Accenture research shows 70% of customers spend more with companies that offer seamless experiences, reinforcing how the right blend of technology and empathy can turn every interaction into a moment of brand connection. Join us to explore how companies can turn cost centers into growth drivers using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Copilot Studio, intelligent IVR, and AI-guided workflows. Based on our work with 1-800-Flowers, we'll show how contact centers are building trust, relationships and growth.

As we enter the AI and agentic era, intuitive, interoperable product and commercial experiences are vital for durable success. Users expect these across all workflows. Join us to explore strategies for secure, profitable participation and unlocking network effects. Leaders from Nvidia, model companies, and agent platforms will share insights to help navigate this dynamic, interconnected ecosystem.

Join Scott Hanselman for a fast-paced, unscripted AMA. Ask anything—from developer tools and open source to AI, productivity, and career growth. Expect candid insights, community shout-outs, and real talk from one of tech’s most engaging voices.

Learn how we have designed our incentives portfolio from the ground up to help partners grow, achieve solution-focused wins, and maximize customer value.  We’ll explore the great opportunity this year. Our portfolio is designed to accelerate Partner success and we're evolving our investment approach, building on last year’s growth through impactful customer engagement. 

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Imagine if every researcher could collaborate with a tireless team of intelligent, synergistic AI agents with the sole purpose of accelerated innovation. This is the vision of Microsoft Discovery, bringing agentic R&D to life by leveraging the latest innovations from Microsoft and the broader scientific ecosystem. Discovery implements a continuous and iterative R&D cycle where researchers can orchestrate a team of specialized AI agents not just for reasoning, but for conducting research itself.

Explore the latest Azure Storage innovations engineered for every use case. From scaling inferencing with terabytes-per-second throughput to ensuring business continuity for mission-critical operations, Azure Storage solves diverse challenges with flexibility and reliability. Whether you’re modernizing legacy environments, optimizing Tier-0 workloads, or building next-generation AI applications, you’ll get practical guidance to transform and accelerate your cloud journey with Azure Storage.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Take command of your AI fleet! Discover how Observability in Foundry Control Plane gives you real-time visibility, ironclad governance, and the power to optimize every agent. If you run AI at scale, this is the session that will change how you monitor, optimize, and govern every agent, securely with Microsoft Foundry. If reliability and compliance matter, this session is your playbook.

Azure HorizonDB is Azure’s new fully managed PostgreSQL database for mission-critical workloads. Join engineering and product leaders to explore the architecture that enables enhanced scalability without sacrificing performance, ultra-fast failovers, and read replicas for constant availability. Learn how HorizonDB combines open-source Postgres with state-of-the-art Azure infrastructure, cutting-edge database innovation and advanced AI features to power next-generation applications.

Join fellow identity practitioners for a focused roundtable on proactively designing resilient identity architectures using Microsoft Entra. We’ll explore strategies for secure access, automation, and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments—sharing real-world insights and surfacing ideas to strengthen Entra’s capabilities.

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.

Certifications allow you to showcase your skills to employers and differentiate from other professionals in the industry with a highly respected credential endorsed by Microsoft. Learn about all the resources that can help ensure you’re prepared and ready to pass an exam with confidence.

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.

Curious about BCPA? Join this small-group discussion to learn how we’re helping Microsoft partners collaborate, skill their teams, pursue joint opportunities, and scale their business with AI, Copilot, and more. Hear real stories of partner success, explore membership benefits, and discover how to be part of a growing community built for the future of work.

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.

Discover how SharePoint Embedded unlocks a new way to store and manage documents directly within your Microsoft 365 tenant. Whether you’re an admin looking for control or an app builder ready to innovate, this roundtable will help you learn how to harness this powerful platform. Discuss best practices for governance if ISV and LOB apps, explore integration patterns, and see how to supercharge your Copilot experiences with embedded content.

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.

Windows ML is a new performance-first AI framework built into Windows to enable secure, on-device inferencing across CPU, GPU, and NPU. See how you can use various models with no cloud or extra infrastructure needed. Learn how Windows ML helps streamline deployment across diverse hardware tiers and manage dependencies to reduce your app size to deliver fast, private, and scalable AI experiences.

Join us for a fireside chat with industry-leading brands unlocking transformative value through AI. Explore real-world AI adoption across industries from financial services, consumer products, manufacturing and telco. Hear candid insights on lessons learned, unexpected wins, and what it truly takes to move from ambition to enterprise-wide impact. Explore real-world AI adoption. Hear candid insights on lessons learned, unexpected wins, and what it truly takes to move from ambition to enterprise-wide impact.

Colette Stallbaumer will host a Microsoft customer on stage to discuss how they are leveraging Copilot to drive growth, the transformative impact of agents, and their journey toward becoming a Frontier Firm.

The Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program is the primary way we engage and invest in our partner ecosystem.  The program brings everything together across the whole of the partner lifecycle, including onboarding, skilling, go-to-market, incentives, and co-selling. In this session, learn about our Partner Program, its evolution, exciting new offers and how it enables partners drive growth.

Learn how intelligent infrastructure, agentic operations, and AI-driven tools are transforming cloud reliability, security, and agility for every workload. Join Chief Product Officer of Azure Platform, Jeremy Winter and guests, to discover how Azure’s latest innovations empower organizations to modernize, secure, and scale with confidence.

Discover how Windows is powering AI and agents helping frontier firms accelerate innovation and deliver impact across teams and customers. Join Microsoft engineering leaders for demos and hear how companies like Levi’s are transforming with intelligent productivity, secure work anywhere, and resilient protection.

Agentic DevOps is shaping the future of software engineering, driving productivity and innovation through automation and intelligent collaboration. Learn how AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and Azure are empowering developers at Microsoft to innovate faster and more securely. Gain practical insights and strategies from Microsoft’s journey to empower your own DevOps transformation.

Join Rob Lefferts for a dynamic look at Microsoft’s vision for AI-driven security, with insights from special guest Allie Mellen, Principal Analyst at Forrester. See how intelligent agents and automation help security teams prevent threats, respond faster, and stay ahead of attackers. We’ll highlight innovations in Microsoft Defender, new agentic capabilities transforming SOC operations, and real-world stories of organizations strengthening their defenses.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

“On Air at Microsoft Ignite” will deep dive into key announcements with expert interviews, demonstrations, and real-world applications for all the latest news. ​

Hour 2 will feature:​ Becoming Frontier across industries: Kathleen Mitford and Satish Thomas​ C3 AI: Adi Bhashyam​ Cognizant: Shveta Arora​ SAP: Dr. Walter Sun​ Cisco: Tom Richards​ PwC: Dan Priest & Jim Randall

This session explores tools and strategies to protect data, streamline development, and ensure compliance—empowering IT leaders and platform owners to operate confidently in an AI-driven world. Discover how Copilot Studio and Power Platform help enterprises manage agents with robust security, scalable governance, and operational health.

Learn how to maximize your Secure AI Productivity CSP opportunity with Microsoft 365. In this session, we will cover our key go-to-market investments and important announcements intended to help you boost your execution. Additionally, we will make it real for you by sharing best practices from partners who are leveraging our Win Formula. Don’t miss this chance to learn and apply these insights into your business!

Learn how the Premier League transformed decades of match data, editorial content, and video into a real-time, intelligent, personalized fan experience. This session explores how data strategy, AI orchestration, and scalable architecture can elevate engagement across global audiences of the world's most watched league —with actionable lessons from Microsoft and Premier League leaders to apply in your own organization.

With more connectors than ever for Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot, organizations are looking for ways to protect multiple data sources from exposure and possible exfiltration. Learn about a data-first security approach to scale AI responsibly across enterprise systems, reinforcing our joint vision of secure, responsible AI adoption.