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Y esta de regreso el Global Azure 2026, y nosotros como comunidad lo vamos a realizar en 2 días. 16 de abril presencial 17 de abril virtual Agenda 📅 Thursday, April 16, 2026 📅 🕜 7:20 pm @ Sala principal ⭐️ BUILD SCALABLE AI APPS WITH AZURE SQL DATABASE HYPERSCALE Build AI apps that run securely and scale with your needs with Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. We’ll cover native vector indexes for semantic search, read scale out for low latency RAG, and secure model invocation with Microsoft Foundry, using the model of your choice, from T SQL. Hear directly from global technology company Hexagon and investment firm BlackRock who will join us to share their experience along with best practices, demos and more! 🙂 Juan Rafael 🕜 8:10 pm @ Sala principal ⭐️ AI GOVERNANCE SIN DRAMA LOGIC APPS COMO ORQUESTADOR MULTI-MODELO CON CONTENT SAFETY Y CONTROL DE GAS Las empresas no necesitan el mejor modelo de IA — necesitan el modelo correcto, seguro y dentro del presupuesto, para cada tarea y en cada momento. En esta sesión construimos en vivo una arquitectura de prueba de concepto sobre Azure donde Logic Apps Standard actúa como orquestador inteligente entre OpenAI/GPT-4o, Claude (Anthropic) y Gemini, usando Azure AI Content Safety como capa de governance antes y después de cada llamada al modelo. Veremos cómo clasificar y rutear prompts según tipo de tarea, costo disponible y SLA; cómo detectar jailbreaks, PII y contenido dañino antes de que llegue al modelo; cómo loguear tokens, activar circuit breakers y enviar alertas de presupuesto con Azure Monitor; y cómo Azure AI Foundry encaja como sandbox de evaluación antes de promover un modelo a producción. Todo demostrado como PoC funcional: flujo real, custom connectors, respuestas comparadas en vivo. 🙂 Luis Junior Franco Ruiz \- \- \- \- \- \- \- 🙂 JUAN RAFAEL ⚡️ Solutions Architect Dynamics 365 Global MCT \| MVP Business Aplications I work as a Solutions Architect for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Alianza Corp. I have implemented solutions such as MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Commerce, Sales, and Customer Services, using Azure and Power Platform services. I am also a Global MCT, teaching official MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform courses such as MB 280, MB 800, PL 900, etc. I have taught courses for Latin America and Spain for partners such as Indra, Santander, BCP, etc. I am part of the Microsoft ESI program. I am a community leader for Cloud Experts, organizing various virtual and in-person events such as SQL Saturday, Data Saturday, Dynamics Saturday, Global Azure, and Global Power Platform BootCamp, among others. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/juan-rafael 🙂 LUIS JUNIOR FRANCO RUIZ ⚡️ Microsoft Certified Trainers \(MCT\) \| Enterprise Architect Master en Ingeniería Informática con más de 10 años de experiencia implementado soluciones digitales para empresas de diversor rubros en Perú, México, Uruguay, Chile y USA. Actualmente, líder de desarrollo y arquitecto de soluciones Azure en INETUM para Pacífico Seguros, pertenece a Comunidades Microsoft siendo instructor constante sobre la innovación y transformación digital. Certificado como Microsoft Certified Trainer, SCRUM MASTER (Scrum Study),DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Developer Associate , Microsoft Power Platform, MCSD App Builder, entre otros. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/luis-junior-franco-ruiz 📅 Friday, April 17, 2026 📅 🕜 10:30 am @ Sala principal ⭐️ AUTOMATIZACIÓN INTELIGENTE: INTEGRANDO BUSINESS CENTRAL, POWER PLATFORM Y AZURE AI Veremos como integrar Business Central, Power Platform y Azure AI para transformar procesos manuales en automatizaciones inteligentes que aprenden, se adaptan y generan valor en tiempo real 🙂 Andrés Arias Falcón 🕜 11:20 am @ Sala principal ⭐️ INTRODUCCIÓN A MICROSOFT FABRIC - DATA ANALYTICS PARA LA ERA DE AL INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL En esta sesión, realizaremos una introducción a Microsoft Fabric. Exploraremos los componentes mas importantes y analizaremos ejemplos desde el punto de vista de los diferentes tipos de usuarios. Revisaremos en detalle el enfoque para Ingesta de Datos, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Real-Time Analytics y Power BI. Además, veremos cómo cada uno de estos componentes se integra en la plataforma. Finalmente, examinaremos cómo comenzar a involucrarnos con esta nueva plataforma de análisis de datos diseñada para la era de la inteligencia artificial 🙂 Javier Villegas 🕜 12:10 pm @ Sala principal ⭐️ BAJA DE LA NUBE, QUE NO ERES GOKU Llevar aplicaciones a la nube en muchos casos se ha convertido más en una moda que en en una necesidad. Muchas organizaciones han visto como el traslado a servicios Cloud ha supuesto un incremento notable de costes sin obtener el retorno de la inversión esperado. 🙂 David Martinez 🕜 1:00 pm @ Sala principal ⭐️ MENOS ESTRÉS. DE LA IDEA A LA OPERACIÓN CON AZURE Y GITHUB COPILOT. Descubra cómo GitHub Copilot y los agentes inteligentes optimizan el desarrollo de aplicaciones en Azure, desde el diseño hasta la operación. Esta sesión explica cómo el Agente de codificación, el Agente de modernización de aplicaciones y el Agente de arquitectura en la nube aceleran la planificación y la codificación, mientras que GitHub Copilot para Azure y el Servidor MCP de Azure simplifican la implementación y el diagnóstico. Aprenda cómo el Agente SRE y el Agente de pruebas extienden la automatización a la producción y el control de calidad, lo que permite DevOps integral con flujos de trabajo impulsados ​​por IA. 🙂 Juan Rafael 🕜 1:50 pm @ Sala principal ⭐️ ORQUESTANDO AZURE Y MICROSOFT FABRIC PARA LLEVAR POWER BI AL SIGUIENTE NIVEL En el ecosistema actual, no se necesita escribir miles de líneas de código para construir una arquitectura de datos robusta. En esta sesión exploraremos cómo extraer y procesar información desde los servicios de Azure, unificar y gobernar esa arquitectura utilizando las capacidades de Microsoft Fabric, y finalmente, transformar todo ese ecosistema en insights visuales y accionables dentro de Power BI (A través de un caso de uso práctico) 🙂 Renzo Roca Ramos, Segundo Morales Rubio \- \- \- \- \- \- \- 🙂 ANDRÉS ARIAS FALCÓN ⚡️ Arquitecto BC - Cosmo Consult Arquitecto Funcional en MS Dynamics NAV y BUSINESS CENTRAL, Consultor de Proyectos con experiencia liderando equipos y proyectos en todas las fases de implementación, certificado como Scrum Master y Cloud Computing, experiencia en finanzas empresariales. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/andres_af_4 🙂 DAVID MARTINEZ ⚡️ CTO Inforrada Hi! I'm David. Sometimes a speaker, sometimes a listener, and always interested in web technologies. I work on complex projects involving anything related to PHP and JavaScript. Also, I am a co-organizer of GDG Ponferrada and Global AI Ponferrada. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/davidmartinez 🙂 JAVIER VILLEGAS ⚡️ Mediterranean Shipping Company, IT Director - Microsoft MVP Data Platform Javier Villegas is IT Director (DBA & BI Services) at Mediterranean Shipping Company with 30 years of experience working with SQL Server, Including Azure SQL. His specialization is Administration, Performance Tuning, High Availability and Disaster Recovery. Javier is a Microsoft MVP Data Platform since 2016 and MCT He is a frequent speaker in technical conferences and events such as SQL Saturdays, PASS Virtual Groups, PASS Marathons, 24 Hours SQL PASS , vOpen , GroupBy , Data Saturdays and Azure Global Bootcamps. He is one of the group leaders of SQL Argentina Community and former Microsoft Azure Data Advisory Board Member 🔗 https://sessionize.com/javier-villegas 🙂 JUAN RAFAEL ⚡️ Solutions Architect Dynamics 365 Global MCT \| MVP Business Aplications I work as a Solutions Architect for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform at Alianza Corp. I have implemented solutions such as MS Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Commerce, Sales, and Customer Services, using Azure and Power Platform services. I am also a Global MCT, teaching official MS Dynamics 365 and Power Platform courses such as MB 280, MB 800, PL 900, etc. I have taught courses for Latin America and Spain for partners such as Indra, Santander, BCP, etc. I am part of the Microsoft ESI program. I am a community leader for Cloud Experts, organizing various virtual and in-person events such as SQL Saturday, Data Saturday, Dynamics Saturday, Global Azure, and Global Power Platform BootCamp, among others. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/juan-rafael 🙂 RENZO ROCA RAMOS ⚡️ Data Consultant en el banco de crédito del Perú Business Engineer with a Master's Degree and Specialization in Data Analytics and Big Data, with capabilities through data visualization and storytelling, with work experience in Business Development, Sales and Finance. Fascinated by the entrepreneurial spirit of new types of business. Founder of the Power BI Peru community: https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/power-bi-peru/ Thank you very much for visiting my profile! 🔗 https://sessionize.com/renzo-roca 🙂 SEGUNDO MORALES RUBIO ⚡️ Microsoft MVP Data Platform \| Founder Zyberu Group\| Project Manager \| Instructor de BI \| Scrum Master Ingeniero de sistemas y TI con más de 9 años de experiencia en implementación de solución tecnologicas, ERP's, modelado de procesos, análisis de datos, gestión de proyectos. Con un máster en BPM For Transformation Digital, por la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR). Conferencista nacional e internacional en temas de Business Intelligence, Analítica, Process Mining, SAP Business One, RPA. Reconocido por Microsofr como MVP Data Platform. 🔗 https://sessionize.com/segundomorales

If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you. We are a local chapter of Bogleheads, whose investment strategy can be found here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here: https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php I look forward to seeing you there. Mark Vonder Haar

**Welcome to the Women’s Columbus Bogleheads® Sub-Group** This sub-group is for **women who want to learn and discuss finances in a safe, supportive space**. For those interested in moving towards financial independence and retirement by learning investment basics, choosing your 401(k) investments, minimizing taxes, and more. We’re a local chapter of **Bogleheads®**, following a long-term, practical investment philosophy: [Investment Philosophy](https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy): https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy [Bogleheads Forum](https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php): https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php No question is too small, and no experience is too simple. Share, ask, and learn — at your own pace, without judgment, in a group of like-minded women. Let’s build confidence and knowledge **together**!

Learn how seller finance and notes can create cash flow and new deal opportunities with 40-year investor Eddie Speed **FREE TICKET** 🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-structure-real-estate-deals-using-seller-finance-and-notes-tickets-1984826171509?aff=cicmeetupapp Most real estate investors only know one way to make money: Buy the property. Fix the property. Rent it or sell it. But there’s another side of real estate that can create cash flow, flexibility, and opportunity without only focusing on owning more property. At this month’s Columbus Investors Club, Tiffany and Josh High are sitting down with Eddie Speed - a real estate veteran with 40 years of experience who has closed more than 50,000 note deals. He has spent decades helping investors understand how to structure deals through seller finance and notes, and how to think more like the bank instead of just the buyer. This will be a practical conversation around a part of real estate most people have heard about, but very few truly understand. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to create more opportunities in deals, generate cash flow in a different way, or understand how seller finance actually works in the real world, this is a night you want to be in the room for. You’ll walk away thinking about deals differently, seeing new possibilities, and understanding how creative structuring can open doors that traditional investing alone can’t. **What You’ll Learn** * How seller finance works in real estate deals * How notes fit into real estate and create opportunity * How to structure deals more creatively * How investors generate cash flow by focusing on the payment * How to think like the bank instead of only focusing on owning the property * How this strategy can create flexibility in today’s market **Open Q&A - Ask Eddie Anything About** * Seller finance and how to use it in real deals * How notes work in a practical, beginner-friendly way * Creating cash flow without only relying on rentals * Structuring deals that others might miss * How experienced investors think differently about financing * Common mistakes investors make when they only focus on the property **Why You Should Be in the Room** Because the investors who win in the long run know how to do more than just buy houses. They know how to structure.They know how to create terms.They know how to see opportunities other people miss. This is the kind of conversation that can expand the way you think about real estate entirely. Come ready to learn, ask questions, take notes, and connect with people who are serious about growing in this business. **Reserve your free seat now - and be part of the conversation.** Grab your spot here ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-structure-real-estate-deals-using-seller-finance-and-notes-tickets-1984826171509?aff=cicmeetupapp

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Join us as we get together to get together to help those in need at this CMG Gives Back event! We have a great little community of Movie Group friends so rather than see a movie this time, we’ll help “create a better world” by helping serve those in need. Here are complete details and our plan for this event: FAITH MISSION – GRANT KITCHEN: The Faith Mission kitchen and dining room serves residents 3 meals a day, every day of the year. For this event, our group will help prepare food, serve meals, assist residents in the dining room, wash dishes, and clean surfaces. PLAN: We will be preparing / serving / cleaning for BRUNCH from 10:30am to 12:30pm and have space for a total of 7 volunteers. Please arrive at 10:20am and wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. LOCATION: Faith Mission – Grant Kitchen is located at 245 N. Grant Ave. Enter the kitchen at Dock 1 (in the back of the building), indicated in the attached map. On-site parking in the adjacent lot and street parking is available in the surrounding area. Below are some links / attachments with additional info/details: IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our group will be providing all of the volunteers on this day so a firm RSVP count is essential. Please only sign up if you are certain you’ll be able to attend. If something unavoidable comes up, please try to update your RSVP no later than one week prior to the event. With few exceptions, no shows or cancelations within 1 week of the event will not be eligible for future CMG Gives Back events. I appreciate your understanding as we try to ensure the agencies have the volunteers needed to provide the essential services they provide to the vulnerable population they serve. Our Partner Agency for this event is Lutheran Social Services! A huge THANK YOU to all of YOU for volunteering at this (and any of our previous) CMG Gives Back events! Should be a good/fun/meaningful time together, Dan

Walk for Children - 2026 Save Soil Walkathon in Columbus 🌍 Over 52% of the world soil is degraded and scientists warn we may have only a few decades of fertile soil left. As Sadhguru shares, soil is a living system—and when it degrades, our food, health, and future are at risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyT-6qiubd0 🚶‍♂️🌎This Earth Day, Join the Walk for Children-2026 SaveSoil 5K Walkathon here in Columbus and help raise awareness about soil for the future of our children! Every step you take helps: ✔️ 1. Raise awareness in your communities about protecting and restoring soil. ✔️ 2. Supports sustainable food systems. ✔️ 3. Helps secure our children’s future. 📅 Date: April 26, 2026 📍 Location: Scioto Audubon Metro Park Check-in address 400 W Whittier St, Columbus, OH 43215 ⏰ Time: 8:30 a.m. check-in event starts at 9:30 a.m. 👉 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-for-children-2026-save-soil-walkathon-in-columbus-registration-1986596534713?aff=oddtdtcreator 👉🏼Free and Open to All. Share this message and bring your neighbours, friends & family along to celebrate our planet! Let’s make it happen!