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Microsoft Ignite 2025

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

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Integrating Local AI with Windows ML

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Darshak Bhatti (Microsoft) , Siyuan Peng (Microsoft)

Build a smarter image classification app with Windows ML, now available generally available. This hands-on lab walks through dynamically downloading execution providers (EPs) for NPUs, compiling models for hardware-specific EPs, and running inference locally. Learn to deploy, debug, and optimize your app using WinML APIs. Ideal for developers exploring AI acceleration on Windows devices—no pre-distributed EPs required.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Jumpstart AI-powered HR and IT support with Employee Self-Service Agent

2025-11-19
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Chung Heong Gooi (Microsoft) , Swati Gulati (Microsoft)

Build the single front door experience for your employees with the Employee Self-Service Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot. In this lab, get hands on with configuring and extending the Agent in Copilot Studio, Learn to connect HR/IT systems and third-party agents, customize workflows, and see how deploying this agent streamlines support, reduces tickets, and boosts employee satisfaction—all with enterprise-grade security.

Please RSVP and arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to standby attendees.

Make More Informed Decisions with Geospatial Intelligence

2025-11-19
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Prasad Komma (Microsoft) , Martin Tuip (Microsoft)

As manufacturers and supply chain leaders navigate the dual pressures of operational efficiency and sustainability, geospatial intelligence (GSI) is emerging as a transformative force. This lab session explores how the integration of Earth observation data, AI, and cloud-scale analytics is enabling smarter, faster, and greener decision-making across industrial ecosystems.

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Manage sensitive data using information protection in the age of AI

2025-11-19
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Stefanie Bier (Microsoft) , Maxime Bombardier (Microsoft)

This lab introduces key data classification and protection tools in Microsoft Purview. Participants learn to create and customize sensitive information types to identify sensitive data, and apply sensitivity labels to enforce encryption, access controls, and content marking. Gain hands-on experience in building and managing policies that secure data across Microsoft 365.

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Multi-Agent Apps with Microsoft Agent Framework or LangGraph

2025-11-19
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Theo van Kraay (Microsoft) , Sandeep Nair (Microsoft)

Build a multi-agent application leveraging MCP (Model Context Protocol) with the Microsoft Agent Framework in C# or LangGraph in Python, integrated with Azure Cosmos DB for scalable and high-performance data persistence and retrieval. Define agents, functions, and external service integrations, implement memory, state management, and semantic search using Azure Cosmos DB. By the end, you’ll have a robust AI agent system designed for real-world applications.

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Prototyping multimodal agents with Microsoft Foundry and the AI Toolkit

2025-11-19
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Carlotta Castelluccio (Microsoft) , David Smith (Microsoft)

In this lab, you'll get hands-on with the AI Toolkit (AITK) and Microsoft Foundry in VS Code to explore and compare the latest multimodal and reasoning models from the Model Catalog. Learn how to augment models for a real-world business scenario, using prompt and context engineering. Prototype an agent using the AITK Agent Builder, and equip the agent with the right tools via the Model context Protocol (MCP).

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Accelerate Secure AI: Microsoft’s Security Advantage for Partners

Accelerate Secure AI: Microsoft’s Security Advantage for Partners

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Ann Choi (Microsoft) , Steve Dispensa (Microsoft)

Understand the comprehensive Microsoft Security Solutions portfolio and how it creates continuous value for your Enterprise, Corporate or SMB customers, by simplifying and strengthening their security posture. In the era of AI, learn what it takes to lead as a Frontier Firm, next-generation security partner by harnessing Microsoft's integrated solutions. You’ll walk away with an understanding of the partner opportunity, and the resources to accelerate your security practice in the AI era.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Accelerate the AI journey to position your enterprise as frontier firm

2025-11-19
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Jennifer Weis (Microsoft) , Chandan Pani (LTIMindtree) , Balaji Sunder (LTIMindtree) , Rajesh Kumar PR (LTIMindtree)

As one of Microsoft’s strategic customers, LTIMindtree shares its pioneering journey in Copilot adoption. Discover how you can learn from the how the firm is shaping enterprise AI usage, driving innovation, and setting new benchmarks in Copilot security, governance, and scale—positioning itself as a frontier firm in the AI-first era.

Boost cloud and AI ROI using Microsoft Marketplace

Boost cloud and AI ROI using Microsoft Marketplace

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Rajesh Ramankutty (Microsoft) , Matt Hillegass (Mars Inc)

As organizations embrace an AI-first future, cloud adoption is accelerating to drive innovation and efficiency. This session explores practical strategies to optimize cloud investments—balancing performance, scalability, and cost control. Learn how Microsoft Marketplace enables rapid solution deployment while maintaining governance, compliance, and budget discipline. Build a resilient, cost-effective cloud foundation that supports AI and beyond.

Build and customize local AI into enterprise apps with Windows AI APIs

Build and customize local AI into enterprise apps with Windows AI APIs

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Ivan Razumenic (Microsoft) , Connor Al-Joundi (Microsoft)

See how Microsoft Foundry on Windows makes enabling local AI easy on Copilot+ PCs with Windows AI APIs — no cloud, hosting, or ML expertise needed. Use built-in models on Copilot+ PCs like Phi Silica to integrate built-in language and vision capabilities. Enable turnkey features like summarization, rewriting, and image understanding with minimal code. Customize AI models with own proprietary data using LoRA (low rank adapter) fine-tuning and app content search.

Building Partner Solutions with Microsoft Foundry

2025-11-19
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Daniel Epstein (Microsoft)

Learn how partners can build scalable, secure AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry. Integrate models from OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral, Hugging Face, and Meta Llama using Azure Databricks, Cosmos DB, Snowflake, and SQL. Foundry enables orchestration of agents, model customization, and secure data workflows—all within environments like GitHub, Visual Studio, and Copilot Studio.

Compliance by Design: Integrating Trust into Agent Lifecycle

2025-11-19
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Manny Sahota (Microsoft) , Sankalp Madaan (Microsoft)

Trusted starting point for aligning innovation with regulation. Provides compliance and security health score, AI regulation templates (EU AI Act, DPDP India, NIST AI RMF), unified Regulatory Navigator, and Microsoft Foundry integration.

Embrace the future of software engineering to drive innovation

2025-11-19
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Mark Tomlinson (FreedomPay) , Alois Reitbauer (Dynatrace)

Are you leveraging agentic AI on Microsoft Azure but struggling with visibility and performance? Join us for a 20-minute session where we'll explore how Dynatrace provides impactful observability for your AI workloads. Learn how FreedomPay, a leader in FinTech, uses Dynatrace to gain a holistic view of transactions, reduce resolution times by 80%, scale across AI workloads and optimize performance to drive innovation.

Empowering Healthcare Through Scalable AI for Trusted Partners

Empowering Healthcare Through Scalable AI for Trusted Partners

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Feliz Fuentes Montpellier (Microsoft) , Kees Hertogh (Microsoft)

Learn how joining the Microsoft partner ecosystem unlocks the latest agentic AI, data, and platform innovations to help you build, extend, and scale intelligent solutions across your organization. Discover how a unified marketplace with AI solutions and agents can enable your business to impact care.

Explore Microsoft Agent 365 security and governance capabilities

Explore Microsoft Agent 365 security and governance capabilities

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Joanne Marone (Microsoft) , Irina Nechaeva (Microsoft) , Shilpa Ranganathan (Microsoft) , Kim Kischel (Microsoft)

Confidently activate your AI agent estate with Microsoft Agent 365. Whether an assistive agent or fully autonomous digital worker, learn how Agent 365 provides comprehensive security and governance to help you manage AI access and agent sprawl, prevent data oversharing and leaks, defend against AI threats and vulnerabilities, and comply with AI regulations.

Foundry Control Plane: Managing AI agents at scale

Foundry Control Plane: Managing AI agents at scale

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Mehrnoosh Sameki (Microsoft) , Jaspreet Singh (Infosys) , Peter Simones (Microsoft)

Trust is everything. Get the playbook for responsible AI at scale and learn how Foundry Control Plane bakes in safety, guardrails, and compliance so you can innovate without fear. Learn how to set policies, roll out updates, and keep your AI fleet running smooth. Operators who want total control, this Microsoft Foundry session is for you.

Modernize your apps in days with AI agents in GitHub Copilot

Modernize your apps in days with AI agents in GitHub Copilot

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Scott Hunter (Microsoft) , Timothy Ng (Microsoft) , Kalpesh Sharma (Capgemini America Inc.)

Still wrangling legacy code and applications? Analyze, upgrade, and migrate apps to Azure services with autonomous AI agents in GitHub Copilot— drastically simply your modernization effort, unlocking the full power of the cloud with confidence and staying in full control during each step.

Move from cloud to AI-first and seize the next frontier for partners

Move from cloud to AI-first and seize the next frontier for partners

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Eric Gourmelen (Arrow ECS) , Sophie Daval (ARROW)

The partner opportunity has never been bigger, and the next frontier is AI. In this session, discover how adopting an AI-first mindset, powered by Microsoft innovation and ArrowSphere, helps MSPs, VARs, ISVs, and CSPs stay ahead. Learn proven methodologies to move beyond cloud complexity and seize new revenue streams. With practical AI use cases and go-to-market strategies, you'll leave ready to lead your customers into the AI frontier.

Partner: Innovate with Low-Code AI and agents

Partner: Innovate with Low-Code AI and agents

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Courtney Lanza (Microsoft) , Saurabh Swarup (Cognizant) , Paula Nobre Santos (Microsoft)

As AI transformation accelerates, innovation and agility are key. Partners with Power Platform and AI can lead this shift, unlocking new business value. Discover how low-code apps, process automation, and AI agents help scale practices, drive growth, and deliver customer impact. Learn to modernize at scale and become a catalyst for change in the AI era.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

SQL database in Fabric: The unified database for AI apps and analytics

SQL database in Fabric: The unified database for AI apps and analytics

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Anna Hoffman (Microsoft) , Jeff Shood (Origence) , Idris Motiwala (Microsoft)

Discover how SQL in Fabric brings transactional and analytical workloads together in one cloud-native database. In this session, we’ll show how developers and data teams can simplify AI-driven application development with near real-time insights and built-in AI, seamless OneLake integration, and end-to-end analytics—all in a single, unified experience.

The blueprint for intelligent AI agents backed by PostgreSQL

The blueprint for intelligent AI agents backed by PostgreSQL

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Sharon Chen (AlphaLife Sciences) , Abe Omorogbe (Microsoft) , Maxim Lukiyanov (Microsoft)

AI agents are reshaping business operations across sectors. If you’re looking to bolster your business with agents, this session offers a strategic approach for building intelligent agents that truly understand your data. Learn how to uncover next-level AI reasoning for your agents using knowledge graphs, vector search and the latest AI integrations directly in PostgreSQL on Azure. Leave with a blueprint and best practices from Azure customers you can use to augment your own apps and copilots.

Transform your factory floor—AI-driven digital twins deliver precision and speed

2025-11-19
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Christian Holl (Microsoft) , Thomas Albrecht (Krones AG)

Discover how Krones and Microsoft are transforming beverage production with AI-powered digital twins. By reducing simulation times from hours to minutes, this breakthrough enables real-time optimization, autonomous decision-making, and sustainable efficiency. Learn how advanced cloud and GPU technologies drive Industry 4.0 innovation and set new standards for smart manufacturing.

Unlock trustworthy AI with governance as the accelerator

2025-11-19
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Benjamin Niaulin (ShareGate)

AI is only as effective as the data it can reach. If Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive aren’t well governed, Copilot can amplify duplication, oversharing, and compliance gaps, slowing adoption and eroding trust. In this session, you’ll see:

How Copilot accesses data and where governance stops oversharing

A prioritized checklist to cut duplication and sprawl

The controls and ROI metrics that drive adoption and leadership buy-in

You’ll leave with an actionable roadmap to strengthen M365

Community Theater: Security Copilot

2025-11-19
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Saurabh Jain (Microsoft)

Security teams face relentless pressure - more alerts, more complexity, and fewer resources. With generative AI, we have the opportunity to change the game. Join Microsoft product teams to discover what’s new in Security Copilot and how it’s transforming the way security and IT teams work. In this session, we’ll share the latest features designed to automate tasks, surface critical insights, and accelerate response - helping you protect at the speed and scale of AI. Through demos, you’ll see how Security Copilot empowers your teams to detect, investigate, and defend smarter and faster than ever before