WEB EXCLUSIVE: To help you get your 2016 travel calendar in order, we've compiled a list of upcoming events geared toward those who have a stake in Microsoft technologies. The list spans behemoth Microsoft-helmed conferences like the Worldwide Partner Conference and Build, as well as smaller, third-party-sponsored regional events.
| Event Name |
Date |
Location |
Target Audience |
Citrix Summit
Hosted by: Citrix Systems, Inc. |
Jan. 11-13 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
Channel partners |
System Center Universe
Hosted by: Catapult Systems |
Jan. 19 |
Dallas, Texas |
Administrators, engineers, architects, project managers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Jan. 19-20 |
São Paulo, Brazil |
IT pros, developers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Jan. 26-27 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
IT pros, developers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 2-3 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
IT pros, developers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 11 |
Bellevue, Wash. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 17 |
Washington, D.C.
Tampa, Fla. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
Feb. 17-18 |
Austin, Texas |
IT pros, MSPs |
TransformIT
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 18 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
IT pros, technical decision makers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 22-23 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
IT pros, developers |
EnterpriseJS
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 23 |
Redmond, Wash. |
Developers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 23 |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Nashville, Tenn.
Boston, Mass. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Dynamics Technical Conference
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 23-25 |
Seattle, Wash. |
Dynamics AX users, solution architects, developers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 25-26 |
Bangalore, India |
IT pros, developers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Feb. 29-March 1 |
London, England |
IT pros, developers |
RSA Conference
Hosted by: EMC Corp. |
Feb. 29-March 4 |
San Francisco, Calif. |
IT security pros |
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: SharePoint Fest LLC |
March 1-3 |
Denver, Colo. |
SharePoint administrators, information architects, developers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 3-4 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
IT pros, developers |
TechMentor
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
March 7-11 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
Systems and network administrators, IT management |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
March 7-11 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
Developers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 8 |
San Francisco |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
System Center Universe Asia Pacific
Hosted by: Infront Consulting |
March 8-9 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Administrators, engineers, architects, project managers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 9 |
Philadelphia, Pa.
Detroit, Mich.
Raleigh, N.C. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Data Driven
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 10 |
New York City, N.Y. |
SQL Server administrators, data analytics and BI pros |
D&H West Coast Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
March 10 |
Industry Hills, Calif. |
IT resellers |
Microsoft Cloud Roadshow
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 10-11 |
Hong Kong, China |
IT pros, developers |
System Center Universe Australia
Hosted by: Infront Consulting |
March 11 |
Melbourne, Australia |
Administrators, engineers, architects, project managers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 15 |
Hartford, Conn.
Indianapolis, Ind. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 16 |
Denver, Colo.
Atlanta, Ga. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
March 16-17 |
Anaheim, Calif. |
IT pros, MSPs |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 22 |
Irvine, Calif.
Charlotte, N.C.
Dallas, Texas
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Microsoft Data Insights Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft
|
March 22-23 |
Bellevue, Wash. |
Data analytics pros, Power BI administrators |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 23 |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 29 |
Chicago, Ill. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Build
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 30-April 1 |
San Francisco, Calif. |
Microsoft developers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
March 31 |
Downers Grove, Ill. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Edge Web Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
April 4 |
San Francisco, Calif. |
Web developers |
Envision *
Hosted by: Microsoft |
April 4-6 |
New Orleans, La. |
Business leaders, IT decision makers |
SMB Live: Build Your Office 365 Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
April 5 |
Los Angeles, Calif.
Columbus, Ohio
New York, N.Y. |
Presales technical roles, sales, marketing, technical decision makers |
Global Azure Bootcamp
Hosted by: Global Azure Bootcamp |
April 16 |
Multiple cities |
Azure developers |
DEVintersection
Hosted by: DEVintersection |
April 16-22 |
Orlando, Fla. |
Microsoft developers, IT pros |
eXtremeCRM EMEA
Hosted by: eXtreme LLC |
April 18-21 |
Warsaw, Poland |
Dynamics CRM administrators, Microsoft partners |
D&H Canada Montreal Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
April 21 |
Montreal, Quebec |
IT resellers |
Evolve
Hosted by: Xamarin Inc. |
April 24-28 |
Orlando, Fla. |
Mobile developers |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
April 27-28 |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
IT pros, MSPs |
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: SharePoint Fest LLC |
April 27-29 |
Washington, D.C. |
SharePoint administrators, information architects, developers |
PASS Business Analytics Conference
Hosted by: PASS |
May 3-4 |
San Jose, Calif. |
Data analytics users, IT pros |
Kaseya Connect
Hosted by: Kaseya Ltd. |
May 3-5 |
Carlsbad, Calif. |
MSPs, IT pros |
Decoded Open Source Conference
Hosted by: Microsoft |
May 5-6 |
Dublin, Ireland |
Programmers, developers |
Collab365 Summit
Hosted by: Collaboris |
May 10-12 |
Online |
Microsoft IT pros, developers |
Microsoft Cloud & Hosting Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
May 10-12 |
Bellevue, Wash. |
Invitation only |
Integrate
Hosted by: BizTalk360 |
May 11-13 |
London, England |
Microsoft integration specialists |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
May 16-19 |
Austin, Texas |
Developers |
Scribe User Conference
Hosted by: Scribe |
May 18-20 |
Portsmouth, N.H. |
MSPs, IT pros, Microsoft partners |
ZertoCON
Hosted by: Zerto |
May 23-25 |
Boston, Mass. |
Disaster recovery and business continuity professionals |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
May 24 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Barcelona, Spain |
Microsoft developers |
DevCon
Hosted by: Microsoft |
May 25-26 |
Moscow, Russia |
Microsoft developers |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
May 25-26 |
Baltimore, Md. |
IT pros, MSPs |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
May 26 |
Melbourne, Australia |
Microsoft developers |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
June 3 |
Pune, India |
Microsoft developers |
HPE Discover
Hosted by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
June 7-9 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
IT executives, architects, engineers, partners |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
June 8 |
Warsaw, Poland |
Microsoft developers |
D&H Back to School Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
June 8-10 |
Lancaster, Pa. |
IT resellers |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
June 10 |
Toronto, Canada |
Microsoft developers |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
June 13-16 |
Boston, Mass. |
Developers |
Build Tour
Hosted by: Microsoft |
June 14 |
London, England |
Microsoft developers |
Automation Nation
Hosted by: LabTech Software |
June 20-22 |
Orlando, Fla. |
MSPs |
DattoCon
Hosted by: Datto |
June 20-22 |
Nashville, Tenn. |
MSPs |
Share Conference
Hosted by: The Eventful Group |
June 20-22 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
SharePoint administrators |
D&H Mid-Atlantic Summer Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
June 21 |
Hershey, Pa. |
IT resellers |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
June 22-23 |
Miami, Fla. |
IT pros, MSPs |
Worldwide Partner Conference
Hosted by: Microsoft |
July 10-14 |
Toronto, Canada |
Microsoft partners |
RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan
Hosted by: EMC Corp. |
July 20-22 |
Singapore |
IT security pros |
Predix Transform
Hosted by: GE |
July 25-27 |
Las Vegas, Nev |
Developers, industrial IT pros and partners |
Black Hat USA
Hosted by: UBM Tech |
July 30-Aug. 4 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
IT security specialists, security analysts, security architects |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
Aug. 8-12 |
Redmond, Wash. |
Developers |
D&H New England Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
Aug. 9 |
Quincy, Mass. |
IT resellers |
SQLServerGeeks Annual Summit
Hosted by: SQLServerGeeks |
Aug. 11-13 |
Bangalore, India |
Database administrators/developers, BI and Big Data professionals |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
Aug. 17-18 |
East Brunswick, N.J. |
IT pros, MSPs |
System Center Universe Europe
Hosted by: itnetX AG |
Aug. 24-26 |
Berlin, Germany |
Administrators, engineers, architects, project managers |
VMworld
Hosted by: VMware Inc. |
Aug. 28-Sept. 1 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
IT pros, business leaders |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 7 |
Bellevue, Wash. |
Business decision makers, sales, marketing |
Scribe User Conference
Hosted by: Scribe |
Sept. 7-8 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
MSPs, IT pros, Microsoft partners |
Microsoft Global CIO Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 20-22 |
Redmond, Wash. |
Invitation only |
D&H Canada Toronto Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
Sept. 21 |
Mississauga, Ontario |
IT resellers |
SMB Live: Execute Your Cloud Solution Architecture
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 22 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
Technical decision makers, technical sales roles |
Autotask Community Live!
Hosted by: Autotask Corp. |
Sept. 25-27 |
Miami, Fla. |
MSPs |
Directions
Hosted by: NAV Directions |
Sept. 25-28 |
Chandler, Ariz. |
Dynamics NAV partners |
Data Science Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 26-27 |
Atlanta, Ga. |
Data scientists, Big Data engineers, machine learning practitioners |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
Sept. 26-29 |
Anaheim, Calif. |
Developers |
Ignite
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 26-30 |
Atlanta, Ga. |
IT pros, enterprise developers |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Sept. 27 |
Washington, D.C. |
Business decision makers, sales, marketing |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
Sept. 28-29 |
Columbus, Ohio |
IT pros, MSPs |
Navigate
Hosted by: Continuum Managed Services |
Sept. 28-30 |
Boston, Mass. |
MSPs |
Visual Studio Live!
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
Oct. 3-6 |
Washington, D.C. |
Developers |
SMB Live: Execute Your Cloud Solution Architecture
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 5 |
Detroit, Mich.
Minneapolis, Minn. |
Technical decision makers, technical sales roles |
IT/Dev Connections
Hosted by: Penton |
Oct. 10-13 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
IT pros, developers |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 11 |
Irvine, Calif. |
Business decision makers, sales, marketing |
Dynamics User Group Summit
Hosted by: Dynamic Communities Inc. |
Oct. 11-14 |
Tampa, Fla. |
Dynamics users |
SMB Live: Execute Your Cloud Solution Architecture
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 13 |
Tampa, Fla. |
Technical decision makers, technical sales roles |
IT SMB Success Summit
Hosted by: The ASCII Group Inc. |
Oct. 13-14 |
Newport, R.I. |
IT pros, MSPs |
VMworld Europe
Hosted by: VMware Inc. |
Oct. 17-20 |
Barcelona, Spain |
IT pros, business leaders |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 18 |
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
Business decision makers, sales, marketing |
SMB Live: Execute Your Cloud Solution Architecture
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 19 |
Houston, Texas
Mountain View, Calif. |
Technical decision makers, technical sales roles |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 25 |
Downers Grove, Ill. |
Business decision makers, sales, marketing |
IT Edge
Hosted by: IT Edge intersection |
Oct. 25-28 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
IT pros |
PASS Summit
Hosted by: PASS |
Oct. 25-28 |
Seattle, Wash. |
SQL Server administrators, BI pros |
Tigerpaw Partner Conference
Hosted by: Tigerpaw Software |
Oct. 25-28 |
Omaha, Neb. |
Partners |
SMB Live: Execute Your Cloud Solution Architecture
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Oct. 27 |
Boston, Mass
Denver, Colo. |
Technical decision makers, technical sales roles |
SMB Live: Differentiate Your Cloud Practice
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Nov. 2 |
Cincinnatti, Ohio |
Business decision makers, sales, marketin |
Dynamics U.S. Industry Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Nov. 2-4 |
San Diego, Calif. |
Dynamics partners, ISVs |
MVP Summit
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Nov. 7-10 |
Redmond, Wash. |
Microsoft MVPs |
D&H Mid-Atlantic Fall Technology Show
Hosted by: D&H Distributing |
Nov. 9 |
Hershey, Pa. |
IT resellers |
European SharePoint Conference
Hosted by: QualTech |
Nov. 14-17 |
Vienna, Austria |
SharePoint and Office 365 administrators |
Connect()
Hosted by: Microsoft |
Nov. 16-17 |
Online |
Microsoft developers |
Kaseya Connect Europe
Hosted by: Kaseya Ltd. |
Nov. 16-17 |
Barcelona, Spain |
MSPs, IT pros |
Unity Connect
Hosted by: IT Unity |
Nov. 16-18 |
Haarlem, Netherlands |
Microsoft IT pros, developers |
HPE Discover
Hosted by: Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
Nov. 29-Dec. 1 |
London, England |
IT executives, architects, engineers, partners |
TechMentor
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
Dec. 5-9 |
Orlando, Fla. |
Systems and network administrators, IT management |
Live! 360
Hosted by: 1105 Media Inc. |
Dec. 5-9 |
Orlando, Fla. |
IT pros, developers |
SharePoint Fest
Hosted by: SharePoint Fest LLC |
Dec. 6-9 |
Chicago, Ill. |
SharePoint administrators, information architects, developers |