Microsoft Inspire

Microsoft Inspire (formerly the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference^[1]) was a conference held annually by the Microsoft Corporation for its partner community. It was announced in 2024 that it would be replaced by Microsoft's new virtual event, MCAPS Start for Partners.^[2]

Microsoft Inspire
Genre	Conference
Begins	July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)
Ends	July 19, 2023 (2023-07-19)
Frequency	Annually
Venue	Varies each year
Location(s)	Varies each year
Country	United States of America
Inaugurated	July 12, 2002 (2002-07-12)
Organised by	Microsoft
Member	Microsoft Corporation
Sponsor	Main sponsors: Huawei, Tech Data. BitTitan and Dell EMC
Website	partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire

At Inspire, partners are taught about Microsoft's roadmap for the upcoming year, network and build connections, share best practices, experience the latest product innovations, and learn new skills and techniques.^[3] There are also keynote addresses from Microsoft executives, featured speakers, business-track specific offerings, and hundreds of sessions.

In its current form, it has been held since 2003.^[3] Before 2003, it was two different events, Microsoft Fusion and the Microsoft Business Solutions Stampede.^[4] In recent years, not including the Virtual Online events, it has been co-located with the Microsoft internal Microsoft Ready conference.^[5]

Year	Dates	Venue	Location	Participants (est.)
2002	July 12–15	Los Angeles Convention Center	Los Angeles, California	4,700[6]
2003	October 9–11	Morial Convention Center	New Orleans	5,500[4]
2004	July 11–13	Metro Toronto Convention Centre	Toronto, Canada	5,500 attendees[7]
2005	July 8–10	Minneapolis Convention Center	Minneapolis	10,000 attendees 6,500 Microsoft employees[8]
2006	August 11–13		Boston, Massachusetts	[9]
2007	July 10–12	Colorado Convention Center	Denver, Colorado	[10][11]
2008	July		Houston, Texas	[12]
2009	July 13	New Orleans Morial Convention Center	New Orleans	[13]
2010	July 11–15	Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C. [14]	13,000[15]
2011	July 10–14		Los Angeles, California	[16][17]
2012	July 8–12	Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario	15,000[18]
2013	July 7–11		Houston, Texas	[17]
2014	July 13–17	Walter E. Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C.
2015	July 12–16	Orange County Convention Center	Orlando, Florida
2016	July 10–14	Metro Toronto Convention Centre and the Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Canada
2017	July 9–13	Walter E. Washington Convention Center	Washington, D.C.	16,000
2018	July 14–19	Mandalay Bay Convention Center	Las Vegas, Nevada	17,000
2019	July 13–19	Mandalay Bay Convention Center	Las Vegas, Nevada
2020	July 21–23	Virtual Online Event	Worldwide
2021	July 14–15	Virtual Online Event	Worldwide
2022	July 19–20	Virtual Online Event	Worldwide
2023	July 18-19	Virtual Online Event	Worldwide