Level 300, 400 or 500. Pick your depth.
Some technologies that were brand new a few years ago have become commodity for many of you. Intune, Entra ID and Defender are no longer something you “look into” — they are what you run every day. As organizers, that puts a responsibility on us: if ELDK is going to keep meeting the expectations of our attendees, the content has to move with you.
We asked you first
From June to August 2026 — the whole Call for Speakers period — we ran an open attendee survey asking two things: which topics do you want, and at what depth? 49 of you answered and placed 147 picks across 80 topics. The results were public on purpose, so speakers could aim their submissions at what you asked for — and we used them as direct input when we selected sessions.
- 54% of the picks asked for Advanced (300)
- 34% asked for Expert (400)
- 12% asked for Black Belt (500)
- And nobody asked for an introduction — there is no level below 300 at ELDK27.
Then we went deeper
Almost half of you wanted Expert or Black Belt depth, so we told our speakers: go deeper. Of the 54 technical sessions announced so far, 33 (61%) are level 400 or 500:
- 📘 300 — Advanced (21 sessions). You know the product. This is how it behaves in the real world.
- 📗 400 — Expert (27 sessions). Design decisions, edge cases and what happens at scale.
- 📕 500 — Black Belt (6 sessions). The deep end. Internals, protocols and the stuff nobody blogs about.
A taste of the Black Belt sessions
- APIOps CLI – The new way of working with API Management — Erlend Rushfeldt (Azure)
- AVD Hybrid: Vibe Coding Your Way Off Legacy VDI — Adam Nichols (Azure)
- Beyond the Sync Button: Inside Windows and Intune Device Management — Mattias Melkersen & Rudy Ooms (Intune)
- Hardening GitHub: From Default to Defended — Pierre Thoor (Security)
- Thanks for accepting the invite! I’m GA now — Thomas Naunheim & Fabian Bader (Security)
- What’s in Your Logs? – Expert Edition — Bert-Jan Pals (Security)
Every session on the agenda carries its level, so you always know what you are walking into. No product overviews — 60 minutes of “here is how it actually works”, with the demos to prove it. And the Master Classes on the pre-day take it a step further: 7 hours on one topic.
🎟️ Find your level on the agenda. Get your ticket here — early bird price for the first 500 tickets, and the 2-day ticket includes the Master Class pre-day.
📅 Agenda: Day 1 / Pre-day (Master Classes) · Day 2 / Main event