In-Depth

2018 Microsoft Conference Calendar: For Partners, IT Pros and Developers

From mega-conferences like Microsoft Inspire and VMworld to more niche partner meet-ups, we've got your 2018 conference schedule covered.

Want to plan for the coming year? Our 2019 calendar is now live here.

Event Name Date Location Target Audience
Citrix Summit
Hosted by: Citrix
Jan. 8-9 Anaheim, Calif. Partners
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Jan. 13 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia SQL Server professionals
NDC London
Hosted by: NDC Conferences
Jan. 15-19 London, England Developers
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
Jan. 17-18 Singapore IT professionals and developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Jan. 20 Vienna, Austria SQL Server professionals
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Hosted by: Directions on Microsoft
Jan. 23-24 Atlanta, Ga. Partners, IT decision makers
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
Jan. 24-25 Birmingham, England IT professionals and developers
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
Hosted by: CPDP
Jan. 24-26 Brussels, Belgium Security and data protection professionals
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Feb. 3 Guatemala City, Guatemala SQL Server professionals
DeveloperWeek
Hosted by: DevNetwork
Feb. 3-7 San Francisco, Calif. Developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Feb. 10 Redmond, Wash. SQL Server professionals
IoT In Action
Hosted by: Microsoft
Feb. 13 San Francisco, Calif. IT professionals, partners
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
Feb. 13-14 Cape Town, South Africa IT professionals and developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Feb. 17 Pordenone, Italy SQL Server professionals
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
Feb. 21-22 Anaheim, Calif. MSPs
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
Feb. 21-22 Frankfurt, Germany IT professionals and developers
SQLBits
Hosted by: SQLBits Ltd.
Feb. 21-24 London, England Data professionals
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
Feb. 24 Tampa, Fla. SQL Server professionals
International Privacy & Security Forum
Hosted by: International Privacy and Security Forum
Feb. 26-27 Washington, D.C. CIOs, security professionals
Nintex xchange
Hosted by: Nintex
Feb. 26-28 San Diego, Calif. Partners
North America MCT Summit
Hosted by: MCT-ISC.com
Feb. 26-28 Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Certified Trainers
Mobile World Congress
Hosted by: GSM Association
Feb. 26-March 1 Barcelona, Spain Mobile developers
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
Feb. 28-March 1 Baden, Switzerland IT professionals and developers
North American Collaboration Summit
Hosted by: North American Collaboration Summit
March 2-3 Branson, Mo. Office 365 and SharePoint administrators
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
March 3 Victoria, British Columbia SQL Server professionals
MSPWorld
Hosted by: MSPAlliance
March 4-6 New Orleans, La. MSPs
MVP Global Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 4-7 Bellevue, Wash.
Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft MVPs
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 5-6 Washington, D.C. IT professionals and developers
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
March 5-7 Dubai, United Arab Emirates CIOs, IT executives
Windows Developer Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 7 Online Developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
March 10 Reykjavik, Iceland SQL Server professionals
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
March 11-16 Las Vegas, Nev. .NET developers
Enterprise Connect
Hosted by: UBM
March 12-15 Orlando, Fla. SIs, ISVs, VARs, service providers
Virtual Security Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 14 Online Security and IT professionals
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 14-15 Paris, France IT professionals and developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
March 17 Lisbon, Portugal SQL Server professionals
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 19-20 San Francisco, Calif. IT professionals and developers
GPUG Amplify
Hosted by: Dynamic Communities Inc.
March 19-21 Chicago, Ill. Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners and administrators
eXtreme365
Hosted by: Extreme LLC
March 19-22 Dubrovnik, Croatia Dynamics 365 partners
Black Hat Asia
Hosted by: UBM
March 20-23 Singapore IT security professionals
Business Forward
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 21 Amsterdam, Netherlands Dynamics/Dynamics 365 users and partners
Cloud Expo Europe
Hosted by: CloserStill Media
March 21-22 London, England MSPs, IT professionals
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
March 21-22 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. MSPs
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
March 24 Rochester, NY SQL Server professionals
Gartner CIO Leadership Forum
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
March 25-27 Hollywood, Fla. CIOs
DEVintersection
Hosted by: DEVintersection
March 25-28 Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Developers, IT professionals
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: Tech Conferences LLC
March 26-30 Washington, D.C. SharePoint administrators, developers, information architects
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Hosted by: Directions on Microsoft
March 27-28 San Diego, Calif. Partners, IT decision makers
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
March 28-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands IT professionals and developers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
April 7 Madison, Wis. SQL Server professionals
CRM Evolution
Hosted by: CRM
April 9-11 Washington, D.C. IT decision makers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
April 14 Raleigh, NC SQL Server professionals
RSA Conference
Hosted by: EMC Corp.
April 16-20 San Francisco, Calif. IT security professionals
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
April 17-18 Stockholm, Sweden IT professionals and developers
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
April 18-19 Austin, Texas MSPs
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Hosted by: Directions on Microsoft
April 18-19 Washington, D.C. Partners, IT decision makers
OpenHack
Hosted by: Microsoft
April 18-April 20 Toronto, Canada Developers, Azure and Office 365 administrators
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
April 21 Philadelphia, Pa. SQL Server professionals
Microsoft Licensing Boot Camp
Hosted by: Directions on Microsoft
Apr. 23-24 London, England Partners, IT decision makers
Summit EMEA
Hosted by: Dynamic Communities Inc.
April 24-26 Dublin, Ireland Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners and administrators
Microsoft Tech Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
April 25-26 Warsaw, Poland IT professionals and developers
Vision
Hosted by: InterDyn Artis
April 26 Charlotte, NC Dynamics users and partners
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
April 28 Wheeling, WV SQL Server professionals
Dell EMC World
Hosted by: Dell Inc.
April 30-May 3 Las Vegas, Nev. Business leaders, IT professionals, partners
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
April 30-May 4 Austin, Texas .NET developers
Digital Workplace Conference
Hosted by: ShareThePoint
May 1-2 Auckland, New Zealand SharePoint partners and administrators
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
May 5 Edmonton, Canada SQL Server professionals
Build
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 7-9 Seattle, Wash. Developers, IT pros
NDC Minnesota
Hosted by: NDC Conferences
May 7-10 St. Paul, Minn. Developers
Citrix Synergy
Hosted by: Citrix
May 8-10 Anaheim, Calif. Virtualization and SaaS administrators
Kaseya Connect
Hosted by: Kaseya Ltd.
May 8-10 Las Vegas, Nev. MSPs, IT professionals
VeeamON
Hosted by: Veeam
May 14-16 Chicago, Ill. Data management professionals, partners
Internet of Things World
Hosted by: KNect365
May 14-17 Santa Clara, Calif. IT professionals, business decision makers
Midwest Management Summit
Hosted by: Minnesota System Center User Group
May 14-17 Bloomington, Minn. System Center architects and partners
Gartner CIO and IT Executive Summit
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
May 15-17 Toronto, Canada CIOs, data and analytics professionals
European Identity & Cloud Conference
Hosted by: KuppingerCole
May 15-18 Munich, Germany Security, identity and access management professionals
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
May 16-17 Chicago, Ill. MSPs
UC Expo
Hosted by: Imago Techmedia Ltd.
May 16-17 London, England UC administrators, IT decision makers
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
May 19 New York City, NY SQL Server professionals
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 21 Atlanta, Ga. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
SharePoint Conference
Hosted by: SharePoint Conference North America
May 21-23 Las Vegas, Nev. SharePoint administrators and partners
ZertoCON
Hosted by: Zerto
May 21-23 Boston, Mass. Disaster recovery and business continuity professionals
Focus
Hosted by: Dynamic Communities Inc.
May 21-24 Indianapolis, Ind. Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners and users
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 22 San Francisco, Calif. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 24 Houston, Texas PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
May 26 Christchurch, New Zealand SQL Server professionals
European Collaboration Summit
Hosted by: Nubelus UG
May 28-30 Mainz, Germany Office 365, SharePoint and Azure administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 29 Dallas, Texas PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 30 Detroit, Mich. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
May 31 Denver, Colo. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
June 2 Mexico City, Mexico SQL Server professionals
Infosecurity Europe
Hosted by: Reed Exhibitions Ltd.
June 5-7 London, England Security professionals
Computex
Hosted by: Taiwan External Trade Development Council
June 5-9 Taipei, Taiwan IT professionals
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 6 New York, N.Y. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 7 Philadelphia, Pa. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 8 Reston, Va. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
June 10-14 Boston, Mass. .NET developers
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 11 Sunnyvale, Calif. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
NDC Oslo
Hosted by: NDC Conferences
June 11-15 Oslo, Norway Developers
Cloud & DevOps World
Hosted by: Informa
June 12-14 London, England IT professionals
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
June 14-15 Tokyo, Japan Business leaders, BI and data professionals, architects
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
June 16 Athens, Greece SQL Server professionals
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 18 Irvine, Calif. PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
Automation Nation
Hosted by: ConnectWise Inc.
June 18-20 Orlando, Fla. MSPs
DattoCon
Hosted by: Datto
June 18-20 Austin, Texas MSPs
OfficeCamp
Hosted by: OfficeCamp.de
June 18-20 Gelsenkirchen, Germany IT professionals, developers, partners
Discover
Hosted by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
June 18-21 Las Vegas, Nev. IT professionals, partners
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 22 Reading, England PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
App in a Day
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 25 Munich, Germany PowerApps users and partners, Office 365 administrators
Windows Server Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
June 26 Online Windows Server pros
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
June 27-28 Ann Arbor, Mich. MSPs
Microsoft Inspire
Hosted by: Microsoft
July 15-19 Las Vegas, Nev. Microsoft partners
SQLSaturday
Hosted by: PASS
July 21 Louisville, Ky. SQL Server professionals
Microsoft Business Applications Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
July 22-24 Seattle, Wash. Dynamics 365, Office 365 and Power BI administrators and partners
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
July 25-26 Charlotte, NC MSPs
Black Hat USA
Hosted by: UBM
Aug. 4-9 Las Vegas, Nev. IT security professionals
TechMentor
Hosted by: 1105 Media
Aug. 6-10 Redmond, Wash. IT pros, system admininstrators, network admininstrators
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
Aug. 13-17 Redmond, Wash. .NET developers
Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
Aug. 20-21 Sydney, Australia CISOs, security and IT professionals
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: Tech Conferences LLC
Aug. 20-24 Seattle, Wash. SharePoint administrators, developers, information architects
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
Aug. 22-23 Toronto, Canada MSPs
SPTechCon
Hosted by: Exposition Development Company
Aug. 26-29 Boston, Mass. SharePoint and Office 365 administrators
VMworld
Hosted by: VMware
Aug. 26-30 Las Vegas, Nev. Cloud and virtualization professionals
Autotask Community Live
Hosted by: Autotask Corp.
Sept. 16-18 Miami, Fla. MSPs
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
Sept. 17-20 Chicago, Ill. .NET developers
NDC Sydney
Hosted by: NDC Conferences
Sept. 17-21 Sydney, Australia Developers
.NET DeveloperDays
Hosted by: Data Master
Sept. 18-19 Warsaw, Poland .NET developers
Hosting and Cloud Transformation Summit
Hosted by: 451 Research LLC
Sept. 24-26 Las Vegas, Nev. MSPs, IT professionals
Navigate
Hosted by: Continuum Managed Services
Sept. 24-27 Boston, Mass. MSPs
Microsoft Ignite
Hosted by: Microsoft
Sept. 24-28 Orlando, Fla. IT professionals, developers
Gartner Catalyst Conference
Hosted by: Gartner Inc.
Sept. 26-27 London, England IT professionals
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
Sept. 26-27 Iselin, NJ MSPs
Directions North America
Hosted by: Directions North America
Sept. 30-Oct. 3 San Diego, Calif. Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
Oct. 7-11 San Diego, Calif. .NET developers
AngularMix
Hosted by: AngularMix
Oct. 10-12 Orlando, Fla. Developers
SQL in the City
Hosted by: Redgate Software
Oct. 12 New York City, N.Y. Senior data platform professionals
D365UG/CRMUG Summit
Hosted by: Dynamic Communities Inc.
Oct. 15-18 Phoenix, Ariz. Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners and administrators
IoT Security Summit
Hosted by: KNect365
Oct. 15-18 Dallas, Texas IT and security professionals
IT/Dev Connections
Hosted by: Informa PLC
Oct. 15-18 Dallas, Texas IT professionals, developers
IT Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc.
Oct. 17-18 Seattle, Wash. MSPs
SQL in the City
Hosted by: Redgate Software
Oct. 18 London, England Senior data platform professionals
IoT in Action
Hosted by: Microsoft
Oct. 25 Santa Clara, Calif. Business and technical decision makers
Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp
Hosted by: Microsoft
Oct. 26 Mexico City, Mexico Developers
SQL in the City
Hosted by: Redgate Software
Oct. 26 Chicago, Ill. Senior data platform professionals
Directions EMEA
Hosted by: Directions EMEA
Oct. 31-Nov. 2 The Hague, Netherlands Dynamics/Dynamics 365 partners
VMworld Europe
Hosted by: VMware
Nov. 5-8 Barcelona, Spain Cloud and virtualization professionals
PASS Summit 2018
Hosted by: PASS
Nov. 6-9 Seattle, Wash. Data scientists, database administrators
Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2018
Hosted by: KuppingerCole
Nov. 12-14 Berlin, Germany Security professionals
Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp
Hosted by: Microsoft
Nov. 16 Rome, Italy Developers
Microsoft 365 DevDays
Hosted by: Microsoft
Nov. 17-18 Beijing, China Developers
Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp
Hosted by: Microsoft
Nov. 22 Bern, Switzerland Developers
Update Conference
Hosted by: Update Conference s.r.o.
Nov. 22-23 Prague, Czech Republic .NET developers, cloud and security professionals
Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp
Hosted by: Microsoft
Nov. 23 Milan, Italy Developers
European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference
Hosted by: Qualtech Ltd.
Nov. 26-29 Copenhagen, Denmark SharePoint and Office 365 administrators
Midwest Management Summit
Hosted by: Midwest Management Summit
Dec. 2-4 Phoenix, Ariz. Systems management professionals
Live! 360
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc.
Dec. 2-7 Orlando, Fla. .NET developers, IT pros, SharePoint administrators
Microsoft Azure + AI Conference
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 3-6 Las Vegas, Nev. Developers, data scientists, data engineers
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: Tech Conferences LLC
Dec. 3-7 Chicago, Ill. SharePoint administrators, software developers
Connect();
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 4 Online Developers
Ignite Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 6-7 Berlin, Germany IT professionals, developers
Ignite Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 11-12 São Paulo, Brazil IT professionals, developers
IoT in Action
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 12-13 Taipei, Taiwan Business and technical decision makers
IoT in Action
Hosted by: Microsoft
Dec. 18 Shenzhen, China Business and technical decision makers

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