Microsoft’s global Ignite flagship event, Spotlight provided knowledge-transfer sessions tailored locally to empower the Middle East developer community and key IT decision makers.
Microsoft UAE recently successfully organised the return of “Ignite Spotlight”, an event related to Microsoft Ignite – the company’s flagship networking and skilling summit for technology enthusiasts. Returning as an in-person event, Tailored to individual markets, Microsoft Ignite Spotlight stood true to its aim of empowering the region’s technical decision-makers and developers communities
The skilling day featured in-person sessions conducted by Microsoft experts including demos, skills training and technology update sessions. The Spotlight breakout sessions supported the five themes of the flagship but add localised dimensions to give attendees the ability to design and build more flexible, scalable, and more secure digital solutions that enhance experiences for customers and employees.
“Our key aim for Ignite Spotlight is to teach local audiences about maximising productivity utilising the Microsoft Cloud. Ignite Spotlight takes our empowerment of the region’s developer community one stage further as we host a special event for the key innovators who are leading digital transformation across the Middle East . They will be able to enhance their skills and learn how to optimise supply chains and enhance workflows through automation, to bring new efficiencies to their ventures,” said Naim Yazbeck, General Manager, Microsoft UAE.
Breakout sessions, which were split into those for developers and for IT decision-makers (ITDMs), were designed to create unique market-specific content and in-person connection experiences for the regional community, including IT implementers, developers, data professionals, and security professionals. Ignite Spotlight participants got the opportunity to wade deep into the latest technologies, examining their potential and discovering how they can accelerate digital transformation. Developers and team leads got knowledge about the latest best practices that would allow them to bring greater innovation to their organisations.
The event also acted as an opportunity to network with local experts and technology peers, and the event featured a Surface Zone and an interactive Industrial Metaverse Booth. Microsoft collaborated with Bosch to showcase live demonstrations of industrial metaverse scenarios using the Digital Twin – Integrated Asset Performance Management solution powered by Microsoft Azure and the HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset.
The industrial metaverse is revolutionizing the way people and machines work together to design, build, operate, and optimize physical systems. This innovative movement is driven by a combination of cutting-edge technologies, such as Mixed Reality, IoT and AI, to deliver immediate financial value, sustainability, and employee efficiency through process optimizations, modelling, digital analysis, and AI-based predictions.
