How to attend? If you’re interested in participating at one or more locations alongside peers from your organization, please register at no cost for these events using the links below. Seats are limited and exclusive to qualified customers. Register now to secure your spot!

👉 Register for Power Platform Events (three days each):

• Dallas: February 11–13
• Chicago: February 18–20
• Redmond: March 4–6
• Toronto: March 11–13
• New York: March 11–13
• Atlanta: May 13-15
• Stockholm: May 26-28
• Brussels: June 24-26
• Singapore: June 23-25

👉 Register for Copilot Studio Events (two days each):

• Redmond: February 25–26
• Atlanta: March 4–5
• Houston: March 19–20
• Munich: April 22-23
• Sao Paulo: May 7-8
• Paris: May 14-15
• Tokyo: May 15-16
• Milan: May 28-29
• Toronto: June 4-5

These exclusive Kickstarter workshops are delivered to qualified customers at no cost as multi-day in-person events at local Microsoft offices. The sessions will be delivered by our expert Kickstarter delivery partners with members from Power CAT joining in select locations.

The three-day Power Platform events focus on Enterprise Grade Governance and Scale Workloads pillars. These include governance, security, and architecture workshops that are based on Power CAT best practices and the guidance found at Power Well-Architected.

The two-day Copilot Studio events focus on the Conversational AI and Agents pillar – you will be introduced to agent building capabilities in Microsoft Copilot Studio and participate in envisioning exercises to identify relevant use cases for your organization.

Why Participate? Engaging in these deep dive workshops as a team will enable your organization to learn about the latest capabilities, understand best practices for scalable adoption, and envision relevant agentic scenarios for your business. You will leave feeling empowered to drive a meaningful Power Platform and AI adoption strategy catered to the needs of your organization.

Our workshops are more than just events – they’re a launchpad for a transformative change! Check out the full catalog of the eight Kickstarter workshops that are aligned to pillars and the respective personas:

Power Platform: Three Days to Secure, Scalable, High-Performing Solutions

Transform your organization with this value-packed, three-day workshop series, offering best practices and actionable insights to design and optimize secure, enterprise-ready Power Platform solutions:

• Day 1: Designing Secure and Compliant Governance – Tailor strategies to safeguard and scale Power Platform adoption.
• Day 2: Power Platform Security – Tackle compliance, monitoring, and data protection challenges with expert guidance.
• Day 3: Building Well-Architected Solutions – Create reliable, scalable solutions using proven Microsoft practices.

Leading with AI: Two Days to Build Secure and Scalable AI Solutions

Unlock the power of Generative AI and Microsoft Copilot Studio with this immersive, two-day workshop designed to transform your business:

• Day 1: Introduction to Copilot Studio, Transforming IT Operations with Conversational AI, Autonomous Agents and AI Builder, Discover High-ROI use cases for Agentic Solutions
• Day 2: Developing an AI-Powered HR Helpdesk, creating an autonomous Employee Onboarding Solution, Envisioning and Building with Copilot Studio.

Hope to see you at a city near you. We plan to add additional cities and virtual options in the coming weeks! For additional information or questions, please contact: KSEvents@microsoft.com.

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Power Platform Well-Architected is based on Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework and aligns seamlessly with Azure WAF.

What is Power Platform Well-Architected?

Power Platform Well-Architected is a set of best practices and guidance aimed at helping you design, implement, and maintain robust application workloads using Power Platform, aligned with five pillars: Reliability, Security, Operational Excellence, Performance Efficiency, and Experience Optimization. Power Platform Well-Architected focuses on key architectural considerations, providing a structured approach to building workloads that not only meet current business needs but are also scalable and flexible enough to adapt to future challenges.

Power Platform Well-Architected provides an assessment tool, comprising questions that are based on the key recommendations provided in the pillars. Completing the assessment provides you with recommendations and corresponding links to the specific guidance that can help you improve your workload’s design.

Benefits and features

Some of the key features and benefits of Power Platform Well-Architected include:

1. Guidance aligned with pillars and principles: Power Platform Well-Architected is built on a set of Pillars and Principles that form the foundation of well-architected applications. By starting with these Pillars and aligning your design choices with the established Principles, you can ensure that your applications are built on a solid and sustainable foundation.
2. Design review checklists: To help guide you on your journey to well-architected workloads, Power Platform Well-Architected includes detailed design review checklists. These checklists cover a wide range of considerations, from performance and scalability to security and user experience, ensuring that no critical aspect of your workload design is overlooked.
3. Recommendation guides and tradeoffs: Building modern applications often involves making tradeoffs between different architectural choices. Power Platform Well-Architected provides recommendation guides and tradeoffs that offer insights into the pros and cons of various design options, helping you make informed decisions that align with your business goals and technical requirements.
4. Adaptability for future needs: One of the core strengths of Power Platform Well-Architected is its focus on adaptability. The guidance and best practices are designed to help you create applications that can evolve with your business, accommodating new requirements and the evolving technological landscape

Get started on your journey to well-architected modern application workloads with Power Platform Well-Architected on Microsoft Learn.

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