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Husam Hilal

Sr. Partner Solution Architect -
Microsoft

Husam Hilal is an Azure Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Americas Global Partner Solution organization. During his 15 years in IT industry, he experienced various roles, which contributed to his diverse experience. Most recently, his technical expertise lies in Azure Infrastructure innovation, particularly Azure VMware Solution. His mission is to empower partners to achieve more by designing and implementing Microsoft Azure solutions to drive customers’ success. Husam is passionate about solving business challenges with technical solutions and achieving outstanding customers and partners satisfaction. Husam has various community contributions on different platforms such as LinkedIn aka.ms/AVSPros as well as on YouTube youtube.com/husamhilal.

Sessions Presenting

Tuesday, November 19
10:45 PM - 12:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time
LAB429
Use your existing skillsets while adopting new cloud competencies when you switch from on-premises VMware to Azure VMware Solution (AVS). This lab will guide you through the entire process, from migration to innovation. You’ll gain hands-on experience in setting up networking between AVS and Azure services to establish secure and private access. You’ll also learn how to AI-enable your existing VMware applications by leveraging proximity to Microsoft’s leading data and AI services.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to those in standby.
Wednesday, November 20
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Greenwich Mean Time
THR518
This demo will showcase how to lift and shift an on-premises application to the cloud using Azure VMware Solution. We'll configure Azure networking for secure, private access to services, migrate the database to Azure SQL Managed Instance, and update the connection string. Finally, we'll publish the application through Azure Application Gateway for end-user access.
Wednesday, November 20
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
COM1017
Join the Azure Infrastructure Ignite speakers for an exciting boardgame session, have fun while diving deeper. Topics covered in this session include Building AI applications with Azure Storage, Azure VMWare Solutions, and Azure Quality.








Wednesday, November 20
10:45 PM - 12:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time
LAB429-R1
Use your existing skillsets while adopting new cloud competencies when you switch from on-premises VMware to Azure VMware Solution (AVS). This lab will guide you through the entire process, from migration to innovation. You’ll gain hands-on experience in setting up networking between AVS and Azure services to establish secure and private access. You’ll also learn how to AI-enable your existing VMware applications by leveraging proximity to Microsoft’s leading data and AI services.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to those in standby.
Thursday, November 21
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Greenwich Mean Time
THRFP762
Azure VMware Solution (AVS) lets you seamlessly run VMware environments in the cloud. Join us to explore how Pure Storage takes AVS to the next level by decoupling storage and compute, giving you the freedom to scale efficiently. Discover how this flexibility leads to smarter resource usage, reduced complexity, and significant cost savings—so you can get more out of your VMware cloud environment.
Thursday, November 21
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Greenwich Mean Time
LAB429-R2
Use your existing skillsets while adopting new cloud competencies when you switch from on-premises VMware to Azure VMware Solution (AVS). This lab will guide you through the entire process, from migration to innovation. You’ll gain hands-on experience in setting up networking between AVS and Azure services to establish secure and private access. You’ll also learn how to AI-enable your existing VMware applications by leveraging proximity to Microsoft’s leading data and AI services.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to those in standby.
Thursday, November 21
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time
BRK230
Now that you’ve migrated your VMware environment to Azure VMware Solution, it’s time to adopt cloud competencies. In this session you’ll learn how to use Azure services to elevate application performance, achieve advanced security, and increase resiliency. Then we’ll explore ways to modernize your applications even further with Azure Data and AI services.