BRAINTREE BUSINESS PARTNER BRUNCH
Good food. Great company. A taste of what’s next.
25 November 2026 · Johannesburg
FORKING GOOD · PROPOSED EVENT SETUP
A MORNING FOR OUR PARTNERS
Before the year wraps up, let’s take a seat, reconnect and celebrate the partnerships that make it all happen.
Join Braintree, The Core Group and Microsoft for a year-end brunch at Forking Good. We’ll toast 2026, hear from Braintree’s specialists and turn Microsoft’s direction for 2027 into practical conversations for your customers.
MICROSOFT INSIGHT. BRAINTREE EXPERTISE.
Microsoft’s direction for 2027, Braintree’s AI expertise and the partner opportunities ahead. Bring your questions and your customer scenarios.
01
Welcome to the table
Dharashni Naidoo
Local Channel Partner Manager, Braintree
Dharashni opens the brunch with a welcome to our business partners and a look at the morning ahead. We’ll take a moment to mark the year together before turning to 2027.
The focus for the morning and the conversations ahead.
Space to bring your customer priorities into the discussion.
An opportunity to reconnect with fellow business partners.
02
Microsoft’s direction for 2027
Chris Badenhorst
VP | Azure + AI, Braintree
Chris shares insights from San Francisco and explores what Microsoft’s direction could mean for your customers. The discussion covers Microsoft Frontier, customer readiness and Bridge to Cloud promotions.
A partner perspective on Microsoft’s direction for 2027.
Customer-readiness questions to raise before the new year.
Where Bridge to Cloud promotions may fit, with eligibility to be checked.
03
Meet Braintree’s AI Department
Jacqui Bond
Practice Head: AI Transformation Services, Braintree
Jacqui introduces Braintree’s AI Department and AI Transformation Services. Hear how partners can engage the team for practical support with customer AI conversations and next steps.
An introduction to Braintree’s AI team and its focus.
How to bring a customer AI opportunity into the conversation.
The readiness and business-priority questions to work through together.
04
Introducing Microsoft Agent 365
Doug Morrison
VP | Productivity, Braintree
Doug introduces Microsoft Agent 365 and Copilot through practical business use cases. Explore the visibility, governance and security questions customers need to consider as they adopt AI agents.
A clearer view of the roles of Copilot and Microsoft Agent 365.
Why agent visibility, governance and security belong in customer planning.
Business-use-case questions to guide an AI adoption discussion.
05
Surface Laptop Ultra showcase
Lance Watson
Head | Marketing, Braintree
Lance showcases Surface Laptop Ultra through local AI, demanding graphics and practical business workflows. Get hands-on with the Frontier AI PC and explore the customer scenarios where this capability matters.
Local AI and demanding graphics, brought into a practical device showcase.
Hands-on time with Surface Laptop Ultra.
Where an AI PC fits in your customers’ workflows.
06
Braintree Business Partner Programme 2027
Dharashni Naidoo
Local Channel Partner Manager, Braintree
Dharashni closes the morning with a thank-you to our business partners and an introduction to the Business Partner Programme for 2027. A final look ahead before we wrap up the brunch.
An introduction to the 2027 Business Partner Programme.
Context for the next stage of the partner relationship.
A chance to raise partner-programme questions with the team.
Good food. Great company. Brunch, questions and partner conversations throughout the morning.
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 · 09:30 to 13:00 SAST
ALSO ON THE GUEST LIST
The Frontier AI PC.
Lance Watson, Head | Marketing, brings the Frontier AI PC into the conversation. Explore local AI, demanding graphics and practical business workflows, then get hands-on with the device.
Local AI workloads
Graphics and creative work
Your customer scenarios
HANDS-ON AT THE BUSINESS PARTNER BRUNCH
LET’S CLOSE THE YEAR TOGETHER
Brunch, partner conversations and a toast to the opportunities ahead.
WHEN
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 · 09:30 to 13:00 SAST
WHERE
Forking Good, 298 Main Road, Bryanston, Sandton, 2191, South Africa
RSVP
By 23 November 2026
YOUR HOSTS
Braintree, The Core Group and Microsoft
Arrival and parking details will be shared before the event.
BUSINESS PARTNER BRUNCH
