Global Azure Heroes Community Day 2026

16/04/2026, Schuberg Philis
Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands

The RAGged Edge: Keep your data and AI close

Concerned about data privacy or compliance? Don’t want your sensitive information sent to external AI systems? This session is for you! We’ll explore retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), a method to enhance large language models (LLMs) with your specific, ever-changing data, without it ever leaving your systems. You’ll learn: What is a vector database? How can you vectorize your own data? How to integrate your existing data sources, like SQL databases, to enrich AI interactions. We’ll implement RAG step-by-step, running AI models locally (on the “edge”) while maintaining full control over your data. By the end of the session, you’ll know how to build an AI assistant that uses your private and volatile data, all without relying on external cloud services. Or isn't the cloud a scary thing? We rely on Azure for all our workloads, so let's also take a look on what the cloud can add to this equation.