Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7 February 2026
Saturday
05:00–14:00 local time (GMT+4)
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
BITS Pilani Dubai Campus
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AI Community Days Dubai in partnership with D365 User Group Middle East at BITS Pilani Dubai.
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AI adoption is skyrocketing across startups, but identity and access governance often lag behind. As a Microsoft MVP in AI and a global startup mentor, I’ve seen early-stage teams build innovative solutions—yet leave critical gaps in their identity architecture, from over-permissioned APIs to unsecured service accounts in cloud-native stacks. This session explores real-world startup stories where identity misconfigurations created security risks, and how AI amplifies those vulnerabilities. We’ll cover how Gen AI and LLMs interact with identity layers, the dangers of shadow AI usage, and what founders can do to implement zero trust, least privilege, and secure cloud access early on—without slowing down product velocity. Perfect for identity professionals, CISOs, and cloud architects working with fast-moving teams or advising early-stage ventures.
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Unlock the full potential of AI-driven automation in this hands-on workshop, where you’ll learn to build, deploy, and orchestrate AI agents using Copilot Studio and Microsoft AI Foundry. This session focuses on practical, real-world applications, empowering you to design intelligent agents that streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and integrate seamlessly with the Microsoft platform. The workshop will focus on building AI agents using Copilot Studio to drive automation, with guided exercises and interactive demos to explore how these agents can enhance real-time business workflows. You'll gain a deep understanding of how to configure intelligent actions, how Copilot boosts productivity, and how to scale AI solutions using the 5P Framework (Purpose, Pilot, Playbook, Production, Performance). Towards the end of the session, we will demo AI Foundry, highlighting its role in AI agent deployment and orchestration. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to drive AI adoption across your enterprise, with a focus on security, governance, and responsible AI practices. Key Takeaways: - Hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents using Copilot Studio and Microsoft AI Foundry - Configuring and orchestrating intelligent actions across the Microsoft platform for seamless automation - Insights into how Copilot can enhance productivity and support real-time automation (discussion-based, not a demo) - Mastering the 5P Framework (Purpose, Pilot, Playbook, Production, Performance) to scale AI agent adoption across enterprise environments - Best practices for responsible AI implementation within the Microsoft platform - How Copilot can optimize business workflows, driving smarter automation and efficient decision-making - AI Foundry demo towards the end, showing real-world deployment and orchestration Ideal for: - Developers and engineers eager to build AI agents - IT professionals and business leaders focused on automation and scaling AI solutions - Anyone looking to harness the power of Copilot Studio, AI Foundry, and the Microsoft platform to drive enterprise-wide productivity and innovation Join us to transform your understanding of AI automation and discover how Copilot Studio, the Microsoft platform, and AI Foundry can enhance real-time business workflows. This workshop will equip you with the expertise to design, deploy, and scale AI agents that are secure, efficient, and optimized for the future of intelligent business operations.
Take your Copilot Agents to the next level by integrating SharePoint Lists and leveraging Actions to create meaningful, interactive business solutions. Unlock the full potential of Copilot Studio by integrating it with SharePoint Lists to build intelligent, business-ready conversational agents. In this session, we’ll explore how to connect your SharePoint data with Copilot and create impactful agents that address everyday organizational needs using Copilot Actions. From building an HR Assistant that answers employee FAQs, to designing an Employee Finder Copilot that can look up contact and team info, or even enabling a Leave Request Tracker that pulls real-time leave records — this session will show how a single integration pattern with SharePoint Lists can support a variety of powerful use cases. We’ll walk through: -Understanding Copilot Actions and its Power -SharePoint Lists for Copilot Agents -Using filters and dynamic queries with prompt instructions -Real-world examples like HR helpdesk, IT ticket status lookup, and internal request management systems This session is perfect for makers, architects, and developers looking to use Copilot Actions + SharePoint to solve common workplace challenges and build conversational experiences on top of M365 data. This session will give you the foundation and inspiration to get started quickly.
Many organizations have started with Microsoft 365 Copilot but still treat it as “a smarter search box.” This session shows business and project leaders how to turn those early wins into end-to-end outcomes powered by agents. We’ll walk through three tangible patterns: Customer email → triaged, summarized, and routed by an agent; Sales opportunity → notes, next steps, and proposal draft prepared automatically; Internal request → approval flow with an agent doing the heavy lifting. For each, we’ll map the business owner, data needed, risks, and KPIs (time saved, cycle time, quality). You leave with a small playbook of patterns you can take straight into your next customer or internal project.
Discover how Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Azure AI Foundry are reshaping the AI landscape. MCP standardizes connections between AI agents and tools, while Foundry offers a scalable platform to deploy and manage them easily. Imagine an AI agent that instantly checks inventory, processes orders, and delivers personalized promotions — all without custom integrations. Learn how this modular, plug-and-play architecture reduces engineering effort, enables secure extensibility, and accelerates innovation. Walk away with practical insights to build adaptive AI systems that enhance retail operations and customer experiences.
This session teaches you practical prompting techniques, from writing effective instructions to using iterative refinement, context layering, and Copilot agents. You’ll see live examples of how Copilot can generate UI components, APIs, data models, and tests while you guide it with clear, structured prompts. We’ll also discuss how to align AI-generated code with software engineering best practices, maintain code quality, and integrate Copilot into a real development workflow. By the end, you’ll walk away with a repeatable AI-powered prototyping framework that helps you go from concept to code with speed and precision.
Welcome to the MS Entra attack defense session, where you'll learn how to defend against various well-known attacks on the web. We'll begin with an overview of the attacks we'll conduct in our lab, followed by the defense mechanisms provided by Microsoft Entra ID for each attack. In this session, we'll explore how attackers structure an attack, starting from reconnaissance, initial access, enumeration, privilege escalation, all the way to lateral movement. The types of attacks we'll cover include AiTM attacks, device code attacks, and attacks from AAD Connect. Finally, we'll present best practices for protection with our 2024 model of Zero Trust, based on Microsoft Entra's ZTNA.
Discover how agentic AI is transforming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations into a “thinking ERP.” This session explores how autonomous AI agents can reason, act, and adapt automating complex processes, making decisions, and driving business outcomes with minimal human input.
AI agents can be incredibly helpful—but they need clear boundaries. This session focuses on best practices for governing Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents, including data access controls, sensitivity labels, and ethical AI considerations. Learn how to create a governance framework that empowers users while protecting your organization.
Discover the difference between Copilot use cases and success stories—and why both matter for driving adoption! This session explores practical frameworks for identifying high-value scenarios and showcases real customer success stories from MEA. Learn how organizations unlock measurable impact, confidently scale adoption, and demonstrate Copilot licenses ROI through data-driven insights and narratives aligned to strategic priorities.
The Knowledge Agent in SharePoint are now GA, what does that mean for your organization. Join this session to learn how to get started with working with the Knowledge Agent, how it can help you and your organization. We will also look into building custom Agents in SharePoint for your organization. We will look at some real user scenarios, like how to build and agent that does lookup in your Employee Handbook, or in Your SharePoint based Intranet, or we might even look at how you can use it to do detailed lookups for Product information's. We will also look into how to deploy agents into your organization, and the difference between Copilot Lite and SharePoint Agents.
Azure OpenAI is fantastic, but it is also expensive to run. We will take a look at the best practices to consider reducing the cost when you're contemplating adopting Azure OAI, or you're already running it.
Entra ID and Microsoft 365 form the backbone of many business operations, seamlessly integrating to drive efficiency and innovation. However, this interconnected power also expands the attack surface, increasing the potential risk of data loss and security breaches. Protecting your critical data across these platforms is no longer optional—it’s essential to ensuring business continuity and swift recovery from cyber incidents. In this session, we’ll uncover the key vulnerabilities and provide actionable strategies to strengthen your data security posture against evolving threats.
AI adoption is accelerating across every organisation, but security controls are often struggling to keep pace. As teams deploy Copilot, Azure AI Services and agent driven workflows, the risks around data exposure, identity compromise and unmanaged shadow AI grow rapidly. In this session, we will explore the real world security gaps emerging in modern AI deployments and how Microsoft’s evolving security stack can close them. We will walk through Azure’s newest AI security capabilities, including identity governance for AI resources, data protection boundaries, logging and monitoring for AI interactions, and the controls that underpin responsible use of models and copilots. You will gain a clear view of the threats that matter most today, the controls that are available right now in Azure and Microsoft 365, and the practical steps security and infrastructure teams can take to protect their organisations while still enabling innovation at speed.
Discover the new AI-native way to build apps with Vibe Coding. This session showcases how AI transforms your ideas into fully functional Power Apps using natural language, intelligent suggestions, and automated UI generation. You’ll see how Copilot and Vibe Coding work together to create screens, write logic, connect data, and polish your app — all in minutes. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced maker, this session will show you how AI can help you build faster, smarter, and with a professional finish. Join us and experience why Vibe Coding is the next evolution of app development.
PromptArena is a dynamic and scalable AI-powered game that reimagines how people learn and engage with prompt engineering — one of the most essential skills in today’s AI-driven world. Built entirely using Microsoft tools, PromptArena transforms traditional learning into a fast-paced, gamified competition that can support an unlimited number of players. Participants join live rounds where they respond to creative AI challenges, and their performance is instantly evaluated and visualized on a real-time leaderboard. Whether used in classrooms, hackathons, corporate events, or community sessions, PromptArena delivers an engaging, inclusive, and tech-forward experience that makes AI accessible and fun for everyone. The best part? It's all powered by the Microsoft ecosystem — from Forms to Power Automate to SharePoint and Power Apps — showing how organizations can use familiar tools to build powerful, user-friendly AI experiences without complex infrastructure. 🎯 Session Outcomes: ✅ Inspire attendees to think creatively about AI learning and engagement ✅ Showcase how Microsoft 365 tools can power full end-to-end solutions ✅ Highlight the accessibility and scalability of gamified experiences using Power Platform ✅ Spark ideas for internal training, university events, and community activations
Before deploying Copilot, it’s essential to ensure your organization is ready. This session will cover key steps, including structuring your data for optimal AI use, securing confidential information, and setting boundaries to prevent oversharing or accidental disclosure of sensitive data. Learn practical strategies to build a solid foundation that maximizes Copilot’s capabilities while safeguarding your organization’s integrity and compliance.
AI agents depend on a well‑structured knowledge layer and building it takes more than theory. This session dives into the technical foundations that make enterprise content usable for AI‑driven experiences. We’ll examine how knowledge is stored and accessed across SharePoint sites, OneDrive, and SharePoint Embedded containers, and what that means for authentication, permissions, compliance, performance, and scale. You’ll learn practical patterns for content structuring, metadata design, and retrieval optimization. We’ll also cover best practices for integrating these sources into Copilot Studio, including how agents ground answers, respect security trimming, and orchestrate workflows. Through demos, we’ll showcase SharePoint Embedded containers in real implementations and highlight tuning and governance strategies you can apply immediately. Who should attend: Developers, architects, and ISVs building secure, scalable AI‑native solutions with Microsoft 365 content services.
22 speakers shared what they know.
Director at Abhilekh Verma Consultancy (OPC) Private Limited
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Zoka, driving enterprise digital transformation and innovation
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IT Transformation Leader | Microsoft Certified Trainer | Copilot & Azure AI Specialist | Bridging Technology, People & Business Impact
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Multithread ICT Solutions
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CTO | Kanj Technologies, UK
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Avanade- Cyber Defense Manager (Centre of Excellence)
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Lead BI & AI Consultant, Ignatiuz
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Chief Executive Officer, Ignatiuz Inc.
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Senior Developer Advocate | Microsoft MVP Microsoft 365 & SharePoint | International Speaker | Community Leader | Product Evangelist
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Modern Workplace Expert with focus on AI, Viva Engage and Intranets
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MVP | Solution architect | French speaking | Microsoft Dynamics
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Microsoft 365 Consultant | Blogger | Open Source Contributor
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M365 Copilot Adoption & Change Consultant. Sulava MEA, Microsoft Award Winning Copilot Partner 2025.
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Future Workplace Evangelist | MVP | q.beyond AG
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Solutions Architect / Asst. Product Owner
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Senior Solutions Architect
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Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Singapore
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Developer Advocate - Tech Content | Microsoft MVP
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Microsoft MVP - PowerPlatform Architect & Founder of LogiSam
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Cloud Security Architect -Microsoft Regional Director & Microsoft MVP Security
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Microsoft MVP | M365 Technical Consultant
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Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect | Data Security, Druva
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