What we’re about
This group is for anyone interested in a discussion with others local to the Houston area around any aspect of Microsoft Azure and it's rapidly-growing, surrounding (non-Microsoft) ecosystem. Non-locals are also very welcome to join!
We meet each month or so - usually the second Tuesday of each month - and talk about some aspect of Azure that might be of interest to as many people as possible. Topics range across both all Azure services and 3rd-Party solutions that are deployed upon it so there should be something for everyone.
Attendees to our events usually cover a wide range, and often include students, project managers, infrastructure-focused IT professionals, Developers, Solution, Application or Enterprise Architects, Security practitioners, "Big Data" Scientists, and business leaders. We also sometimes discuss solutions that 3rd Party (i.e. non-Microsoft) software vendors build on top of Azure to fill in feature gaps (via the Azure Marketplace).
The one thing we try NOT our events to be a 'sales pitch' of any kind: we are just about community, learning about technology and gaining experiences in using them from one-another.
Each event will usually focus on just one Azure area or Service or 3rd Party (Marketplace) solution, and typically have a guest speaker, a high-level overview followed by technical demonstration(s), and a Q&A session so we can not only share stories but everyone can learn from each other's experiences.
We do record our events and post them on our YouTube Channel.
Our Code Of Conduct, which applies to all attendees to all our events, can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Build Real AI Success: From Vectors to Value with MongoDB Atlas on AzureMicrosoft Office Houston, Houston, TX
Join MongoDB and Microsoft experts as we explore how MongoDB Atlas on Azure supports the next generation of AI systems, especially those driven by agentic architecture.
Agentic AI systems don’t just respond; they perceive, plan, act, and adapt in real-time. But building these intelligent applications requires more than just powerful models. It demands a data layer that can keep pace with dynamic, real-world workloads: flexible enough to evolve, accurate enough to reason, performant enough to act, and secure enough to trust.
In this session, you'll learn how enterprises are using MongoDB Atlas and Azure to:
- Build AI-native apps using a flexible document model that speaks the language of JSON-based agents
- Combine structured data, vector embeddings, and hybrid search in a single platform, without stitching together multiple services.
- Scale intelligently with dedicated search infrastructure, horizontal scaling, and cost-optimized online archives.
- Ensure safety, groundedness, and compliance using Microsoft’s Trustworthy AI framework and Azure AI Content Safety tools.
- Accelerate development with Azure AI Foundry and MongoDB Atlas working in concert.
Discover how MongoDB Atlas on Azure empowers your AI applications to move from prototype to production, securely, with scalability, and intelligently.
Food and soft drinks will be served at ~5:30pm on the 10th floor - we will kick off the discussion there @6pm after everyone has had a chance to eat, meet anyone else you'd like to and have a chat :-). Feel free to start arriving from 5pm on if you are nearby. PLEASE RSVP so we have an accurate food count.
PARKING: For free parking please park across the street on the third and fourth floors of the parking garage at 12711 Queensbury; parking in the Microsoft building is not free
In-person: 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000 · Houston, TX
Livestream:
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup
