Microsoft organizes Microsoft Build 2020 as a free digital event between Tuesday May 19th 8AM Pacific Time and Thursday May 21st 8 AM Pacific Time.

Microsoft Build is Microsoft’s annual conference event, aimed at software engineers and web developers using Windows, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies. First held in 2011, it serves as a successor for Microsoft's previous developer events, the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and MIX.

During Build 2020, you can enjoy the following general and Identity-related sessions:

Build Live Sessions

BDL211 – The importance of an Identity Platform

Speakers: Sonia Cuff, Jess Dodson, Jesse Suna
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 60 minutes

Join Sonia, Jess and Jesse to discuss why Identity is a crucial technology component for both IT Pros and Developers.

Digital Break-out Sessions

INT105 – Building zero friction apps on Teams with SSO and Graph

Speaker: Nick Kramer
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20, Thursday May 21
Duration: 30 minutes

Remove roadblocks on the way of your app adoption with SSO, Microsoft Graph, and resource-specific consent.

INT107 – Microsoft Graph Live

Speaker: Darrel Miller
Level: 100
Date: Tuesday May 19, Wednesday May 20, Thursday May 21
Duration: 30 minutes

Microsoft Graph is the API that describes the patterns of identity, productivity and security in organization around the world. Join us for a lively session and learn how to get started connecting you applications to the Microsoft Graph.

INT108 – Creating Trustworthy applications with Microsoft Identity

Speaker: Jeff Sakowicz / Philiipe Signoret
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20, Thursday May 21
Duration: 30 minutes

Join this session and learn best practices to create secure and trustworthy applications with the Microsoft identity platform. Learn how to develop apps that can be securely adopted by organizations and how to use verification and certification programs to build trust.

INT109 – Reach millions of users building apps with the Microsoft Identity Platform

Speaker: Jean-Marc Prieur
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20, Thursday May 21
Duration: 30 minutes

The Microsoft identity platform offers the building blocks for authentication, single sign-on and resource access. Join this session and learn how you can build apps that reach any user, from employees to customers to partners and more.

Community Connection Experiences

Com04 – Ask the Team: Azure Active Directory B2C

Speakers: Abhishek Agrawal, Steve Ball, Jenny Ferries, Neha Goel, and others
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 60 minutes

Ask questions about customizing the way your customers sign up, sign in, and manage profiles when using iOS, Android, .NET, and single-page (SPA). Connect with Microsoft’s identity team!

COM09 – Ask the Team: Identity and Access for Azure

Speakers: Saeed Akhter, Sudheer Bysani, Ramiro Calderon, Jenny Ferries, and others
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 60 minutes

Meet the Identity team and ask questions about best practices for securing Azure resources. Discuss RBAC and authenticating to Azure resources and your own microservices.

COM30 – Expert Q&A: Authentication Libraries

Speakers: Jenny Ferries, Bogdan Gavril, Jean-Marc Prieur
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 30 minutes

Get questions about authentication libraries like MSAL.NET, middleware, and Microsoft.Identity.Web answered. Bring your questions about building secure by default ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs.

COM45 – Expert Q&A: M365 Application Validation

Speaker: Michael Aldridge
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 30 minutes

Creating and getting your application into the store is critical so customers can find it. Learn pro-tips on how to submit your application and avoid mistakes to get to market as soon as possible.

COM49 – Expert Q&A: Remote Work with Microsoft 365

Speaker: Stephen Rose
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20
Duration: 30 minutes

Join Stephen Rose with your questions, comments, and feedback on our new portal to enable their employees to work remotely with Microsoft 365.

COM94/COM95 – Focus Group: Microsoft Graph Features and Feedback

Speakers: Yina Arenas, Vincent Biret, Arpitha Dhanapath, Ryan Gregg, and others
Level: 200
Date: Wednesday May 20, Thursday May 21
Duration: 60 minutes

Focus Groups are a chance for us to hear from you. To ensure all participants can share their thoughts, these sessions have limited capacity. Microsoft Graph is constantly evolving to keep pace with what our developers want. Come share your feedback with us around new features/services that are upcoming in Microsoft Graph Services.

COM96/COM97 – Focus Group: Microsoft Identity Platform Permissions & Consent

Speakers: Ipshita Nag, Jeff Sakowicz, Philippe Signoret, and others
Level: 200
Date: Thursday May 21
Duration: 60 minutes

Focus Groups are a chance for us to hear from you. To ensure all participants can share their thoughts, these sessions have limited capacity. Provide feedback on Microsoft Identity Platform's permissions & consent framework. Discuss challenges, consent policies set by customers, and the new publisher verification experience.

COM106 – Focus Group: Securing Applications and Services

Speakers: Susan Mings, Ipshita Nag, Kevin Yam
Level: 200
Date: Tuesday May 19
Duration: 60 minutes

Focus Groups are a chance for us to hear from you. To ensure all participants can share their thoughts, these sessions have limited capacity. Join the Microsoft Identity team to discuss your experience as a Developer or DevOps professional integrating apps with our authentication platforms so we can build better tools for you.

COM136 – Focus Group: Application Experience for Azure AD

Speakers: Allison Amaral, Luis Carlos Leon Plata, Sam Mak, Ipshita Nag, Ben Vincent
Level: 200
Date: Tuesday May 19
Duration: 60 minutes

Focus Groups are a chance for us to hear from you. To ensure all participants can share their thoughts, these sessions have limited capacity. See scenarios regarding the new unified app experience that combines the enterprise app and app registration experiences. Create, edit, and manage custom applications, app proxy, or gallery apps.

COM229 – Introduction to Digital Identity, the foundation of digital trust

Speaker: Kristina Yasuda
Level: 200
Date: Thursday May 21
Duration: 30 minutes

Single-sign on, multifactor authentication, usage of biometrics, etc. Have you ever noticed that how we authenticate and verify ourselves is at the foundation of digital trust? Welcome to the world of Digital identity! We will do a quick tour over the concepts, standards and use-cases.