Get hands-on with Veeam Backup & Replication in this Foundations lab built around a live VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environment. You'll connect to hypervisors, stand up a backup repository, and configure manually selected and policy-driven VM backup jobs before executing them to protect your virtual machines. Along the way, you'll work directly with Veeam Backup and Replication v13 to see how agentless, application-consistent backups safeguard virtualized workloads across the data center. Whether you're new to data protection or sharpening your backup and recovery skills, this lab gives you practical, real-world experience you can put to work immediately.

The Veeam Data Platform Sandbox environment provides an environment to gain hands on experience with the latest features of the Veeam Data Platform.

Generative AI isn't just another tech trend; it's a fundamental shift in how businesses compete. The question is no longer if you should adopt AI, but how you can embed it into your organization to create a durable, defensible advantage. Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza shares how leaders are using AI as a competitive advantage to build intelligent operations for unmatched efficiency, create predictive customer experiences that foster deep loyalty and accelerate innovation to discover what's next. Executives will learn what it takes to build an AI-native culture…because the businesses that win the next decade won't just use AI—they'll be built with it at their core.

Rinkan Patel, WWT's Head of Data Governance, reviews a case study that demonstrates how Data Governance drives value and outcomes.