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Live! 360 Tech Con 2026
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November 15-20, 2026
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ROYAL PACIFIC RESORT AT UNIVERSAL ORLANDO
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Track Key:
The Core of .NET
Full Day Hands-On Labs
Full Stack Web Development
Database Development
Azure: Public, Hybrid & Operations
Copilot & Developer Workflows
Agents & AI Engineering
Purple Team
AI Enterprise Architecture
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Developing New Experiences
Modern Software Engineering
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AI App Patterns
Red Team Tactics and Techniques
AI in Cybersecurity: Attack, Defense, & Governance
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AI and Context
Security for IT Professionals
Threat Intelligence & Human Risk
Fast Focus
Data & Analytics
Client and Endpoint Management
Human Factors in Engineering
Microsoft 365 Operations & Identity
Grounding & Context
Ransomware Industry
Blue Team
AI for BI
Models & Evaluation
Soft Skills & Career Development for IT Pros
Cloud, Containers & Microservices
AI for IT Professionals
PowerShell, Automation & DevOps
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7:00am - 8:00am
Registration • Coffee and Morning Pastries
8:00am - 9:00am
Visual Studio Live! Keynote: To Be Announced
8:00am - 9:00am
Data Platform Live! Keynote: To Be Announced
8:00am - 9:00am
TechMentor Keynote: To Be Announced
8:00am - 9:00am
Artificial Intelligence Live! & AI Enterprise Architecture Live! Keynote: To Be Announced
Jeff Prosise
8:00am - 9:00am
Cybersecurity & Ransomware Live! Keynote: To Be Announced
9:15am - 10:30am
VST01
Building Web Applications with ASP.NET Core
Philip Japikse
9:15am - 10:30am
VST02
A Structured Technique for Observing and Learning from Users
Billy Hollis
9:15am - 10:30am
VST03
Branches That Don’t Suck: Smarter Strategies for Modern Dev Teams
Benjamin Day
9:15am - 10:30am
VST04
To Be Announced
9:15am - 10:30am
DPT01
From Ingestion to Consumption: Preparing Data for Seamless AI
Matt Nunn
9:15am - 10:30am
DPT02
To Be Announced
9:15am - 10:30am
TMT01
A Passwordless Reality Check: What Actually Happens When You Kill Passwords
John O'Neill, Sr.
9:15am - 10:30am
TMT02
Beyond Azure: Extending Defender for Cloud to Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Workloads
Aidan Finn
9:15am - 10:30am
TMT03
To Be Announced
9:15am - 10:30am
AIT01
State of the AI Developer Nation
Brian A. Randell
9:15am - 10:30am
AIT02
Practical AI Integration: From API Call to Production Feature
Kevin Feasel
9:15am - 10:30am
EAT01
The Architecture of Agents
Rockford Lhotka
9:15am - 10:30am
CRT01
What's New in Defender XDR - with Defender Boys
Mattias Borg
Stefan Schörling
9:15am - 10:30am
CRT02
The Day the Hacker Stood Still – Microsoft Entra ID Security Deep Dive
Andy Malone
10:30am - 11:00am
Networking Break • Visit the EXPO Lounge
11:00am - 12:00pm
Live! 360 Keynote: Anybody Can Use Agents & AI to Build Anything
Kayla Cinnamon
James Montemagno
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Lunch • Visit the EXPO Lounge
1:30pm - 1:50pm
VST05
Fast Focus: Mocking with Moq: A Quick Guide to Smarter Unit Tests
Benjamin Day
1:30pm - 1:50pm
VST06
Fast Focus: API Documentation
Philip Japikse
1:30pm - 1:50pm
VST07
Fast Focus: What's New in EF Core
Jim Wooley
1:30pm - 1:50pm
VST08
Fast Focus: Git Tips & Tricks in 20 Minutes
Mickey Gousset
1:30pm - 1:50pm
DPT03
Fast Focus: A DBA's Guide to LLM's
Bradley Ball
1:30pm - 1:50pm
DPT04
Fast Focus: Fabric Mirroring for SQL Server 2025 - What You Need to Know
Meagan Longoria
1:30pm - 1:50pm
TMT04
Fast Focus: Intune App Deployment Methods and When to Use Them
Émile Cabot
1:30pm - 1:50pm
TMT05
Fast Focus: Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode: Simplifying VM Management
Greg Altman
1:30pm - 1:50pm
AIT03
Fast Focus: Microsoft Foundry Agent Service 101
Prashant G Bhoyar
1:30pm - 2:20pm
EAT02
Interactive Discussion Experience
Eric D. Boyd
Rockford Lhotka
Ashley Rivera
1:30pm - 1:50pm
CRT03
Fast Focus: Five Checks in Five Minutes - A PKI Health Assessment You Can Run Monday Morning
John O'Neill, Sr.
1:30pm - 1:50pm
CRT04
Fast Focus: Cyber Security Awareness for Executives and C-Suite
Dave Kawula
2:00pm - 2:20pm
VST09
Fast Focus: Azure DevOps vs. GitHub - Which Do You Choose
Brian A. Randell
2:00pm - 2:20pm
VST10
Fast Focus: Modern Web UI Showdown
Allen Conway
2:00pm - 2:20pm
VST11
Fast Focus: Visibility Is a Technical Skill
Tony Champion
2:00pm - 2:20pm
VST12
Fast Focus: Doing Fun Things with Unsafe Code
Jason Bock
2:00pm - 2:20pm
DPT05
Fast Focus: Time Traveling Data - SQL Server Temporal Tables
Leonard Lobel
2:00pm - 2:20pm
DPT06
Fast Focus: Making SQL Server use Multiple Indexes per Table
Denny Cherry
2:00pm - 2:20pm
TMT06
Fast Focus: Step into Azure Storage on Secure Footing
Karinne Bessette
2:00pm - 2:20pm
TMT07
Fast Focus: 10 Tips for Better Task Management with Microsoft 365
Heather Severino
2:00pm - 2:20pm
AIT04
Fast Focus: AI Prompting and Context Engineering
Buck Woody
2:00pm - 2:20pm
CRT05
Fast Focus: Feel the Burn: Staying Sane in a 24/7 IT World
Derek Michals
2:00pm - 2:20pm
CRT06
Fast Focus: Configuring Cross-Tenant Access for Secure Collaboration
Myron Helgering
2:20pm - 2:45pm
Networking Break • Visit the EXPO Lounge
2:45pm - 4:00pm
VST13
Visual Studio Tips & Tricks
Mads Kristensen
2:45pm - 4:00pm
VST14
Build a UI for Your AI Chat Bot
Rockford Lhotka
2:45pm - 4:00pm
VST15
Agentic DevOps with GitHub and Azure DevOps: What Actually Works in 2026
Brian A. Randell
2:45pm - 4:00pm
VST16
To Be Announced
2:45pm - 4:00pm
DPT07
What's New for Developers in SQL Server 2025
Leonard Lobel
2:45pm - 4:00pm
DPT08
To Be Announced
2:45pm - 4:00pm
TMT08
What's New with Microsoft 365
Heather Severino
2:45pm - 4:00pm
TMT09
From the Trenches: A Real-world Approach to Transitioning Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2025
Sander Berkouwer
2:45pm - 4:00pm
TMT10
To Be Announced
2:45pm - 4:00pm
AIT05
Don’t Panic: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Changing Universe of Software Development
Matt Nunn
2:45pm - 4:00pm
AIT06
To Be Announced
2:45pm - 4:00pm
EAT03
AI in Enterprise Architectures: Choosing the Right Capability for the Right Job
Eric D. Boyd
2:45pm - 4:00pm
CRT07
Agents in 2026 - Security Copilot with Defender Boys
Mattias Borg
Stefan Schörling
2:45pm - 4:00pm
CRT08
To Be Announced
4:15pm - 5:30pm
VST17
Advanced UI in the Browser with the Uno Platform
Billy Hollis
4:15pm - 5:30pm
VST18
Fear and (Self) Loathing in IT – A Healthy Discussion on Imposter Syndrome
Angela Dugan
4:15pm - 5:30pm
VST19
Too Late for TDD? Start Test Eventually Development Now
Jim Wooley
4:15pm - 5:30pm
VST20
What's New in C#
Jason Bock
4:15pm - 5:30pm
DPT09
Enhancing Power BI with Copilot
Thomas LeBlanc
4:15pm - 5:30pm
DPT10
Mastering Fabric Security: Safeguarding Your Analytics
Bradley Schacht
Daniel Taylor
4:15pm - 5:30pm
TMT11
What's New in New Outlook
Heather Severino
4:15pm - 5:30pm
TMT12
Avoiding Sticker Shock in Azure
Aidan Finn
4:15pm - 5:30pm
TMT13
Securing Active Directory: Examples from the Field
Derek Melber
4:15pm - 5:30pm
AIT07
Microsoft Foundry for the Skeptical Developer
Kevin Feasel
4:15pm - 5:30pm
AIT08
Talk to AI Better: Advanced Prompt Engineering in Action
Mayuri Lahane
4:15pm - 5:30pm
EAT04
Designing Data and AI Systems That Leadership Can Trust
Ashley Rivera
4:15pm - 5:30pm
CRT09
AD is NOT the Problem: Security and Incident Response for Active Directory
Michael Van Horenbeeck
4:15pm - 5:30pm
CRT10
Forward to the Past and Back to the Future - Cybercrime in 2025 and Beyond
Sami Laiho
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Live! 360 Welcome Reception