**Join us to hear Ben Petito and Simeon Solomou present on "From Shiny Demo to Enterprise Reality: Productising Azure AI"** The rise of Agentic AI is fundamentally transforming how enterprise Azure environments are architected, designed, deployed, and managed. Traditional infrastructure practices once reliant on manual processes and static configurations are giving way to intelligent, autonomous systems capable of making real-time decisions at scale. Most Azure AI talks focus on what’s new, what’s shiny, and what’s possible. This talk focuses on what happens after the demo. Drawing on real-world experience delivering Azure AI solutions in regulated, governance-heavy environments, Ben will explore the practical realities of moving from proof of concept to production-grade systems. We’ll cover: \- The gap between AI demos and enterprise reality \- What it actually takes to fully productise an Azure AI environment \- Architectural trade\-offs you only discover in production \- Security\, compliance\, monitoring\, and operational concerns \- Using Azure AI behind the scenes\, not just as a chatbot \- Lessons learned: what worked\, what didn’t\, and what surprised us \- A walkthrough of the production solution\, including a live demo of what we actually delivered If you’re building (or planning) Azure AI solutions and want an honest, experience-driven perspective on the uncool but critical parts, this session is for you. This presentation explores how this convergence redefines the infrastructure lifecycle shifting engineers from reactive administrators to strategic orchestrators in an increasingly autonomous, AI-driven cloud landscape. **About Ben** Ben Petito is a Tech Lead and Solution Architect at Biz Hub Australia, where he works on modernising legacy systems and building enterprise applications for government and regulated industries. His work focuses on practical software delivery in environments where security, compliance, long-term maintainability, and operational constraints matter. More recently, that has included applying Azure AI technologies to problems such as document digitisation, audit summarisation, and workflow automation. Ben is particularly interested in the gap between AI demos and production systems, including the tradeoffs, constraints, and engineering challenges involved in making AI features reliable and genuinely useful in real organisations. **About Simeon** Simeon Solomou is a Solution Developer at Biz Hub Australia, where he works on the development and implementation of enterprise software solutions across government and regulated industries. His work involves building and extending business systems, integrations, and workflow functionality, with recent projects including document digitisation, AI-assisted processing, and enterprise platform development. Simeon has a particular interest in the practical side of software engineering, especially the challenges involved in turning complex requirements and emerging technologies into stable, maintainable features that work in real operational environments. Having recently transitioned from university into full-time software development, Simeon brings a hands-on perspective to modern software delivery and the realities of implementing AI capabilities within existing enterprise systems. Please register to RSVP and ensure your surname is visible in Meetup if attending in person so that Microsoft can account for your safety in an emergency. If you are attending **in person**, Please also provide your email and mobile number in the following question. You **MUST** provide Photo ID on arrival and sign in. For those joining online, you can join the meeting at: [https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzU5YmFlZTgtZDU3Zi00NjhmLWE5OGItOGNmY2RiODUxN2Zl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2272f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223af24284-20cf-42c4-aea5-e2cc22e24ef1%22%7d](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%253ameeting_YzU5YmFlZTgtZDU3Zi00NjhmLWE5OGItOGNmY2RiODUxN2Zl%2540thread.v2/0?context%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%252272f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25223af24284-20cf-42c4-aea5-e2cc22e24ef1%2522%257d&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw16xD0ZU_SOxwrOU5Mbhghl)> Meeting ID: 232 759 890 763 Passcode: kBh94B Agenda (Adelaide Time): 2.30pm - Arrival and registration 2.30 - 3pm - Pizza and chat 3 - 4pm - Meeting 4pm-4.30pm - Networking 4.30pm - Wrap up