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Microsoft Ignite 2025

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

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Build powerful, smarter agents with Elasticsearch and Microsoft Foundry

2025-11-19
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Rohit Tatachar (Microsoft) , Sunile Manjee (Elastic)

Discover how Elasticsearch’s powerful vector database capabilities and the robust Azure AI Foundry Agent Framework combine to power smarter agents. View how to synthesize information from diverse data sources and how to use A2A and MCP for orchestrating complex tasks. Learn how to design and apply intelligent agents for scalable information retrieval, task coordination, and integration across systems.

Ignite your endpoint strategy with AI packaging and Intune

2025-11-19
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Arthur Hitomi (Numecent)

Continuing to install applications into desktop images erodes the benefits of modern Windows technologies, including Intune, Windows 365, and Azure Virtual Desktop.

Discover how AI packaging alleviates the most significant application headaches IT faces when adopting modern Windows desktops platforms, including legacy app compatibility issues, slow deployment times, the frequency of updates, image sprawl, and disk storage consumption.

Modern MSP playbook for multi-tenant M365 security & Copilot readiness

2025-11-19
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Matthé Smit (Inforcer)

Turn "turn on Copilot" into business outcomes. This session maps the MSP-ready path: standardize Microsoft 365, harden identity and endpoints, govern data, then deliver outcome-based AI services. We'll demonstrate live use cases and show how to make your customers more secure, boost customer retention and deliver new services.

Partners: evaluate and monitor AI agents to build customer trust

2025-11-19
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Jarrod Krige (Microsoft)

As AI agents scale from pilot to production, organizations face challenges around trust, compliance and governance. This session shows how Microsoft Foundry embeds responsible and trustworthy AI practices aligned with Microsoft’s Responsible AI principles. Learn how to evaluate agents, monitor behavior in production and automate quality and safety checks to deliver insights that speed approvals, reduce risk and build customer trust.

Transforming healthcare claims management using AI

2025-11-19
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Bala Sreenivasan (Cognizant)

Presenting Cognizant® Intelligent Claims Adjudication, a patent-filed, agentic AI solution that seamlessly integrates with any claims adjudication platform to address the claims that fall out of the system. Powered by Agentic AI and built on Cognizant’s deep industry expertise with advanced technology from Microsoft Azure, it automates complex claims decisions while keeping human experts involved, learning from the decisions taken each time. Using a proven approach that blends data analysis, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning, the solution delivers fast, accurate, and scalable claims outcomes.

Community Connection Pod: Troubleshooting AKS networking with Agentic AI

2025-11-19
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Alex Mang (KeyTicket Solutions) , Sandhya Castelino (Microsoft)

To meet growing customer demand for faster, more intuitive troubleshooting of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) networking, Azure supports deep pod level metrics, logs and visualization for AKS clusters which enables users to understand their network architecture. This session introduces how advanced container networking services with Hubble enhances AKS troubleshooting workflows, helping teams identify and resolve issues efficiently. Attendees will learn how to leverage these capabilities to streamline diagnostics, reduce operational overhead, and improve the overall reliability of their AKS deployments.

Connection Pods accommodate up to 15 people. Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Accelerate and scale physical AI development with simulation

Accelerate and scale physical AI development with simulation

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Teresa Conceicao (NVIDIA) , Ganesh Sivaraman (NVIDIA)

Join Wandelbots, Microsoft and NVIDIA for a discussion on the next era of physical AI. Explore how simulations, powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing and accelerated by NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and frameworks, Microsoft Azure, and OpenUSD are rapidly accelerating robotics development. Learn how digital twins, synthetic data generation, and closed-loop data integrations reduce risk, speed up skill acquisition, and ensure robust performance for advanced industrial and AI for robotics.

AI builder’s guide to agent development in Foundry Agent Service

AI builder’s guide to agent development in Foundry Agent Service

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Dan Taylor (Microsoft) , Travis Wilson (Microsoft) , Salman Quazi (Microsoft)

Build, operate, and scale AI agents with Foundry Agent Service. Learn how to author agents, connect tools and data, evaluate performance, and deploy to a secure runtime for production. See how to bring OpenAI API–based projects into Foundry with minimal changes while gaining enterprise-grade governance, observability, and interoperability through the Model Context Protocol and agent-to-agent capabilities.

Apps, agents, and MCP is the AI innovation recipe

Apps, agents, and MCP is the AI innovation recipe

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Jordan Selig (Microsoft) , Devanshi Joshi (Microsoft) , Nir Mashkowski (Microsoft) , Jun Yoshida (Hitachi Ltd.)

AI agents are now a core part of production environments, delivering real impact. Explore how Azure App Platform supports secure, scalable AI agent deployment and lifecycle management. You'll explore how agents use MCP tools and how built-in observability, access controls, and policy enforcement ensure reliable operations. Leave with a clear understanding of how to manage AI agents with governance and performance at scale.

Develop your enterprise playbook to prepare for the AI of tomorrow

Develop your enterprise playbook to prepare for the AI of tomorrow

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Marco Casalaina (Microsoft) , Brian Madden (Citrix)

Citrix and Microsoft futurists explore how AI will transform work by operating existing apps alongside humans. See the 7-stage progression from today's shadow AI to tomorrow's agent orchestration. Learn what changes when AI uses your interfaces, why this path beats waiting for "AI-native" apps, and how to prepare now without blocking innovation.

Innovating with confidence: Accelerating with Compliance in the age of Agents

Innovating with confidence: Accelerating with Compliance in the age of Agents

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Rahul Srivastava (Microsoft) , Sri Lakshmi Kotwal (Microsoft) , Manny Sahota (Microsoft)

Organizations face mounting cyber, regulatory, and AI governance challenges. Learn how Microsoft empowers innovation through trust—integrating governance, compliance, and AI accountability across Microsoft Purview, Compliance Manager, and Regulatory Navigator. Discover how compliance becomes a growth accelerator—turning regulation into readiness and trust into innovation.

Intelligent enterprise: Zurich and Toyota share their playbook

Intelligent enterprise: Zurich and Toyota share their playbook

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Ravi Chandu Ummadisetti (Toyota) , Tim Stabler , Brouhon Cédric (Zurich Insurance Group)

AI dominates headlines—but how do we cut through the noise? In this candid session, tech leaders share how they’re navigating AI’s biggest promises and toughest realities. Learn how they balance innovation with responsibility, turn hype into action, and shape the future of work. Expect real challenges, lessons, and defining moments—not just theory.

Interactive Session: Benchmarking LLM performance on Azure with NVIDIA Recipes

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Hannah Coutand (NVIDIA DGX Cloud) , Jer-Ming Chia (Microsoft)

AI performance extends beyond chip metrics; it relies on integrated hardware, software, and infrastructure. Traditional benchmarks fall short, so NVIDIA DGX Cloud Benchmarking offers a standardized framework to evaluate large-scale AI workloads. NVIDIA and Azure present an end-to-end benchmarking workflow, sharing optimization strategies for deploying and tuning production-ready LLMs on Azure.

Marketplace success for partners—from SMB to enterprise

Marketplace success for partners—from SMB to enterprise

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Mason McCoy (Microsoft) , Jason Graefe (Microsoft)

Microsoft Marketplace is central to how we sell alongside our partner ecosystem. As demand surges for intelligent applications and personalized agents, Marketplace is how we meet customers where they are. In this session, you’ll learn how to build, ship, and monetize your AI-powered solutions—like agents and other intelligent cloud offerings—through Marketplace. We’ll share a proven formula to align your marketplace strategy with your sales motion to drive new revenue opportunities.

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Migration & Modernization—Unlocking the Next Wave of Partner Growth

Migration & Modernization—Unlocking the Next Wave of Partner Growth

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Ananthanarayan Sundaram (Microsoft) , Randy Holloway (Microsoft) , Dave Miller (Microsoft) , Roger Whitehead (Version 1)

In the era of AI-driven transformation, partners have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead customers into the future—and profit uniquely with Azure. This session will reveal how migration and modernization are not just technical motions, but strategic profit engines for partners ready to capitalize on the next wave of cloud adoption.

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Nasdaq Boardvantage: AI-driven governance on PostgreSQL and Microsoft Foundry

Nasdaq Boardvantage: AI-driven governance on PostgreSQL and Microsoft Foundry

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Mohsin Shafqat (Nasdaq) , Charles Feddersen (Microsoft)

Trusted by nearly half of Fortune 100 companies, Nasdaq Boardvantage powers secure, intelligent board operations. In this deep dive session, explore how Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and API Management create a resilient architecture that safeguards confidential data while unlocking new agentic AI capabilities.

Reimagine collaboration with multi-user AI

Reimagine collaboration with multi-user AI

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Russell Dicker (Microsoft) , Pete Daderko (Microsoft)

You know Copilot as your AI assistant - helping to boost your productivity, providing contextual intelligence, and automating repetitive tasks. Increasingly, Copilot is a valuable partner for you and your team as you collaborate together. From Copilot Chat to agents in Teams, AI contributes to how Frontier Firms collaborate. Learn about the latest innovations in multi-user AI and how your organization can improve your collaboration.

Secure code to cloud with AI infused DevSecOps

Secure code to cloud with AI infused DevSecOps

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Oz Wilder (Microsoft) , Charlie Doubek (NTT Data) , Manuel Sanchez (NTT DATA) , Marcelo Oliveira (Microsoft)

Modern development moves fast. Security teams are overwhelmed with alerts. But not all risks are equal. GitHub Advanced Security and Microsoft Defender for Cloud make DevSecOps seamless by connecting code to runtime context and unifying developer and security admin tools. Learn how to prioritize what’s actually exploitable in production, reduce alert fatigue, and accelerate remediation with AI-powered fixes with agentic workflows.

Smarter AI Agents with Azure Managed Redis

Smarter AI Agents with Azure Managed Redis

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Shruti Pathak (Microsoft) , Mark Weitzel (Microsoft) , Simon Brown (Premier League) , Georgios Theologou (Microsoft)

What if your AI agents could remember, learn and collaborate at lightning speed? Discover how Azure Managed Redis, Mem0, and Agent Framework turn stateless agents into intelligent systems. Redis enables real-time collaboration, long-term learning, and semantic routing. Mem0 adds persistent memory across sessions, while Agent Framework powers reasoning and planning. Together, they build smarter, scalable multi-agent systems ready for any domain.

Trustworthy AI at Microsoft: From commitments to capabilities

Trustworthy AI at Microsoft: From commitments to capabilities

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Natasha Crampton (Microsoft) , Vivek Sinha (Infosys) , Florent Ricci (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.) , Sarah Bird (Microsoft) , Ian Swanson (Palo Alto Networks)

Microsoft’s Trustworthy AI approach is grounded in three pillars: commitments, capabilities, and research. We are prioritizing security, sovereignty, sustainability, and safety as core areas of investment, ensuring that AI systems are built responsibly and deployed with confidence. In this session, we’ll show how these commitments translate into tangible product capabilities across Microsoft Foundry, Copilot, and the broader Microsoft AI ecosystem.

Unlocking Innovation in Government with Microsoft Cloud & AI

Unlocking Innovation in Government with Microsoft Cloud & AI

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John Doyle (Microsoft) , Kunal Modi (City and County of San Francisco) , Cole Swain (Tomorrow.io) , Chris Nikola

Governments are under increasing pressure to modernize services, improve citizen engagement, and operate more efficiently. In this session, we’ll explore Microsoft’s value proposition for public sector organizations, highlighting how cloud and AI technologies are driving transformation across national, federal, state, and local agencies. Learn how Microsoft’s platforms support secure, scalable, and compliant solutions tailored to government needs.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Unlock the power of Real-Time Intelligence in the era of AI

Unlock the power of Real-Time Intelligence in the era of AI

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Will Thompson (Microsoft) , Bharathi Rajan (Swire Coca-Cola USA) , Fred Bellio (Swire Coca-Cola USA) , Ashokkan Somuveerappan (Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited) , Yitzhak Kesselman (Microsoft) , Tessa Kloster (Microsoft)

Real Time Intelligence is a transformative technology designed to empower businesses with real-time data insights and analytics. This session will cover the journey of Real Time Intelligence from its inception to its current state, highlighting key features, capabilities, and the impact it has on operational efficiency and decision-making processes. We will also highlight customer success stories and showcase how you can revolutionize your data strategy and unlock new opportunities for growth.

What's new in Intune: empower IT, protect endpoints & optimize with AI

What's new in Intune: empower IT, protect endpoints & optimize with AI

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Eugenie Burrage (Microsoft) , Jason Roszak (Microsoft)

Discover what’s new in Microsoft Intune—from exploring deeper data with Copilot, simplifying workflows and cloud native deployments, to scaling with agents. Learn about the latest innovation across platforms to build resilient, secure, and productive environments, to stay ahead of rapidly evolving threats, app updates and device compliance. Empower IT, protect endpoints, optimize with AI to get there.

5 minutes to “Wow!” for threat detection and containment

2025-11-19
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Mario Espinoza (Illumio)

Breaches are inevitable. Disasters are optional. Watch Illumio Insights, an AI-powered cloud detection and response solution, transform complex threat detection into visual containment in minutes. As a Sentinel data lake launch partner, Insights is accessible from within Sentinel. Insights Agent within Security Copilot identifies lateral movement risk, contains threats instantly, and suggests microsegmentation policies. Stop intruders and turn threat containment into a 5-minute “wow” moment.

Agentic Incident Commander: AI-Driven Outage to RCA in Minutes

2025-11-19
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Rajaniesh Kaushikk (Virtusa Corporation)

When systems go down, every minute counts. When systems go down, every minute counts. Watch as a team of AI agents in Foundry Agent Service detect a simulated outage, diagnose the root cause, propose a fix, and publish a ready-to-use RCA—live, in under 25 minutes. Learn how to orchestrate multi-agent workflows for rapid incident response and see how AI can transform your operational playbook.