customer.

Last year Arnold and Dinant worked intensively together with Microsoft and their customers implementing and improving the ‘Cloud for Sovereignty’ solution. We will go through all the services that are necessary to set up a Secure Landing Zone (SLZ). One of the important services within the solution is the usage of Azure Policies. We have included a technical demonstration that shows these guardrails in action, ensuring BIO compliance.
Arnold and Dinant will end their talk with the lessons they have learned. To already give you a spoiler, challenges are not only related to the complexity of technology.

Hopefully, see you soon during our talk. Of course, we are here to answer all your questions 😊