Multi-cloud stopped being a choice. It's just your job now.
Most architects aren't designing for one cloud anymore. They're designing across three or four, each with its own identity model, cost structure, and failure modes. The sessions here are built around that reality: what's actually holding up in production when the environment isn't tidy.
Organizations now running hybrid or multi-cloud environments, up from 82% the year before.
Source: Fortinet, 2026 Cloud Security Report
What a multi-cloud deployment typically costs compared to a single-cloud architecture, once tooling and integration overhead is counted.
Source: Fortinet, 2026 Cloud Security Report
The cloud infrastructure track, at a glance
Jan Egil Ring, Sr Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft
Whether your servers run on VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox or bare metal, Arc makes them visible in Azure — but until recently the SRE Agent couldn't reach them. We explore the new connectivity options (VNet integration, Automation runbooks, Arc Run Command) and MCP servers calling PowerShell to let an AI agent troubleshoot hybrid infrastructure with no VPN. The LLM decides when to call; you decide what's callable
Barbara Forbes, Azure Architect @ Zure | Azure MVP | GitHub Star
I take you through everything I learned building a fully automated Azure Policy deployment. We start at the basics: what the Azure Policy structure actually looks like, and what building blocks are available to you.
By the end of this session, you'll have a clear blueprint for automating Azure Policy in your own Landing Zone, and you'll know exactly which pitfalls to avoid.
Kristopher Turner, Bridging the gap between Azure’s clouds and on-prem realities, one hybrid solution at a time!
AVD lives in three places — Azure, Azure Local, and AVD Hybrid running on Windows Server, VMware, and Nutanix. One identity, one profile pattern, three deployment models. Live demo across all three with the Bicep, Image Builder templates, Packer templates, and FSLogix configs to take home.
Jannik Reinhard, Head of AI and Lead at Epic Fusion Germany & Dual MVP (Intune & AI Platform)
In this session, we'll walk through Microsoft Foundry from an IT pro's perspective. You'll see what the platform actually consists of (models, agents, tools, connections), how to deploy your first agent, and – more importantly – what it takes to run it responsibly in production: Entra ID integration, RBAC, network isolation, monitoring, and keeping your CFO happy when the token bill arrives.
Kristoffer Hatland, Security Architect - Memonic AS
Most Azure architectures already use both identity and network controls, but they are rarely designed together. This leads to environments where access is technically restricted, yet visibility is poor and trust boundaries are unclear.
This session shows how identity (managed identities, RBAC) and network controls (private endpoints, VNet integration) actually interact in real environments, and how to combine them to improve visibility, traceability, and security in practice.
Maish Saidel-Keesing, Senior Developer Advocate @AWS
So here's the thing, everyone's talking about AI writing code. But be honest with yourself: how much of your day do you actually spend writing code? Between runbooks, log analysis, incident response, architecture docs, and the endless meeting scheduling... the non-code work is quietly eating you alive. All live demos - AI generating operational documentation in real time, pinpointing root causes across noisy logs, even automating your calendar so you can finally make it to date night. You'll walk out with techniques you can use the same week. Because your biggest AI productivity gain? It has nothing to do with code.
Some of the names worth planning your day around
Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft · Program Advisory Committee
Azure Architect @ Zure | Azure MVP | GitHub Star
Bridging the gap between Azure’s clouds and on-prem realities, one hybrid solution at a time!
Cloud Sovereignty in Practice: MicroHack with Azure, Azure Local, and Azure Arc
Led by Jan Egil Ring and the Microsoft team. A hands-on introduction to designing for digital sovereignty, built for architects and infrastructure professionals who want practical insight without the vendor pitch. Directly relevant if your architecture decisions now have to account for sovereignty and data-residency constraints.
Four things worth the three days
Multi-cloud patterns that hold up under real load
Architecture decisions tested against production traffic, not a proof-of-concept demo.
Direct access to peers running the same stack
The hallway conversation with someone who's already hit the problem you're about to hit.
A clearer answer on where cost and complexity actually come from
Not another dashboard. A framework for the tradeoffs your team keeps re-litigating.
A report-back your team will actually use
Concrete patterns tied to sessions you chose in advance, not “it was a good conference.”
Cost & logistics
Dates
Oct 13–15, 2026
Masterclasses
Oct 13
Main conference
Oct 14–15
Ticket price
From NOK 11.500
VAT
excl. 25%
Refunds
None, decide once
Travel to venue
Adjacent to Oslo Central Station
Laptop
Bring your own (masterclasses)
Full agenda
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