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Microsoft Ignite 2025

2025-11-17 – 2025-11-21 Microsoft Ignite Visit website ↗

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AI-powered defense for cloud workloads

AI-powered defense for cloud workloads

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Parul Seth (Microsoft) , Michael Withrow (Microsoft)

Witness a real-world cyberattack targeting sensitive data in cloud storage and containers. See how Microsoft Defender for Cloud uses AI to detect threats, power threat hunting, and automate responses to stop lateral movement.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Anatomy of an outage and evolving our cultures towards transparency

Anatomy of an outage and evolving our cultures towards transparency

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Rick Claus (Microsoft) , Tajinder pal singh Ahluwalia (Microsoft)

Transparent communication during outages is crucial. This session outlines our evolving approach to incident communication, emphasizing openness and trust with customers. We’ll review recent impactful outages, key principles guiding our strategy, and the evolving best practices we execute across our engineering teams for quality and security. Attendees will gain insights into our handling of real-world incidents and how their own teams can evolve to reduce the impact of outages.

Building frontier supply chains with Agentic AI

2025-11-20
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Yury Gomez (Microsoft)

Supply chains are evolving from reactive systems to intelligent, autonomous networks. The agentic supply chain-powered by AI agents-delivers real-time visibility, predictive insights, and self-orchestrating operations. In this session, discover how AI-driven agents are transforming planning, logistics, and fulfillment to unlock growth, boost profitability, and build resilience in an unpredictable world.

Community Theater: Career Chat: Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader in Tech

2025-11-20
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Heather Cook (Microsoft) , Adam Harmetz (Microsoft)

Looking to make the move from a manager to leadership? In this talk we'll frame the progression that Product Managers make in their career before zooming in on the most important inflection point in a PM’s career: the jump from Product Manager to Product Leader.   We’ll talk about best practices and common pitfalls.

Customer panel: Real-world strategies for AI Agent transformation

Customer panel: Real-world strategies for AI Agent transformation

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John Whittaker (EY) , Mona Riemenschneider (BASF Agricultural Solutions) , Tim Holt (Pfizer) , Srini Raghavan (Microsoft Corp.) , Sean Alexander (Lumen Technologies) , Saurabh Pant (Microsoft)

Real customers. Real frameworks. Real results. Join Srini Raghavan (CVP – Copilot & Agents Ecosystem) and a live customer panel to cut through the hype and get real-world Agentic AI’s impact, best practices and frameworks for transforming business processes with confidence. Also learn how Microsoft 365 Copilot platform empowers customers to build intelligent agents to accelerate your AI journey.

Customized AI that understands your business with Copilot Tuning ​

Customized AI that understands your business with Copilot Tuning ​

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Tanaya Yadav (Microsoft Copilot Tuning) , Ranveer Chandra (Microsoft) , Khushboo Aggarwal (Microsoft) , Kalyan Ayloo (Microsoft)

Transform Microsoft 365 Copilot to talk, think, and work like your organization with Copilot Tuning—no coding or data scientists required. Explore supervised and reinforcement learning, new agent capabilities, built-in security, and more. See how leading enterprises unlock value with proven best practices for fine-tuning—starting with use case selection and extending through data prep, training, and administration.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Demystify Zero Trust with Intune: cloud-connected, secure, and AI-ready endpoints

Demystify Zero Trust with Intune: cloud-connected, secure, and AI-ready endpoints

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Sangeetha Visweswaran (Microsoft) , Lior Bela (Microsoft)

Managing endpoints in the cloud is a fundamental piece of the Zero Trust puzzle and of delivering the optimal AI experience for business. In this session, we’ll demystify what that means in practice. See how Microsoft Intune brings Zero Trust to life by connecting device and app management, compliance, and threat protection. We’ll show how cloud-native management establishes a stronger security foundation and enables safe, scalable adoption of AI. Strengthen endpoint protection across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android—helping IT teams stay ahead of threats while empowering employees to work productively and securely from anywhere.

Deploying and operating Power Platform solutions with DevOps

Deploying and operating Power Platform solutions with DevOps

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Casey Burke (Microsoft) , Austin Laugesen (Microsoft)

There's so much more to software than creating it! Exercising DevOps principles in Power Platform has never been easier. Learn about the latest enhancements that scale development on complex solution, deploy production ready changes and monitor production workloads - all within Power Platform.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

From DEV to PROD: How to build agentic memory with Azure Cosmos DB

From DEV to PROD: How to build agentic memory with Azure Cosmos DB

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Felipe Morales Heerlein (Walmart Chile) , James Codella, PhD (Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft) , Derek Boudreau (IntelePeer) , Kendall Brasch (IntelePeer)

Confidently adopt AI and manage your AI apps, agents, and platforms. From assistive copilots to autonomous digital workers, gain visibility and control to prevent data oversharing, manage sprawl, defend against threats, and ensure compliance.

From interoperability to agents: Powering financial workflows with AI

From interoperability to agents: Powering financial workflows with AI

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Max Grigoryev (LSEG) , Nej D'Jelal (LSEG) , Matthew Kerner (Microsoft Corporation)

Discover how Microsoft and LSEG are transforming financial workflows with interoperable, AI-driven tools. See how Copilot aids content discovery, data integration in Excel and PowerPoint, and enables AI-powered engagement via Teams. Learn to build custom agents using LSEG data for enhanced productivity and collaboration in financial markets.

Go beyond AI-hype to build systems you can trust and track

Go beyond AI-hype to build systems you can trust and track

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Parker Johnston (Insight) , Chris Thompson (Insight)

AI is reshaping industries, but trust must be built, measured, and audited. Through real-world client stories, learn how to overcome opaque models, complex workflows, and adoption barriers. Gain practical strategies to make AI decisions understandable, traceable, and accountable—moving from hype to solutions that deliver value and inspire confidence.

How to build and publish your agent to the Agent Store

How to build and publish your agent to the Agent Store

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Anna Cao (Microsoft) , Varun Kulkarni (Microsoft) , Steven Abrahams (Microsoft)

Unlock new opportunities by building and publishing agents to the Microsoft 365 Agent Store. This session walks partners through the full development journey, from tool selection to publishing, and shares strategies to drive scale. Discover how to use telemetry and feedback to optimize performance and design impactful agents for broad or enterprise use cases.

Ignite AI and Copilot to compliance and beyond with Purview

2025-11-20
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Kris Brown (RecordPoint)

From innovators in development to executors in technology, scattered sensitive data and growing compliance can slow down AI and Copilot. Microsoft Purview and RecordPoint bring your data together across Microsoft 365 and beyond, with AI‑driven data classification, retention, and governance out of the box. See how Cupertino Electric tamed CPRA/DSAR at scale, plus clear steps to light up Copilot.

Interactive Session: Deliver scalable immunity with GPU-accelerated workloads

2025-11-20
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Abe Starosta (Microsoft) , Nora Hajjar (Microsoft) , Francis Beckert (Microsoft) , Rachel Allen (NVIDIA) , Rohan Varma (Nvidia)

The intersection of AI and Cybersecurity – powered by Microsoft and accelerated by NVIDIA: Discover how Microsoft's MSEC team is redefining enterprise AI immunity — a solution developed in collaboration with NVIDIA. Explore how Microsoft and NVIDIA are partnering to power agentic capabilities at scale, enabling AI-driven innovation for Cybersecurity use cases. Learn how the platform leverages the full NVIDIA AI stack and how AI agents through Microsoft are tapping into NVIDIA GPU infrastructure.

Modernize Identity Governance for SAP with Microsoft Entra

2025-11-20
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Sri Ponnada (Microsoft) , Mark Wahl (Microsoft)

Discover how the Microsoft Entra Suite simplifies access governance across SAP apps in private and public clouds. See live demos of integrations that accelerate provisioning, enable self-service, and enforce separation of duties and risk controls.

Partner: Making Agentic DevOps your Advantage

2025-11-20
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Andrew Flick (Microsoft) , Wenqi Ou (Microsoft)

This session will highlight the latest innovations in Agentic DevOps – from modernizing apps to building new apps and managing production environments. Use these innovations to accelerate time to market for the solutions and services you offer, and share them with your customers to drive success in their organizations.

Partners: Accelerate Secure Migrations and Innovate in the Era of AI

Partners: Accelerate Secure Migrations and Innovate in the Era of AI

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Jonathan Stock (Microsoft) , Gabriela Perez Arredondo (Microsoft)

Protect what matters most to customers: the cloud, AI platforms, and business-critical applications. Discover how Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides a unified, intelligent solution for safeguarding workloads across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, enabling you to confidently deliver security at the speed of innovation. We'll show you how to position secure migration strategies to customers and use GTM resources and partner incentives to increase engagement.

Power future-proofed workplaces with Cisco AI

Power future-proofed workplaces with Cisco AI

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Patrick Eustace (Cisco) , Tom Richards (Cisco)

Learn how you can deliver smarter, AI-driven collaboration in your workspaces with Cisco collaboration devices and Microsoft Teams. The session will highlight how to improve workplace efficiency and employee engagement by integrating advanced AI capabilities with Cisco's intuitive collaboration devices. Witness how these tools create a seamless experience for employees, whether working in the office or remotely, and why this integration is a game-changer for today's work.

Power Platform: Innovation across apps, automation, and portals

Power Platform: Innovation across apps, automation, and portals

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Marc Schweigert (Microsoft) , Tiffany Treacy (Microsoft)

See how Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages are advancing today with new AI capabilities. From M365 Copilot integrations and secure connectors to RPA, governance, and observability, the core Power Platform is getting more robust and smarter. Learn how these improvements help organizations modernize their enterprise solutions responsibly, while laying the foundation for an agent-first future.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Real Stories of AI Transformation in Local Government

Real Stories of AI Transformation in Local Government

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Michael Makstman (City and County of San Francisco) , Brett Howard (Superior Court of California, County of Orange) , Angel Smith (Microsoft)

Hear directly from government and city leaders as they share their journeys of digital transformation using Microsoft technologies. We will feature voices from cities world-wide, showcasing real-world use cases in AI adoption, data modernization, and citizen services. Join us for a discussion designed to equip government and city attendees with technical insights, lessons learned, and peer-to-peer strategies.

Reimagine Finance with AI and Agents

Reimagine Finance with AI and Agents

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Matt Jutila (Holt Group) , April Olson (Microsoft) , Sigita Cepaitiene (Microsoft)

Finance processes are ripe for transformation with AI and agents, allowing business leaders to minimize liability, improve financial insights, and reduce overtime and tedious work for finance teams. Join us to learn about the Frontier Firm's Finance tech stack and build your own plan for transformation.

Resilience for the AI enterprise

2025-11-20
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Eddie Wlazlowski (Rubrik) , Mohammad Akram (Rubrik)

Your Microsoft environment is the backbone of business operations, but identity threats, ransomware, and AI risks are escalating fast. Join Rubrik to learn how to achieve end-to-end cyber resilience across Microsoft 365. We will cover how to keep critical operations running with rapid recovery, safeguard identities with Entra ID and Active Directory resilience, and prepare for AI by securing Copilot and agent workflows.

Safe and scalable DevOps with AI agents on GitHub

Safe and scalable DevOps with AI agents on GitHub

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Luke Hoban (Microsoft) , Chris Patterson (GitHub)

AI agents like GitHub Copilot have transformed how developers build software. In this session, learn how to leverage GitHub’s governance and security capabilities to enable agents at scale. We’ll cover best practices for rolling out agents across your organization, aligning with developer workflows, and maintaining oversight while embracing this new era of software development.

Scaling Kubernetes securely and reliably with AKS

Scaling Kubernetes securely and reliably with AKS

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Durga Rachapudi (Microsoft) , Brendan Burns (Microsoft) , Jorge Palma (Microsoft)

As Kubernetes and AI adoption grow, managing your clusters at scale becomes a strategic imperative. We'll share practical lessons from operating large clusters with AKS, including how to keep things reliable, efficient & secure. Learn about tools like Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager, smart scheduling for AI, and ways to simplify multi-cluster ops. Whether you are scaling to thousands of nodes or fine-tuning for performance, you'll leave with practical tips to improve cluster ops.

Smarter Queries Start Here: Vector Search in SQL Server & Azure SQL DB

2025-11-20
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Karen Lopez (InfoAdvisors)

SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL DB now support vector search and embeddings, enabling semantic queries that go beyond keywords. This session shows how to store, index, and query embeddings using familiar T-SQL. You’ll learn how to power smarter search, recommendations, and natural language interfaces—all within your database. Real-world examples will highlight practical use cases. If you're ready to level up your queries, this is where it starts.