Welcome to Azure Fest!
Azure Fest is a free, one-day community event devoted entirely to Azure in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. Zure Netherlands Co-founder & CEO Geert van der Cruijsen will join local and international speakers sharing real world experiences, best practices and the latest developments on the Azure platform.
This session is your chance to go beyond the hype and see how Azure can work within the constraints your organization cares about.
Sovereign Cloud on Azure
By Geert van der Cruijsen at Azure Fest NL 2025
Want to use Azure but still stay in control of your data, risks, and compliance? In this talk, Geert will dig into how you can balance cloud scale with sovereignty. You’ll get the legal and technical real talk: confidential computing, customer-managed keys, sovereign landing zones, and architecture choices that reduce exposure.
This session is your chance to go beyond the hype and see how Azure can work within the constraints your organization cares about.
Read more about Geert's session on sovereign cloud on Azure here and join us at Azure Fest!
About Geert
Geert van der Cruijsen is the CEO of Zure Netherlands, helping companies improve how they build software by combining strong engineering culture with modern technology. He focuses on DevOps, cloud-native development, architecture and AI, enabling teams to work more autonomously and deliver faster through smart platforms and better ways of working. Geert is a long-time Microsoft MVP and an active member of the tech community, frequently sharing knowledge through talks, content and mentorship.
