This October, something new is coming to the Microsoft developer community in Europe.
Azure Dev Summit is a brand-new conference focused on the entire Microsoft ecosystem, from .NET and Azure to cloud-native architecture, testing, security, and developer tooling. It’s organised by Techorama , NDC , and Microsoft, and will take place in Lisbon from 13 to 16 October.
It’s the first edition of what we hope becomes a new tradition, and I had the opportunity to be part of the agenda committee. Having worked on the content team for Techorama Belgium and the Netherlands for a few years now, it was exciting to help shape this new collaboration.
Why being part of the agenda committee mattered
When you help put together a conference agenda, you’re not just picking talks. You’re helping shape the conversations our community will be having. You get to highlight what matters right now. You get to make room for voices that need to be heard.
We looked for sessions that go beyond the basics. Talks that are technical and practical, but also honest. We made sure there was space for architecture, cloud-native development, security, testing, observability, and most importantly, for real stories. Sessions that make you think. Or rethink.
The Microsoft conference Europe has been missing
If you’ve been to Build or Ignite, you know the kind of high-quality content Microsoft delivers. But most of those events happen in the US.
Azure Dev Summit brings that same level of focus to Europe, while keeping the community spirit and developer-first mindset of events like Techorama and NDC. It’s not a product showcase. It’s not a launch event. It’s about what we actually build, what goes wrong, and how we make things better.
A few sessions I’m especially looking forward to
There’s a lot to choose from, but these are three talks that caught my eye.
Rik Hepworth – When good services go bad: an Azure murder mystery I love sessions that dig into real incidents. This one walks through a production failure in Azure, how it was diagnosed, and what was learned. A good reminder that architecture doesn’t end after deployment.
Neel Bhatt – The tech behind weather forecasting: how technology keeps you ahead of the weather This talk stood out because it’s different. Weather forecasting is something we all rely on, but rarely think about from a systems point of view. Neel takes us behind the scenes to look at the scale and complexity involved.
Laïla Bougriâ – Change is inevitable: versioning event-driven systems Event-driven systems are powerful, but they’re not simple. Laila’s session focuses on what happens after you go live — when messages change, requirements shift, and versioning becomes the hard part. It’s a topic I think a lot of teams will recognise.
See you in Lisbon?
I’m proud of the agenda we’ve put together. It’s a mix of deep technical content, thoughtful stories, and sessions that look at real challenges from different angles.
If you’re working with the Microsoft stack, whether that’s .NET, Azure, or anything in between, I think you’ll find a lot to take away.
And if you’re attending, let me know. I’d love to connect.
👉 Check out the full agenda
