AI is only as good as the apps it infuses into, the data it uses to model and train, and the infrastructure that powers it. Is your technology estate ready to scale and innovate with AI? Learn how migrating to Azure enables faster time-to-value and code-to-security for your AI solutions at scale. See new capabilities, testimonials and end-to-end demos of migration to Azure, creating a GenAI app in Azure OpenAI Service, and securing it in the cloud with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Raushni Gupta
Senior Director Product Marketing, Azure
Raushni Gupta is seasoned executive passionate about converting bits and bytes to business outcomes. She has 25+ years’ silicon valley experience in global product management, marketing and sales at Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, McAfee and Riverbed, in cloud, Generative AI, and full-stack security domains. Recognized with awards and analyst acclaim, she holds a Cloud Certified Professional (CCP), Cloud Certified Security Professional (CCSP) ,Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) and a Cybersecurity certificate from MIT. Raushni leads Microsoft Azure Core Infrastructure product marketing.
Gopal Shankar
Senior PM Manager
Gopal Shankar is the Senior PM Manager within Microsoft's Security Engineering division. He leads the Defender for Cloud customer acceleration team, focusing on improving posture and threat protection for Storage, Database, Data Security Posture Management, and enterprise Gen AI applications. Gopal is an active ISC2 member, holding CISSP and CCSP certifications.
Bob Ward
Principal Architect
Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team, which owns the development for Microsoft SQL Ground to Cloud. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 31 years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2022 including Azure SQL. Bob is a well-known speaker on SQL Server, Azure SQL, AI, and Microsoft Fabric often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and specialized topics at events such as SQLBits, Microsoft Build, Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, Fabric Community Conference, and VS Live. You can also learn Azure SQL from him on the popular series aka.ms/azuresql4beginners. You can follow him at @bobwardms or linkedin.com/in/bobwardms. Bob is the author of the books Pro SQL Server on Linux, SQL Server 2019 Revealed, Azure SQL Revealed, SQL Server 2022 Revealed, and Azure SQL Revealed 2nd Edition available from Apress Media.