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#230756 12-Mar-2018 11:05

Has anyone heard anything on the grapevine about what Microsoft plans to do with Ignite in future?

After they postponed/cancelled last year's event, its gone all quiet.

I always found it to be a really useful conference, lots of knowledgeable people gathered in one place.

I still use stuff I learned at past TechEds on a regular basis.

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#1973131 12-Mar-2018 12:33

Yes it was a great event.

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#1973134 12-Mar-2018 12:39

I don't have any info on the big event for this year... but there is a free one-day summit in AKL and WLG coming up soon. http://aka.ms/azuresummitnz

There is also a developer focussed event in the pipeline, will share more details when I get them.

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#1973137 12-Mar-2018 12:42

Regs: but there is a free one-day summit in AKL and WLG coming up soon. http://aka.ms/azuresummitnz

Those are well and good, but not the same experience. If Ignite isn't returning that's a huge shame for the NZ tech community. I'll be heading to ITx this year but that's a bit different. Hope to hear something announced soon even if it's just indicative. A lot of budgets are being set at the moment and if there's no indication that Ignite/similar is happening, it'll be a hard sell for people to get money for it if it's not in the budget.

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#1973154 12-Mar-2018 12:58

Regs: I don't have any info on the big event for this year... but there is a free one-day summit in AKL and WLG coming up soon. http://aka.ms/azuresummitnz

There is also a developer focussed event in the pipeline, will share more details when I get them.

A one day marketing fluff Azure summit isn't really a good replacement for multiple days of access to Micheal Niehaus, Alan Burchill, Orin Thomas, and all the other gurus, PFE's, etc who bring us a wealth of "Real world" advice..

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#1979974 19-Mar-2018 16:28

Website show it is to be held in September this year, in Florida: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ignite/default.aspx

The big MS Partner Event though, is Inspire, in Vegas.. :) Tickets booked

https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/assets/2017/07/13/21/39/735166