It is time for something BIG, Global, and FUN! On April 15-17 the Global Azure community will go online to share, learn, and have community Azure fun together! We're running a 3-day virtual conference with world-class speakers and community leaders as hosts in a live stream. Additionally, also part of Global Azure Virtual, communities around the world are organizing localized live streams for everyone around the world to join and learn about Azure from the best-in-class community leaders.

Hi Global Azure Friends,We hope you enjoyed our Global Azure Virtual event in April!You may remember that before the event, we teased that we would aim to run an in-person event in October or November.With the ongoing global situation with coronavirus, we have decided that this would not be a good idea.

Global Azure Virtual 2020 is an online event where Azure presenters all over the world, in any language they choose, go live online to present about Azure! Anyone will be able to join in and listen and learn!

When we had to sadly announce the cancellation of the Global Azure meetup events this year (blog post: Global Azure and COVID-19) many voices of support and comfort has overwhelmed us. THANK YOU for your support during this trial. Covid-19 is no joke for anyone on this planet. Additionally, we have seen many raise their hand to suggest and volunteer their efforts to make a Community effort around Global Azure in a virtual form.

In light of the developing situation with the coronavirus and COVID-19, and out of an abundance of concern for the health of people attending and those travelling to events, the Global Azure Admin team has taken the difficult decision to cancel this year's event.

Lunch sponsorship is here! That's the perfect combo: free community training + free lunch. A lot of you have been waiting (and hoping!) for this, so it is our pleasure to announce without any further ado:

Global Azure 2020 has sponsored lunches courtesy of our awesome sponsor Microsoft!

This dramatic title can also be spelled f-i-n-a-l-l-y, or even "Hello #GlobalAzure World"!

We know it has taken us a bit of time to follow up the announcement we made at Microsoft Ignite, where we ran a community booth, regarding the dates for this year's #globalazure event; April 23-25. Here we go people - just in time for Christmas the story of our shared global greatness continues - thank you for your patience!