AMP KL 2025 - Thriving with tech
- Rico Ho
- Oct 6
- 6 min read
For eight years, aMP KL has been where Malaysia’s top tech talent gathers to master the Microsoft ecosystem. But this year is different. The digital world is no longer just moving fast; it’s being fundamentally reshaped by AI agents, relentless cyber threats, and the Copilot revolution.
Are you tired of just reacting to the next security alert? Are you struggling to turn AI from a buzzword into a bankable business advantage?
This conference is your solution. With limited seats available, aMP KL 2025 is your chance to stop chasing trends and start mastering them. Choose your path, conquer your biggest challenge, and secure your place at the forefront of the future.
Track A: #Business — Secure Your Future Growth Story
This track is for leaders who need to drive measurable value from the cloud, justify technology spend, and convert AI ambition into market advantage. Your story is about strategy and success.
Time | Session Title & Speaker | What You Will Learn |
10:00 AM | Microsoft Fabric: Real Data Insights, Real Growth, No Complexity Speaker: Kalvin Chua, Chief Technology Specialist, Evopoint, Malaysia | Conquer Data Chaos. Learn how to unify your data analytics pipeline with Microsoft Fabric, eliminating complexity and providing the simple, yet robust data foundation required to ensure Copilot is smart, not hallucinating. |
11:00 AM | AI-Powered Productivity for Project Managers: Exploring Copilot's Capabilities Speaker: Samir Makwana, *Founder | Cloud Solution Architect, Cloudtrify, Canada* |
12:00 PM | Loop in Action: Transforming Outlook, Teams & Copilot for Business Impact Speaker: Patrick Guimonet, Microsoft MVP, France | End the "Which Version is Right?" Battle. Master the power of Loop components to create dynamic, living content shared instantly across Teams and Outlook. Learn how Copilot in Loop captures decisions and assigns action items, making sure nothing ever falls through the cracks. |
2:00 PM | Harnessing Microsoft Copilot: Revolutionizing Workflows with Generative AI Speaker: Abhilekh Verma, Microsoft MVP (AI), India | Write Your Organization’s Success Story. Get the full roadmap for enterprise-wide Copilot adoption. Learn how to apply AI across Sales, HR, Marketing, and Operations to deliver immediate value and gain the competitive edge. |
3:00 PM | Cyber Threats in Malaysia: A Security Provider’s Daily Battle and What IT Leaders Must Know Speaker: Hon Fun Ping, CEO, NetAssist Group, Malaysia | Protect Your Assets, Protect Your Future. Gain critical, local insights into the most dangerous cyber threats in Malaysia. Learn the proactive, executive-level strategies needed to translate technical risk into business resilience and secure executive support. |
4:00 PM | AI That Works: Lessons from the Frontlines of Adoption Speaker: Rico Ho, Solution Evangelist, CRN Solutions, Malaysia | Move Beyond the Pilot Phase. AI only works if people use it. Learn the real-world lessons on overcoming resistance, measuring ROI, and scaling AI solutions to ensure your investment delivers tangible, sustained results. |
Track B: #IT Pro — Govern the Revolution, Eliminate the Risk
Your environment is your domain. This track gives you the advanced technical controls, governance, and security strategies to manage AI and harden your cloud defenses. Your story is about mastery and control.
Time | Session Title & Speaker | What You Will Learn |
10:00 AM | Create Stunning AI Videos with Sora on Azure AI Foundry! Speaker: Muhammad Suzaril Shah bin Zakaria, Microsoft MVP, Malaysia | Prepare for the Next Content Tsunami. See the stunning capabilities of Sora and learn the infrastructure requirements and best practices for securely supporting next-generation creative AI on the Azure AI Foundry. |
11:00 AM | From Detection to Protection: Unleashing the Power of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Speaker: Nicolas Bonnet, Microsoft MVP, France | Maximize Your Security Stack. Stop drowning in alerts. Learn how to fully utilize Microsoft Defender’s XDR capabilities, moving your security operations to proactive, automated protection to defeat persistent threats. |
12:00 PM | From Deployment to Discipline: Governing M365 Copilot Agents End-to-End Speaker: Rajesh Jayaraj, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft, Singapore | The Admin’s Guide to Copilot Control. Get the essential technical checklist for a smooth, secure deployment directly from a Microsoft expert. Learn to enforce governance, licensing, and privacy to ensure Copilot is powerful but perfectly contained. |
2:00 PM | Safeguarding your Microsoft Tenant against Account Lockouts Speaker: Vincent Choy, Microsoft MVP, Malaysia | Eliminate the Admin’s Worst Nightmare. Learn the advanced identity resilience strategies to protect your Global Admin accounts from attack. This is a crucial deep-dive into Entra ID Protection and controls to ensure you never lose control of your tenant. |
3:00 PM | AI with Confidence - Secure Your Copilot Strategy with Microsoft Purview Speaker: Vignesh Ganesan, Microsoft MVP, Singapore | The Single Most Important AI Security Lesson. Learn why Microsoft Purview must be deployed before Copilot. Master the use of DLP and sensitivity labels to protect sensitive data and enforce compliance automatically when users engage with AI. |
4:00 PM | AI Unleashed: The Foundry and studio shaping tomorrow's creativity Speaker: Senthamil Selvan, Microsoft MVP, Singapore | Govern the AI Platform. Get the technical overview of the Azure AI Studio and Foundry, understanding how to provision, manage, and secure the high-performance environments your developers need for building and deploying AI solutions. |
Track C: #Developer — Build the Future, Secure the Code
This track arms developers and architects with the advanced, hands-on knowledge required to build the next wave of intelligent, secure, and performant cloud-native applications. Your story is about innovation and expertise.
Time | Session Title & Speaker | What You Will Learn |
10:00 AM | Demystifying AI Agents for Malaysia’s Next Digital Leap Speaker: Paul Swider, Microsoft Strategic Partner & Thought Leader, USA | Master the Next Era of Software. Paul, an industry pioneer, explains the critical strategic and architectural pivot from traditional apps to autonomous AI Agents. Understand the models and frameworks required to build goal-driven software. |
11:00 AM | Content AI with Headless SharePoint with SP Premium Speaker: Divya Akula, Microsoft MVP, India | AI Feeds on Clean Data. Learn why and how to implement Headless SharePoint to decouple content for modern AI services. Master the use of SharePoint Premium features to structure, govern, and optimize your content for Copilot and custom agents. |
12:00 PM | Secure Cloud-Native Applications on Azure: Do It Right, From Day One Speaker: Walter Wong, Microsoft MVP, Malaysia | Code with Confidence. Learn how to implement a mandatory DevSecOps pipeline on Azure. Master techniques to embed security best practices—from IaC scanning to vulnerability checks—into your CI/CD process from the very first commit. |
2:00 PM | From Prompt to Power: Creating Intelligent Agents for Microsoft 365 Speaker: Kamal Shree, Senior Developer Advocate, Microsoft, India | Turn User Needs into Custom Code. Learn the core principles and tools for developing intelligent agents that leverage the Microsoft Graph to act on behalf of users. Build high-value, personalized automation solutions that live inside M365. |
3:00 PM | Building Copilot Agents for SharePoint and SharePoint Embedded with Copilot Studio Speaker: Jamel Abed, Microsoft MVP, Belgium | Acquire a High-Demand Skill. Get a hands-on technical deep-dive into using Copilot Studio to build purpose-driven agents specifically for your content in SharePoint Embedded containers. |
4:00 PM | Smart Sheets, Smarter Code: Excel Automation for Lean Teams using Python Speaker: Chan Ming Man, Microsoft MVP, Malaysia | The High-ROI Automation Hack. Learn practical techniques for using Python to automate complex data processing and reporting tasks in Excel. Achieve significant, immediate efficiency gains without the overhead of massive enterprise solutions. |
The Masterclasses: Stop Worrying, Start Leading.
The main sessions are powerful, but the Masterclasses are where you gain the specialized knowledge to solve your organization's toughest strategic problems. These are intensive, limited-seat workshops—your shortcut to executive expertise.
The Strategic Leadership Advantage: This workshop teaches you how to stop managing alerts and start managing business risk. Learn frameworks to benchmark maturity, communicate risk tolerance to the Board, and master the legal and operational demands of a major cyber incident.
The AI Ops Imperative: Don't let AI run wild. This deep-dive teaches you how to implement cost and performance observability for LLMs, enforce Responsible AI (RAI) compliance, and build the governance pipelines necessary to ensure your AI solutions are ethical, reliable, and scalable.
Your future as a technology leader depends on the knowledge you acquire today.
Seats for the main conference and our exclusive Masterclasses are strictly limited and will sell out quickly.
Secure your place at the 8th edition of aMP KL now!
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