This session unveils the latest compute innovations that make Azure a leader in cloud IaaS, including new developments to VMs powered by the in-house built cloud-native Cobalt 100 processor, advancements in large scale fleet orchestration with Azure Compute Fleet, new confidential VMs, and Azure Confidential Clean Rooms.

Stefanie Lemon
Principal Product Manager
Stefanie leads the product management team for Azure Virtual Machines built for general purpose and compute-, memory-, and storage-optimized workloads.

David Meyer
SVP of Products
David drives product strategy and execution at Databricks. He previously ran Engineering and Product Management at OneLogin. Before OneLogin, he cofounded UniversityNow, an accredited open university system, and prior to that, David managed a $1 billion portfolio of business intelligence products at SAP and co-led cloud strategy. His first software journey was at Plumtree which went public before being acquired by BEA in 2005. He holds an MSE from UW and a BSE from Penn.

Varun Shandilya
Group Product Manager
Varun Shandilya is Group Product Manager leading products like Virtual Machine Scale Sets, Spot VMs, Azure Fleet in addition to various strategic initiatives in Azure Compute. Varun and focuses on Scale, availability, as horizontal areas of ownership.