Convergence 2026 is broadening its reach across Microsoft’s Business Applications portfolio, with more Business Central and Customer Engagement content planned alongside finance and supply chain sessions.
Dynamics User Group Community Strategy Director Bobby Small told PartnerTalks the expanded program follows Convergence’s return in 2025, when organizers had only months to assemble the event.
Small said the compressed schedule limited what DUG and Microsoft could deliver. The 2025 agenda leaned heavily toward finance and operations content, while Business Central accounted for about 20 per cent, he said.
“This year, it’s going to be more evenly split,” Small said.
Organizers describe Convergence as Microsoft’s premier Dynamics 365 event. It returns to Miami for a second consecutive year.
Convergence 2026 broadens the agenda
The official Convergence 2026 agenda now lists three dedicated tracks for the Dec. 8 Partner Readiness Pre-Day: Business Central, Finance & Supply Chain and Customer Engagement.
The core conference follows on Dec. 9 and 10, with add-on workshops scheduled for Dec. 11 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Fla.
Microsoft is scheduled to lead more than 100 sessions. Organizers say product managers, engineers, architects and executives will deliver roadmap updates, technical deep dives and AI-focused content across Dynamics 365, Copilot and Power Platform.
Small said Microsoft’s role is a defining feature of the event.
“Convergence is Microsoft’s chance to bring their perspective and their input into the conference,” he said.
The format differs from community-led events such as DynamicsCon, where users, Partners and other community members contribute much of the content. Convergence gives Microsoft a larger role in shaping the program and presenting product direction directly to attendees.
Microsoft access becomes a Partner draw
For Partners, Small said Convergence 2026 also offers an opportunity to strengthen relationships with Microsoft.
He described access to Microsoft product teams as one of the strongest features of the 2025 event. Those employees are often less visible at conferences than sales and technical teams, he said, creating an opportunity for customers and Partners to speak directly with people working on the products.
“If you’re a Partner and you’re looking to deepen your relationship with Microsoft, this is a great place to do it,” Small said.
Organizers promise direct access to Microsoft product managers, engineers, architects and executives during the core conference.
Partners will also have room to show how customers are using the technology. Small said sponsor sessions will prioritize customer case studies, with an emphasis on how ISVs and Partners are extending Microsoft products around real deployments.
The result is a program built around Microsoft product direction, customer implementation stories and Partner access.
Small also argued that a smaller event can create more meaningful connections than the largest conferences of the past.
For Partners evaluating the 2026 calendar, that combination could make Convergence distinctive: broader Dynamics 365 coverage, substantial Microsoft participation and more opportunities to meet the people shaping the products they sell and implement.
