Conferences / Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360
Live! 360 Tech Con Orlando 2026 (incl. Visual Studio Live!)
Nov 15–20, 2026 · Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, Orlando, FL, United States Announced
- Conference
- Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) / Live! 360 Software engineering
- Dates
- Nov 15, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026
- Venue
- Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando
- Place
- Orlando, FL, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Announced
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- live360events.com
- Recorded
- 21 sponsors · 46 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Speakers: 223 sessions in the full Live! 360 programme (all co-located events), so only keynotes plus data-related sessions are recorded (tracks matching SQL/database/data/BI/analytics/Fabric/ML/streaming, plus data/SQL panels): 35 sessions, one row per speaker per session. Prices: main conference packages at the earliest listed and the Standard rate (hotel packages excluded). Six co-located events per pricing page: Visual Studio Live!, Data Platform Live!, TechMentor, Artificial Intelligence Live!, AI Enterprise Architecture Live!, Cybersecurity & Ransomware Live!.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Day Conference Package (Summer Savings) | $1,825 | Aug 14, 2026 | live360events.com | |
| 5 Day Conference Package (Summer Savings) | $2,725 | Aug 14, 2026 | live360events.com | |
| 6 Day Conference Package (Summer Savings) | $3,225 | Aug 14, 2026 | live360events.com | |
| 3 Day Conference Package (Standard) | $2,125 | Nov 15, 2026 | live360events.com | |
| 5 Day Conference Package (Standard) | $3,225 | Nov 15, 2026 | live360events.com | |
| 6 Day Conference Package (Standard) | $3,725 | Nov 15, 2026 | live360events.com |
Sponsors 21
Title / headline 1
- Microsoft · Event Partner
Platinum 6
- CompuNet · Platinum Sponsors
- Infragistics · Platinum Sponsors
- One Identity · Platinum Sponsors
- Shoubii · Platinum Sponsors
- SolarWinds · Platinum Sponsors
- Summit · Platinum Sponsors
Gold 6
- Aiden Technologies · Gold Sponsors
- Exclaimer · Gold Sponsors
- JetBrains · Gold Sponsors
- Progress · Gold Sponsors
- Rubrik · Gold Sponsors
- ThreatLocker · Gold Sponsors
Silver 5
- Aikido Security · Silver Sponsors
- CoreSite · Silver Sponsors
- Text Control · Silver Sponsors
- Uno Platform · Silver Sponsors
- Usio · Silver Sponsors
Other 3
- MESCIUS · Exhibitors
- Texas A&M University Mays Business School · Exhibitors
- TierPoint · Exhibitors
Speakers and talks 46
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Schacht | Microsoft | Keynote | Data Platform Live! Keynote: Microsoft Fabric - The Foundation for Enterprise AI and Data | — |
| Jeff Prosise | — | Keynote | Artificial Intelligence Live! & AI Enterprise Architecture Live! Keynote: Death by Tool Calls - Solving the #1 Problem in Agentic AI | — |
| John O'Neill, Sr. | Azure Innovators | Keynote | TechMentor & Cyberecurity & Ransomware Live! Keynote: I Teach Security—and Then My Account Was Compromised | — |
| Mads Kristensen | Microsoft | Keynote | Visual Studio Live! Keynote: You, Visual Studio, and AI: Building What Comes Next | — |
| Tim Huckaby | Gopher Hole Productions | Keynote | Live! 360 Keynote: When AI Goes On Air | — |
| Andrew Brust | Blue Badge Insights | Speaker | Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence: What, Why, and How It Helps with AI | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Speaker | Microsoft Fabric: Data Pipelines Error Handling 101 | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Panelist | Data Platform Live! Panel Discussion: AI Is Coming for the Data Team: Which Roles Change First? | — |
| Bradley Ball | Microsoft | Workshop | Workshop: Microsoft Fabric for the Data Professional | — |
| Bradley Schacht | Microsoft | Speaker | Mastering Fabric Security: Safeguarding Your Analytics | — |
| Bradley Schacht | Microsoft | Workshop | Workshop: Microsoft Fabric for the Data Professional | — |
| Buck Woody | Straight Path Solutions | Workshop | Hands-On Workshop: PostgreSQL for the SQL Server Professional | — |
| Buck Woody | Straight Path Solutions | Speaker | Governance Without the Gridlock: A Lean Data Operating Model for AI-Ready Mid-Sized Companies | — |
| Buck Woody | Straight Path Solutions | Panelist | Data Platform Live! Panel Discussion: AI Is Coming for the Data Team: Which Roles Change First? | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Speaker | PaaS, SaaS, or VMs? How to Modernize Your Database Without Regret | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Speaker | Mastering Fabric Security: Safeguarding Your Analytics | — |
| Daniel Taylor | Microsoft | Workshop | Workshop: Microsoft Fabric for the Data Professional | — |
| David Pless | Microsoft | Speaker | High Performance Azure SQL Virtual Machine with Premium Storage | — |
| David Pless | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL Server Performance Monitoring: A Deep Dive with Tips and Tricks | — |
| David Seis | Straight Path Solutions | Workshop | Hands-On Workshop: PostgreSQL for the SQL Server Professional | — |
| Denny Cherry | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Speaker | Fast Focus: Making SQL Server use Multiple Indexes per Table | — |
| Denny Cherry | Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting | Workshop | Workshop: SQL Server and Azure SQL - Architecting for High Availability | — |
| Ginger Grant | Desert Isle Group | Panelist | Data Platform Live! Panel Discussion: AI Is Coming for the Data Team: Which Roles Change First? | — |
| Ginger Grant | Desert Isle Group | Speaker | T‑SQL Notebooks in Microsoft Fabric | — |
| Jerry Nixon | Microsoft | Speaker | A Developer's Guide to Database Patterns | — |
| Jerry Nixon | Microsoft | Speaker | SQL ❤️ NoSQL Databases | — |
| Jim Wooley | Slalom | Speaker | Fast Focus: What's New in EF Core | — |
| Joseph D'Antoni | — | Speaker | Building The Fabric Well-Architected Framework | — |
| Joseph D'Antoni | — | Speaker | Git Good: GitHub and GitHub Actions for Data Professionals | — |
| Josh Luedeman | Microsoft | Workshop | Workshop: Microsoft Fabric for the Data Professional | — |
| Josh Luedeman | Microsoft | Speaker | PaaS, SaaS, or VMs? How to Modernize Your Database Without Regret | — |
| Kevin Kline | SolarWinds | Speaker | Cloud Cost Optimization for Dev & Database Professionals | — |
| Leonard Lobel | Sleek Technologies, Inc | Workshop | Hands-On Lab: Building Modern Applications with SQL Server 2025 - AI and New Developer Features | — |
| Leonard Lobel | Sleek Technologies, Inc | Speaker | What's New for Developers in SQL Server 2025 | — |
| Leonard Lobel | Sleek Technologies, Inc | Speaker | Fast Focus: Time Traveling Data - SQL Server Temporal Tables | — |
| Lino Tadros | The Training Boss | Speaker | Choose Wisely Between PostgreSQL, CosmosDB, SQL Server and Azure AI Search for Vectorization | — |
| Meagan Longoria | ProcureSQL | Speaker | How AI Can Improve Accessibility in Your Power BI Report Designs | — |
| Meagan Longoria | ProcureSQL | Speaker | Fast Focus: Fabric Mirroring for SQL Server 2025 - What You Need to Know | — |
| Meagan Longoria | ProcureSQL | Speaker | Challenges and Opportunities in Using AI for Power BI Report Development | — |
| Tee Dargie | SolarWinds | Speaker | Cloud Cost Optimization for Dev & Database Professionals | — |
| Thomas LaRock | — | Workshop | Workshop: Microsoft Fabric for the Data Professional | — |
| Thomas LaRock | — | Speaker | Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocks | — |
| Thomas LaRock | — | Speaker | SQL Server 2025 in the Real World: New Features, Real Tradeoffs | — |
| Thomas LaRock | — | Panelist | Data Platform Live! Panel Discussion: AI Is Coming for the Data Team: Which Roles Change First? | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | SHI International Corp | Speaker | Upgrading Skills from DataFlows to Notebooks | — |
| Thomas LeBlanc | SHI International Corp | Speaker | Enhancing Power BI with Copilot | — |
Sources
- https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2026/home.aspx
- https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2026/speakers/speaker-list.aspx
- https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2026/sessions/session-list.aspx
- https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2026/information/sponsors.aspx
- https://live360events.com/events/orlando-2026/information/pricing.aspx