Why attend ECS 2027

Attendees gathering in the event space between sessions at ECS

Why attend · ECS 2027

Why attend ECS 2027

Three days with the people who build, sell and run Microsoft technology in Europe. Here is what makes ECS worth the time and the travel budget.

31 May – 2 June 2027 · Congress Center Düsseldorf

3000+

Attendees

250+

Sessions

50+

Microsoft executives

85+

Expo booths

Reasons

What you get out of three days at ECS

01

Direct access to Microsoft product teams

Microsoft product managers and engineers do not leave after their keynote. They attend sessions, walk the expo floor and take feedback back to the teams that build the products.

02

Solutions you can use the week after

Speakers show configurations, workarounds and lessons from their own projects.

03

Honest conversations

Permissions, oversharing, adoption problems, AI results that miss the mark: discussed openly, with people who have solved them.

04

An expo that solves problems

ISVs and partners show tools for specific gaps: governance, backup, connectors, industry accelerators. Catering and the longer breaks take place on the expo floor.

Two attendees in conversation at ECS

05

The European perspective

The EU AI Act, GDPR, data privacy and digital sovereignty, discussed by people who work under these rules.

06

Tutorials where you build

On the tutorial day you work through a subject for a full day with one expert, and bring your own questions.

07

The conversations between sessions

Often the most useful hour is at the coffee station, with someone who has already solved the problem you came with.

A large group of ECS attendees posing for a group photo

08

Come as a team

Teams that attend together split the programme: one colleague follows governance, another Copilot, a third business applications. They return with a shared picture and a common plan.

Groups of five or more receive a discount, applied automatically in the ticket shop.

See what is on the programme

Eight topics, a tutorial day and an expo: the Learning page gives the overview.