Microsoft Cloud Security Online Meetup

Community Lead:
Waseem Awwad – Microsoft MVP, Security and Azure

Format:
Online community meetup

Date: 26 Oct 2025

About this Meetup:
This online meetup is for professionals who work with, secure, or support Microsoft cloud and hybrid environments. The focus is practical discussion, shared experience, and community learning around real security challenges faced by IT, cloud, and security teams.

Each meetup session will cover a focused Microsoft cloud security topic, with room for questions, discussion, and experience sharing. Topics may include identity and access risks, endpoint exposure, Microsoft Defender capabilities, Azure and hybrid network security, monitoring gaps, incident readiness, governance, and remediation ownership.

The purpose of this meetup is to create a recurring space where community members can learn from real scenarios, discuss common implementation mistakes, and improve the way Microsoft security controls are planned, operated, and reviewed in cloud and hybrid environments.

What members can expect:
Practical Microsoft cloud security discussions
Real-world Azure and hybrid security scenarios
Open Q&A and community knowledge exchange
Focused sessions on identity, endpoint, network, monitoring, and governance
Guidance on common risks and how to reduce them
A professional space for security and cloud practitioners to learn together

Main Technology Areas:
Cloud Security
Azure Hybrid & Migration

Who should join:
Security professionals
IT professionals
Cloud architects
Infrastructure engineers
Cloud operations teams
Technical decision-makers

Short Meetup Summary:
A recurring online community meetup for discussing practical Microsoft cloud security, Azure hybrid risks, governance, monitoring, incident readiness, and secure operations.