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Microsoft To Hold Connect(); 2017 in November

Microsoft is adding one more big developer event to its calendar for 2017.

The company announced Thursday that it will hold Connect(); 2017 from Nov. 15 to 17 in New York City and live stream portions of the event.

Scott Guthrie, executive vice president for the Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Group, will keynote and the three-day event will include 75 sessions and hands-on training.

Details on a teaser Web page for the conference are light, but an announcement blog stated that focus areas would include cloud, data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and open source technologies.

Posted by Scott Bekker on October 05, 2017


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