Teams-Native Events for Target Corporation

We've Been Studying Target Corporation

Target's Dream to Be early career program has reached 40,000 enrollments, creating unprecedented scale demands for learning and development event delivery across your 400,000+ global workforce. Under Prat Vemana's technology leadership, Target's Microsoft ecosystem commitment requires event solutions that integrate natively with your existing Teams and Microsoft 365 infrastructure.

Karen Tobler's supplier engagement strategy prioritizes diverse vendors who can deliver enterprise-scale services without compromising Target's post-breach security standards. EventBuilder's WBENC certification combined with Microsoft Preferred Supplier status and ISO 27001/27701 compliance directly addresses Target's dual requirements for supplier diversity and enterprise security posture.

Your recent pivot away from explicit DEI messaging doesn't change the procurement advantages of working with certified diverse suppliers—it makes supplier diversity credentials more operationally valuable, not less strategically important.

"EventBuilder was one of the organizations that was more forward thinking than the other options we were considering. Not only did they integrate with Microsoft products, as we are a Microsoft shop, but the platform allowed for a very streamlined process to create and manage events."

— Alice Liang, CEO, SolarTech

Built for Target Corporation's Scale and Security Requirements

Karen Tobler, Director of Supplier Engagement

Challenge: Finding diverse suppliers capable of managing Dream to Be's 40,000+ enrollments while meeting Target's stringent vendor security requirements and Microsoft ecosystem integration standards.

EventBuilder's Solution: Our Registration & Compliance offering provides WBENC certification with Microsoft Preferred Supplier status (MSP #003000922) and ISO 27001/27701 compliance—the diversity credentials and enterprise security posture Karen's procurement process requires.

Prat Vemana, Chief Information and Product Officer

Challenge: Supporting massive training program scale across 400,000+ employees while maintaining Target's post-breach security standards and avoiding new platform security reviews outside the Microsoft ecosystem.

EventBuilder's Solution: Our Production & Live Event service extends Teams natively rather than adding external platforms, maintaining Target's security perimeter while delivering 24/5 managed service support for enterprise-scale events.

Learning & Development Leadership

Challenge: Managing Dream to Be program expansion beyond current 40,000 enrollments requires consistent virtual training delivery and detailed attendance tracking across Target's global workforce.

EventBuilder's Solution: Our Registration & Compliance offering provides advanced registration workflows with capacity management, automated confirmations, and detailed attendance reporting that integrates with existing LMS infrastructure.

Proven at Microsoft and Enterprise Scale

75,000+

Events delivered for Microsoft alone
Operational muscle memory for enterprise-scale programs

180,000

Registrants reached in single partner education program
Demonstrated capacity for Target's global workforce scale

500

Sessions per month for Microsoft Enterprise Support Digital
Continuous high-volume training delivery

24/5

Live support coverage
Real humans managing events, not ticket queues

"We have been using EventBuilder for our partner events and have great success with the platform. The EventBuilder team is very responsive with excellent customer service. We always get a thorough answer the first time."

— Mike Iem, Senior Program Manager, IoT Marketing and Partner Events, Microsoft

Why Target Corporation + EventBuilder

Microsoft-Native Architecture

Built inside Teams and Town Hall, not bolted on. No new security reviews, no additional platforms for IT to govern, no learning curve for your 400,000+ employees already using Microsoft 365.

Enterprise Security Posture

ISO 27001/27701 certified, SSPA Green, Microsoft Preferred Supplier. We delivered secure large-scale town halls inside Microsoft's restricted GCC High tenant environment.

Supplier Diversity Advantage

WBENC, OMWBE, WOSB, and SBA certified women-owned business. Opens procurement paths large generalist vendors cannot provide while delivering enterprise-scale capability.

Service-Led, Not Self-Serve

Real humans plan, build, run, and report on your events. Speaker rehearsals, live moderation, real-time troubleshooting—we own the outcome, not just the software.

Deep Dive Resources

Security Architecture Guide

How Teams-native events maintain Target's security perimeter while adding enterprise event capabilities

Download Security Guide

Scaling Training Programs

Case study: Supporting 500 sessions per month for Microsoft Enterprise Support Digital

Read Case Study

WBENC Supplier Diversity

How women-owned businesses deliver enterprise capability while meeting procurement diversity goals

Learn More

Ready to Scale Target's Event Infrastructure?

Let's discuss how EventBuilder can support Dream to Be program expansion and Target's enterprise event requirements

Scale Target's Dream to Be Program Beyond 40,000 Enrollments with Microsoft Teams-Native Event Management