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**Danidu Weerasinghe - What's new in Azure and GitHub** A fast, practical tour of the newest innovations across Azure and GitHub. We’ll break down the latest cloud capabilities, AI‑powered developer tools, security enhancements, and DevOps integrations that are transforming how teams build and ship software. **Randi Ratnayake - Turning Raw Content into Intelligence with Azure Content Understanding** Azure Content Understanding brings together multiple Azure AI services to analyze, extract, classify, and structure information from unstructured content such as text, images, audio, video, and documents. It abstracts much of the complexity involved in building AI-powered content solutions, while still giving teams the flexibility to shape models, workflows, and integrations to fit their needs. This talk shows how Content Understanding helps turn raw content into meaningful insights and enables scalable automation and decision-making across enterprise data. **Hajra Akhtar - VNet Integration with Power Platform** How to achieve integration and communication between Dynamics CRM and Azure, including advantages of having VNet integration and steps to achieve it. **Kaushaya Ganguly - Supercharge App Migrations to Azure using GitHub Copilot App Mod** Learn how GitHub Copilot App Mod can dramatically speed up and simplify your application migration journey to Microsoft Azure. This session walks through real‑world modernization workflows, code insights, dependency analysis, and AI‑assisted refactoring that help teams move from legacy architectures to cloud‑ready solutions with confidence. Perfect for developers, architects, and anyone looking to modernize apps without the usual friction, completing Apps migrations in days as opposed to months.

**✨ SPECIAL EVENT✨ What does design leadership and innovation look like in this moment? - with Adam StJohn Lawrence** *\*\* Highly acclaimed international guest speaker and global thought leader\*\** Organisations today are under increasing pressure. Expectations are shifting, complexity is rising, and AI is rapidly becoming part of everyday work. At the same time, the more technology advances, the more distinctly human capabilities like judgment, facilitation, collaboration, and meaning-making are coming into focus. What does design leadership and innovation look like in this moment at the interface of human, technology (AI) and business? How can designers not only protect their craft but continue to influence decision-makers to stay the course and make human-centred decisions? Join Adam StJohn Lawrence for an interactive evening with the MelbourneDT community, exploring how we work at the intersection of humans, technology, and business in a time of ongoing transformation. **This is not a traditional talk**. Expect an active, engaging session in Adam’s distinctive style, combining participation, reflection, and open discussion. The focus is on making design matter in real organisational contexts. **Together, explore:** ✨ How to position design, innovation, and facilitation in ways that resonate in today’s business environment ✨ The language we use to communicate value and influence decisions ✨ The evolving role of facilitation as systems become more complex ✨ What changes when we begin working not only with humans but alongside AI **About Adam StJohn Lawrence** ✨ Adam StJohn Lawrence is the co-author of the best-selling book "This is Service Design Doing" and co-initiator of the Global Service Jam. Named the Godfather of facilitation, Adam is one of the founding voices of Service Design and Design Thinking globally. *He's kind of a big deal.* Adam is no ordinary facilitator. His background spans psychology, the automotive industry, and professional theatre and comedy. Improvisation and rehearsal-room practice are central influences in his work, not as performance but as disciplined ways of working with uncertainty, emotion, status and collaboration. Much of Adam’s work takes place under real pressure, with ambiguity, competing agendas and difficult conversations present in the room, and he brings this wealth of real-world experience to his workshop sessions. He shows you how to work with status and egos, conflict, uncertainty and shifting power dynamics in real-life situations with real people, that you can transfer and apply in your next meeting. What Adam teaches you is that "strategy" is not a separate conversation, held behind closed doors or in PowerPoint slides. Rather, it's expressed through behaviour, through how people listen, challenge, decide and create together. He shows you how to "see it" in action and influence the strategic process not matter what level you're at. **Who is this for?** Everyone. Tickets limited. Book fast. Pizza & drinks included!

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Atlassian 'Team on Tour' Highlights | ACE Melbourne Breakfast Unpack what’s new across Atlassian’s System of Work and what it means for your team. Breakfast and Rustica coffee included. Curious about what’s changing across Atlassian’s System of Work? Join us for a breakfast session unpacking the key takeaways from Team on Tour Sydney. We’ll explore what’s new, what’s evolving, and what it means in practice across delivery, service, marketing and operations teams. This session brings together Atlassian perspectives and real-world practitioner insights, with space to compare notes and connect with others navigating similar challenges. Limited spots to keep it interactive. 🎤 Panel Speakers Chris Fok (Atlassian)https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisfok/ Andrew Meek (Atlassian)https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmeek/ Michelle Letho (ACE Champion Melbourne)https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleletho/ Andy Fleming (ACE Champion Melbourne)https://www.linkedin.com/in/aussieflem/ Juan du Toit (ACE Community Member Melbourne)https://www.linkedin.com/in/juandutoit/ Ryan Sztanski ACE (Community Member Melbourne)https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryansztanski/ 📅 Event Details Date: Tuesday 31 MarchArrival: 7:30amStart: 7:45am sharp 🥐 Breakfast provided ☕ Coffee voucher for Rustica Café downstairs 👥 Who Should Attend Anyone looking to improve workflows and business value streams to stay competitive Teams across delivery, service, marketing, operations and transformation Jira admins and practitioners Jira admins - bring a business or team peer to compare notes and connect the dots together! Come for the insights. Stay for the conversation. Agenda --- Hosted By Michelle Letho, Account Executive & Networking Junkie Michelle (Miche) Letho is the Melbourne Atlassian Community Event (ACE) Champion and an Account Executive at Willyama Togetha, Australia’s only Indigenous-owned Atlassian Platinum Partner. She helps organisations imagine, build, and scale better ways of working through Atlassian solutions that boost collaboration, visibility, and impact. A member of the Transformers Unite leadership team, Miche supports national change and transformation events that bring practitioners together to learn and share. With a career spanning tech, FMCG, a Startup founder and consulting, she blends commercial know-how with curiosity and heart. If she's not at networking events, outside work, she keeps busy ubering teens at calisthenics and netball. and recharges through yoga, Pilates and hiking. Abbas Heidari, Engineer With an IT career spanning over 30 years, I have always been passionate about bridging the gap between technical architecture and human collaboration. My journey began in 1995 in software engineering, and after completing my Master of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne, I transitioned my focus to the Atlassian ecosystem in 2015. Currently, I serve as the Atlassian SME at Woolworths Group. Working within a high-impact team, I focus on delivering enterprise-grade solution consulting and sustainable governance to support thousands of users across a complex, large-scale environment. I am particularly dedicated to: ■ Enterprise Solution Consulting Architecting the Atlassian product lifecycle to meet the intricate, scalable needs of the Woolworths Group. ■ Community Leadership Since last year, I have led the Atlassian CUG (Company User Group) within Woolworths, fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and cross-functional best practices. ■ Product Influence Active participation in Atlassian’s Early Access Programmes (EAPs), providing direct feedback to help shape the future of the tools we use every day. ■ Governance & Enablement Establishing frameworks that balance operational efficiency with internal security while empowering teams through specialised training. I believe the strength of the Atlassian suite lies in the community behind it. I’m always keen to exchange ideas on governance, scalability, and how to build a thriving internal user community. Andy Fleming, Lead DevOps Engineer G’day everyone, I’m Andy from Melbourne (Australia) and I've been a Community Champion since late 2025. I’ve been an Atlassian geek since around 2008 when I started using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Fisheye and Crucible for my startup, and have been in a number of Atlassian Admin and advocacy roles across multiple industries since then. Primarily a Developer and DevOps guy in office hours, I love tinkering with a new tool or process and working out how it can help teams do what they’re doing better, with more clarity and transparency. Fair chunk of experience around JSM (and the alternatives) and a passion for DX and DevSecOps type processes. Bringing some order to chaos, helping people with work and processes and generally helping people get stuff done. My undergrad was focused on AI 30 years too early, but now spending a lot of time there as it all comes full circle, so Rovo is of particular interest. Looking forward to meeting hopefully lots of you 🍻 --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-melbourne-presents-team-on-tour-highlights-ace-melbourne-breakfast/.

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*Get to L19, which then allows you to get to Level 21* *If the lift access is limited after-hours we'll have a PwC Employee to take you to the event.* The **GitHub Copilot Dev Days** is a learning series designed to help developers fully leverage GitHub Copilot within **Visual Studio Code** and **GitHub Codespaces** while connecting with community experts. In this edition, in addition to the virtual format, we are introducing in-person workshops led by tech communities. The event, which will take place on **March 31 2026**, is open to **developers of all levels** and focuses on leveraging **AI-assisted coding** with **GitHub Copilot**. The full agenda and session info: 1. **Zero to Hero with GitHub Copilot:** **What happens when a non-developer starts shipping code** by [Loryan Strant](https://www.linkedin.com/in/loryanstrant/) 2. **Spec Driven Development using GitHub Copilot** by [Dylan McCarthy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-mccarthy-181199ab/) 3. **Agent Orchestration using GitHub Copilot** by [Nilesh Gule](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nileshgule/) 4. **Vibing the Indie with GitHub Copilot** by [Venura Athukorala](https://www.linkedin.com/in/venura9/) 5. **GitHub Actions 101: From Zero to Your First Automated Workflow** by [Ahmed Muhi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedmuhi/) **Venue**: PwC Melbourne, Level 21, 2 Riverside Quay, Southbank. Doors open at 5.00 pm. Drinks and food will be provided. 😀

It's DDD but \***lightning**\*. The evening will be a hybrid event hosted by the DDD Melbourne crew and consist of short & sharp presentations of fifteen minutes in length on a dev related subject. Venue space is limited, we cannot accommodate more than **90 people**. First come first served! **ONLINE ATTENDANCE** You can join us online, we'll aim to get the call started somewhere around 6pm before we have our introductions and first speaker. Remote audience link --> **TBA** You can ask questions of our speakers via Slido. We'll try to ask your questions as they come through on Slido, but we may not get to all of them. **TALKS** **Elmer Rokerick Niem Bool** neurUL: Duplicateless Databases Using Biomimicry In this talk, Elmer will present neurUL (neurUL Universal Language), a new neurobiological programming language, inspired by computer science, neuroscience, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophy, that can enable a highly efficient and flexible method for data storage. Using neurUL, developers will be able to solve the ""unavoidable redundancies"" problem, wherein, despite the introduction of database normalization more than half a century ago, relational databases with their current limitations, are still plagued by costly, ever-growing redundancies across columns, rows, tables, as well as in schema definitions **Suyogya Taneja** CQRS in Modern .NET: Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice, Microservices, and AI-Assisted Development with Claude Code The talk will explore implementing CQRS in modern .NET applications across Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice Architecture, and Microservices, along with demonstrating how AI-assisted development using Claude Code can help accelerate building CQRS-based features such as commands, handlers, and tests. **Anderson Santos** Automate Work and Build Tools with No-Code Repetitive tasks are everywhere, copying data between systems, updating records, processing documents, and managing manual workflows. In this talk, Anderson will show how no-code automation platforms like Make allow anyone to connect systems, eliminate boring work, and build powerful workflows without writing code. He will also briefly explore how the same approach can be used to create internal tools and even launch small SaaS products. **Ben Taylor** Building MCP Servers is Surprisingly Easy The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is changing what is possible with LLMs and enabling general purpose agents. It turns out building MCP servers is super easy. Ben will talk about what an MCP is, some background around the security considerations involved, how to build one, and what you could use it for. **SCHEDULE** **5.45pm** Open doors, food served **6.10pm** Intro and three talks **7.30pm** Break for networking and drinks **8.00pm** Two more talks **8.45pm** Close **CODE OF CONDUCT** All DDD events are subject to the DDD Code of Conduct available at https://www.dddmelbourne.com/code-of-conduct/ **VENUE AND FOOD SPONSOR** [Luminary](https://www.luminary.com/) **FUTURE EVENTS** Are you interested in speaking at a future DDD by Night? That's awesome, we'd love to have you! We take speakers of all experience levels and offer training too. [Fill out this form](https://forms.office.com/r/12c0CvLwQk) and we'll be in touch. **FEEDBACK** Feedback, whether it's good or constructive, helps us grow and improve these events and so we'd love for you to fill out the form here --> https://forms.office.com/r/MB8WGKv9Bi

**React Meetup - Speaker Lineup Confirmed** 🎉 🖥️ **Andrey Sidorov** - *Introduction to React Server Components* Ever wondered why RSCs exist and how they actually work under the hood? Andrey's got you covered. *** 🤖 **Abhin Rustagi** - *Up and Coming with Generative UI in React* Your AI chatbot doesn't have to reply with walls of text. Abhin will show how language models and React components can team up to render dynamic weather cards, charts and forms mid-conversation. Live demo included, plus the lessons learned along the way. 🔥 *** 🔐 **Zach Jensz** - *The Padlock is Fake - How the Web Bootstraps Trust From Nothing on a Hostile Network* That little padlock in your browser? Not what you think. Zach breaks down how web trust actually works. This one will change how you see the internet. *** ⚡ **Eddie Weatherhead** *(Lightning Talk)* - *Just A Bit: Re-using a Customisable Component in Three Different Contexts* A React beginner's journey reusing a single core component across a dashboard, a logged-out preview, and a feed. Simple idea, surprisingly deep. *** 👀 Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Drop a RSVP if you haven't already and spread the word. See you soon! 🚀 📅 **Date:** Wednesday April 1st 📍 **Location:** Kogan HQ South Melbourne 🍕 Pizza, Drinks and a good time provided :) Looking forward to seeing everyone. See you there!

**Generative AI for Developers Meetup 2026** ***Building AI Applications with Agentic AI, GenAI Workflows & Multi-Agent Systems*** Join the **genAI for Developers** community for an evening of **developer-first learning**, demos, and networking - focused on what it actually takes to build and ship with GenAI and agentic workflows. Each month we push deeper into practical patterns for **Agentic AI**, **RAG**, **tool-using agents, evaluation/observability, and workflow engineering** \- with real code\, real trade\-offs\, and real lessons learned from production\-minded builds\. **What we’ll cover (typical themes)** \* Agentic workflows: planners, routers, tool use, memory, and guardrails \* RAG done properly: retrieval, chunking, reranking, citations, and grounding \* Multi-agent systems: roles, coordination, failure modes, and cost control \* Model ecosystem updates: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek (and what’s actually useful) \* Demos + notebooks: follow along with Jupyter + GitHub style examples \* New developments: OpenClaw, Hermes, TurboQuant and more \-\-\- **📅 AGENDA — March 31, 2026** **6:00 – 6:20 PM** \| Arrival\, socialising & networking **6:20 – 6:40 PM** \| Community updates \+ latest GenAI & Agentic AI news **6:40 – 7:10 PM** \| 📊 **Anthropic's 2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report** A deep dive into 8 trends reshaping how software gets built in 2026: * Where engineering teams are seeing the greatest productivity gains today * Why effective AI collaboration still requires active human judgment * How non-technical teams are building tools without engineering support * Eight trends reshaping how software gets built in 2026 **7:10 – 7:25 PM** \| 📊 **OpenClaw Walkthrough with Gaurav Caprihan** Learning about this new craze sweeping the agentic world. **7:25 – 7:45 PM** \| 🎵 **Creative GenAI: Song to Music Video — Instructor-Led Walkthrough** An end-to-end creative AI session: song idea → lyrics → full track → music video using modern generative AI tools. * Prompting & iteration in **Suno** (structure, hooks, tone, vocal style) * Building a consistent visual narrative in **VidMuse** (storyboard, scenes, pacing) * 🎥 Watch the final clip we'll unpack: https://youtu.be/bAbIiy6jE6I?si=D_rVhtp775HsnCLF **7:45 – 8:00 PM** \| Q&A \+ closing networking **8:00 PM** \| 🍻 Optional: head to a nearby pub for dinner *** 🌍 **Live-streamed globally** — YouTube link shared on the day (EU + US welcome!) \-\-\- **Why attend?** If you’re building (or about to build) agentic AI systems, this is the room where you’ll pick up reusable patterns, avoid common traps, and meet others shipping in the same space - developers, data folks, founders, and technical leaders. RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/genai-for-developers/

[REGISTER HERE] ( https://luma.com/seab43vn ) Australia is entering a new era of AI, one where sovereignty, infrastructure, and local capability matter more than ever. ​Join our Foundational Models Meetup, where for our first event in the series, we’re excited to host **[Simon Kriss](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonkriss/), CEO of Sovereign Australia AI**, for a short talk on what it actually takes to build foundational models here in Australia. ​ While much of the global AI conversation is dominated by US and Chinese players, Sovereign Australia AI is working to develop foundational models locally, contributing to Australia’s capability in this rapidly evolving space. ​**Live demonstrations** We’ll also feature 2–3 short live demonstrations from local builders working directly with foundational models. ​These will be practical walk-throughs of what teams are actually building. Each demo will be concise, technical where relevant, and focused on real-world insight. ​ **What you'll learn:** * ​Why AI sovereignty is becoming a strategic priority * ​What it really takes to build foundational models * ​The challenges of infrastructure, capital, and talent in Australia * ​Lessons learned from building at the frontier * ​Where Australia fits in the global AI landscape ​This event is designed for engineers, researchers, founders, and builders who want a grounded perspective on what’s happening beneath the surface of the AI boom. ​Join us at Melbourne Connect for an evening of practical insights, honest reflections, and thoughtful discussion on the future of foundational AI in Australia. ​ **Who should attend:** * ​AI engineers and researchers * ​technically minded founders * ​people working on model infra, tooling or data * ​students and academics curious about foundational models ​**About SMEC AI** ​SMEC AI is an initiative of Boab AI in partnership with Artesian, Cremorne Digital Hub, University of Melbourne, RMIT, La Trobe University, Victorian Medtech Skills And Devices Hub, TNG and Rockwell. ​SMEC AI focuses on the agriculture, clean energy, medical and enabling capabilities industries as defined by the National Reconstruction Fund priority areas. ​ The SMEC AI project and activities has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Industry Science and Resources AI Adopt program and is aimed at enhancing the adoption of artificial intelligence by small to medium enterprises in Australia.

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The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI One does not simply build reports on OLTP data. Join us on an epic journey from the depths of raw, normalized tables to the shining halls of a well-modeled star schema fit for Power BI greatness. We will demystify the differences between OLTP and OLAP, walk through star schema vs snowflake (and why Power BI has a clear favorite), and show you the compression differences between normalized and columnar storage that will make you never look at an OLTP model the same way again. We will cover the different types of dimensions, when to use them, and how to handle Slowly Changing Dimensions without losing your mind. You will leave knowing exactly how to identify a bad model, how to convert OLTP data into a clean star schema, and how to forge relationships that rule them all. Whether you are a data wizard, a curious hobbit, or somewhere in between, your models will never be the same.

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The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map. View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/) On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure. Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you! **What to Expect** * Engaging technical sessions * Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns * AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps * Food and drinks (because learning burns calories) * Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts **Who Should Attend?** * Software engineers (any language, any stack) * Cloud architects * DevOps engineers * Data professionals * AI explorers * Platform builders * Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home. **Why Global Azure?** Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned. And yes, it’s free to attend!

**The Data-Driven Brand: Using Analytics to Shape Perception** Can you use analytics to improve tacos? This being CBUSDAW, we think the answer is probably “yes”, but we’re not sure how to implement or test this theory. For our April meetup we’ve got Sara Kear, CMO of Condado Tacos, to investigate this delicious question. Sara will explore how she blends quantitative data and qualitative customer feedback to shape brand positioning and drive business decisions. We all know that marketing and analytics go way beyond attribution. Sara will show how Condado uses customer insights to inform product and pricing strategy. She’ll also highlight how Condado leverages customer feedback at scale to influence operational priorities, positioning marketing as the voice of the customer across the organization. In the last 12 years Condado has gone from one location in Columbus to 52 locations across 10 states, so we’re guessing there’s more to that growth than really good guac (though the guac probably helps). Ultimately, this talk focuses on the intersection of art and science—using data to inform creativity and build a brand that resonates with customers in a measurable way. **About Our Speaker** Sara Kear is Chief Marketing Officer at Condado Tacos, where she oversees brand, restaurant design, menu and pricing strategy, off-premise including catering, and customer data strategy. Since joining in 2021, she has helped grow the brand from 19 to 52 locations while building a data-driven marketing organization focused on loyalty and customer insights. Condado has since been named to the Inc. 5000, recognized as Breakout Retailer by Chain Store Age, and consistently ranked among FastCasual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

**First meetup of the Columbus AI Engineering group.** We’ll kick things off with a practical, beginner-friendly discussion on: **How LLMs like ChatGPT actually work — and how to build real applications with them.** We’ll cover: * what’s actually happening under the hood (at a high level) * why LLMs behave the way they do (hallucinations, prompt sensitivity, etc.) * how people are building real systems with them today * where things break in practice This will be a **short, informal talk (\~15–20 min)** followed by open discussion and Q&A. Whether you’re an engineer, builder, or just curious about how modern AI systems work, you’re welcome to join. No slides, no fluff — just real conversation about real systems. We’ll hang out afterward and get to know each other.

The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map. View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/) On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure. Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you! **What to Expect** * Engaging technical sessions * Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns * AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps * Food and drinks (because learning burns calories) * Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts **Who Should Attend?** * Software engineers (any language, any stack) * Cloud architects * DevOps engineers * Data professionals * AI explorers * Platform builders * Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home. **Why Global Azure?** Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned. And yes, it’s free to attend!