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Microsoft Ignite 2025

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

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Zero-copy data unification with Fabric Mirroring and Shortcuts

2025-11-20
theater
Maraki Ketema (Microsoft) , Matthew Hicks (Microsoft)

In this fast-paced theater session, discover how Microsoft Fabric simplifies data unification with Mirroring and Shortcuts. Instantly connect to any data source—cloud, on-prem, structured or unstructured—without duplication or ETL. Learn how OneLake and its catalog turn connected data into actionable insights for BI and AI at scale.

Inside Windows Security, from client to cloud

Inside Windows Security, from client to cloud

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Katharine Holdsworth (Microsoft) , Katie Anderson (Microsoft) , Pratik Shah (Microsoft)

The latest innovations across Windows—from client to cloud—are designed to improve your security posture and protect users, devices and data. Join this session to learn about the newest security capabilities across Windows 11 and Windows 365 to protect users and data, including features like password and identity management, protecting against malware, hotpatching, hardware updates and more. We will also discuss how Cloud PC devices like Windows 365 Link are changing the game in Windows endpoints.

Maintain regulatory compliance with the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud

Maintain regulatory compliance with the Microsoft Sovereign Cloud

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Ella hassan (Microsoft) , Harald Solstad Fianbakken (Microsoft)

Dive into how Microsoft Sovereign Cloud addresses a spectrum of digital sovereignty needs. Engineering leaders will highlight features ranging from keeping data, operations, access, and encryption secure and under your control to enabling critical workloads in hybrid and regulated environments—helping you navigate regulatory complexity, strengthen digital resilience, and innovate with confidence.

Power next-generation AI workloads with NVIDIA Blackwell on Azure

Power next-generation AI workloads with NVIDIA Blackwell on Azure

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Dave Salvator (NVIDIA)

The era of agentic and physical AI is here. The NVIDIA Blackwell architecture delivers groundbreaking advancements for next-gen AI and accelerated computing workloads ranging from reasoning and multimodal inference, to robotics simulation and visual AI agents. Explore how the purpose-built collaboration of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell tackle a range of AI use cases leveraging the security and flexibility of Microsoft Azure cloud - delivering smarter, faster and more efficient AI.

Sam’s Club transforms retail mission-critical apps with Azure

Sam’s Club transforms retail mission-critical apps with Azure

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Justine Cocchi (Microsoft) , Gautam Chandra (Walmart Global Tech)

Learn practical strategies from Sam’s Club for modernizing mission-critical apps to Azure. Dive into technical strategies, get hands-on guidance to implement key resilience patterns and how to operationalize them in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and other critical Azure services. By the end of this session, developers and cloud practitioners will walk away with tools to modernize legacy monolithic apps for resilience, performance, and scale in Azure.

Unlock the power of Azure with the Citrix platform multiplier

Unlock the power of Azure with the Citrix platform multiplier

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Shawn Bass (Citrix) , Quentin DRION (MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY SA) , Hermann Pais (Microsoft)

You've invested in Azure and Windows 365, but are you truly getting the most out of your investment? Optimize cloud costs and maximize the value of your Microsoft cloud environment in this session demonstrating how the Citrix platform acts as a powerful multiplier, enhancing security and delivering a powerful user experience. Unlock the full potential of your existing infrastructure.

Migrate to AKS Automatic with GitHub Copilot for App Modernization

2025-11-20
talk
Brian Redmond (Microsoft) , Michael YenChi Ho (Microsoft)

In this hands-on lab, you will learn how to migrate traditional workloads to AKS using containerization and AKS Automatic, while enhancing functionality through integration with Azure PaaS services. We'll also explore how GitHub Copilot Application Modernization accelerates the process with AI-assisted coding and intelligent refactoring, helping teams streamline modernization and unlock cloud-native capabilities faster.

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

Windows 365 Reserve: Fast, flexible, and ready for anything

2025-11-20
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Nyler Gaskins (Microsoft) , Adam Nichols (Microsoft)

In this hands-on lab, learn how to deploy secure, on-demand Cloud PCs using Windows 365 Reserve—ideal for travel, recovery, and temporary access. You'll create provisioning profiles, assign Cloud PCs, and configure Conditional Access, Entra ID, and networking. Experience the full user journey from sign-in to productivity. Leave equipped to streamline endpoint readiness with minimal overhead and respond to unexpected needs.

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

Reshaping IoT Operations with AI from cloud and edge

2025-11-20
theater
Anthony Girolamo (Microsoft) , Gurleen Kaloty (Microsoft)

Join us to learn how to digitize your operations and scale AI workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will learn how to secure and scale your IoT operations data and use Microsoft Fabric as your single data platform to reduce downtime, improve asset tracking, and address operational simulation scenarios.

Cloud PC devices: Get started with Windows 365 Link and see what's new

2025-11-20
theater
A.J. Smith (Microsoft) , David Wells (Microsoft)

Cloud PC devices such as Windows 365 Link are simple, secure, purpose-built devices for Windows 365 that can help you improve end-user and IT efficiency in shared spaces. Join us to get an overview of the benefits of this solution, discover how to efficiently deploy and manage it using Microsoft Intune, and learn what’s new across end-user and IT experiences.

Enabling the next wave of cloud transformation with Azure Networking

Enabling the next wave of cloud transformation with Azure Networking

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DEEPAK BANSAL (Microsoft) , Narayan Annamalai (Microsoft)

Azure Network is the backbone of Microsoft’s cloud vision—enabling secure, scalable, and high-performance connectivity across the globe.

Discover the evolution of Azure networking innovations across its networking foundations, connectivity, application delivery and security. Learn how these advancements boost multi-region deployment, security, and performance at scale. Hear real-world examples on how organizations are architecting resilient, intelligent, and hybrid cloud infrastructures.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Executing on the channel-led marketplace opportunity for partners

Executing on the channel-led marketplace opportunity for partners

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James McBain (Canalys) , Jason Rook (Microsoft) , Darren Sharpe (Microsoft)

In the AI era, customers will lean on you—their trusted channel partner—to navigate agents, intelligent applications, and broader cloud needs. We're expanding the power of the partner ecosystem through Microsoft Marketplace to support our partners in channel-led sales at scale. Discover practical strategies across diverse dealmaking scenarios to grow your business and deepen your Microsoft partnership.

Interactive Session: Accelerate workloads with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs

2025-11-20
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Anshul Fadnavis (NVIDIA)

Experience the power of the newly launched NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, designed to accelerate a wide array of workloads including video streaming, graphics rendering, product design, digital twins, and AI development. Explore the latest GPU offerings with Azure Cloud and learn how to leverage Azure Local for cost-effective hybrid deployments of cutting-edge use cases. We will also provide sizing recommendations and deployment options for various workloads.

Microsoft Azure AI streamlines patient requisition for North America’s top diagnostics lab

2025-11-20
theater
Vilas Sarangdhar (Tata Consultancy Services)

North America’s leading diagnostics laboratory partnered with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to reimagine its patient requisition management system using Microsoft Azure AI. Historically, lab requisition processes were fragmented and relied on manual steps, causing inefficiencies. TCS implemented an Azure AI-infused cloud solution automating workflows across 500+ patient centers, processing 20,000+ requisitions daily with 30% higher efficiency and <5 min SLA. This collaboration showcases how Azure AI drives innovation and digital transformation in healthcare diagnostics.

Modernizing Mission-Critical Databases: How a Large Enterprise Gained Data Control

2025-11-20
theater
Nirmal Kohli (Microsoft) , Animesh Pillai (Tessell)

Equinor, a $100B global energy leader partnered with Tessell to migrate 700+ Oracle and SQL Server databases to Azure - without re-architecting. With cloud-native HA/DR, automation, and cost visibility, they achieved 65% efficiency gains and cut provisioning from weeks to hours. Not theory: this is a real, enterprise-tested approach to modernizing mission-critical databases at scale. It’s secure, efficient, and built for the cloud.

Mitigating cloud threats with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

2025-11-19
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Alex Steele (Microsoft) , Drew Nicholas (Microsoft)

Attendees will learn to enable Defender for Cloud, navigate its dashboard, and interpret regulatory compliance and workload protection insights. The labs also cover secure score analysis, security recommendations, inventory management, pricing models, and governance rule assignment. By the end of the series, participants will be equipped to proactively identify and mitigate threats, strengthen cloud security posture, and align with organizational governance standards.

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

Community Theater: Cloud Perspectives: A Q&A with Azure Data Leadership

2025-11-19
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Arun Ulag (Microsoft)

Join us for a session to wrap up Azure Data announcements & road map track with an Ask Me Anything session with Azure Data Senior Leadership. This is your opportunity to ask follow-up questions for all the things you want to know, ask those future looking road map questions or even “help us understand why you chose X?”

Inside Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich

Inside Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich

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Mark Russinovich (Microsoft)

Join Mark Russinovich, CTO and Technical Fellow of Microsoft Azure. Mark will take you on a tour of the latest innovations in Azure architecture and explain how Azure enables intelligent, modern, and innovative applications at scale in the cloud, on-premises, and on the edge.

Interactive Session: Benchmarking LLM performance on Azure with NVIDIA Recipes

2025-11-19
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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.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

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.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

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.

Unlocking Innovation in Government with Microsoft Cloud & AI

Unlocking Innovation in Government with Microsoft Cloud & AI

2025-11-19 Watch
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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.

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

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

2025-11-19 Watch
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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
theater
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.