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Microsoft Ignite 2025

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

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Accelerate SQL Migrations with AI-assisted experience in Azure Arc

2025-11-20
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Anand Tripathi (Microsoft) , Anitha Adusumilli (Microsoft)

Discover how Azure Arc simplifies SQL Server migration with a unified, end-to-end experience. From automated assessments and real-time replication to seamless provisioning and cutover, Azure Arc accelerates modernization while delivering near-zero downtime. Learn how IT and business leaders can confidently migrate, optimize performance, and unlock the full potential of their data estate.

Converge security for cloud and AI on Azure

2025-11-20
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Spencer Thellmann (Palo Alto Networks) , Narayan Sundar (Palo Alto Networks Inc.)

This session introduces a unified platform converging cloud and AI security built to integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Azure. Move beyond fragmented tools that create friction and slow innovation. We will discuss key use cases and how this platform secures your entire cloud estate and AI lifecycle, plus the first steps to adoption. This session is for strategic IT Decision-Makers, Cloud Architects, and Security Leaders responsible for securing cloud transformation and AI initiatives.

Navigate trusted industrial AI with Siemens Polarion X on Microsoft

2025-11-20
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Jean-François Thibeault (Siemens Industry Software Ltd.)

Polarion X on Azure redefines Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for industrial solutions. This collaboration leverages Microsoft’s AI and cloud innovation with Siemens’ deep industrial expertise to deliver exceptional quality, accelerated development, and transformative outcomes.

Overcome roadblocks to master Cloud PC and AVD

2025-11-20
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Trentent Tye (ControlUp)

Cloud PC and Azure Virtual Desktop unlock flexibility and scalability, but they also bring new challenges that can frustrate admins and users alike. In this session, we’ll tackle the top five hurdles - slow logons, performance bottlenecks, network issues, and Teams call quality - and show you how ControlUp solves them with real-time monitoring, synthetic testing, and automation that keeps your environment running smoothly.

AVS from Migration and Optimization to Modernization

2025-11-20
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Husam Hilal (Microsoft) , Carlos Villuendas (Microsoft) , Trevor Davis (Microsoft)

Deploy AVS and manage VMware vSphere environment as an Azure resources (B) Connect AVS private cloud secretly with Internet (C) Migrate VMs from on-premises to AVS using VMware HCX technology (D) Expand AVS private cloud storage with Azure NetApp Files or Azure Elastic SAN; scaling storage independently from compute (E) Manage AVS workloads VMs using Azure interfaces by Arc-enabling AVS private cloud and its VMs (F) Modernization workloads with Azure Services like Azure SQL Managed Instances and AI capabilities.

Note: this session will use demo environments instead of live environments due to complexity and time.

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

Bounce back from cyberattacks and reestablish trusted systems faster​

2025-11-20
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Erfan Setork (Microsoft) , Jed Wallace (Cohesity)

Under the shared responsibility model, you play a critical role in protecting Azure and M365 data. Learn how Cohesity’s AI-powered platform extends native protections to secure workloads, automate policy enforcement, and reduce recovery time. You’ll see how to isolate backups from production accounts, detect attacks, and orchestrate near-instant recovery—reestablishing trusted systems quickly and with confidence—while delivering cyber resilience at lower TCO than traditional approaches.

Build and deploy AI agents with MCP and Azure Functions

2025-11-20
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Chris Gillum (Microsoft) , Nick Greenfield (Microsoft)

This lab provides a comprehensive overview of building, deploying, and securing AI agents. We will start by creating a single agent with Azure Functions and Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry, then enhance it with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and add data grounding with Azure Cosmos DB. You will also combine the single agents to form a multi-agent system. You will then deploy, manage and secure the application on a Flex Consumption plan.

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

Build new AI Applications with Azure SQL Databases

2025-11-20
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Brian Spendolini (Microsoft) , Aaron S Saidi (Microsoft)

Join us for a hands-on workshop showcasing the latest Azure SQL innovations to supercharge your applications. Learn how to harness generative AI alongside Azure SQL Database to elevate your data strategies with AI concepts like language models, prompt engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and streamline with Microsoft Copilot. Whether you're a developer, architect, or IT professional, this workshop is your ticket to mastering SQL and AI to stay ahead in the data-driven landscape.

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

Fast track your Linux and PostgreSQL migration with Azure Migrate

2025-11-20
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Jack Tracey (Microsoft) , Andy Slivinschi (Microsoft)

Learn how to seamlessly modernize a Linux application stack in Azure. Participants will be able to step through the migration process with a Linux/Postgres/Java application and utilize infrastructure as a code (IaC) for scale migrations.

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

Governing AI Apps & Agents with AI Gateway in Azure API Management

2025-11-20
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Annaji sharma Ganti (Microsoft) , Galin Iliev (Microsoft)

In this hands-on lab, discover how to govern AI Apps & Agents using AI Gateway in Azure API Management. Learn to apply governance best practices by onboarding AI models, monitoring and controlling token usage, enforcing safety and compliance, and boosting performance with semantic caching. You’ll also govern MCP-based agent architectures by creating secure, efficient servers from APIs or connecting to backend MCP servers, equipping you to deliver responsible, resilient AI solutions at scale.

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

On Air at Microsoft Ignite: Day 3, Hour 2

2025-11-20
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Sarah Young (Microsoft) , Seth Juarez (Microsoft) , Akosua Boadi-Agyemang (Microsoft)

“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:​ Azure Accelerate in action: Confidently migrate, modernize, and build faster: Cyril Belikoff​ Cisco: Patrick Eustace​ Dell: Kenny Lowe​ Build secure agentic AI apps with SQL Server 2025: Sirjad Parakkat & Anna Hoffman​ IBM: Nigel Cain​ PwC: Scott Sikorski

Start, Get and Stay Resilient with Azure

2025-11-20
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Steven Bucher (Microsoft) , Akarsh Prabhu (Microsoft)

Understand the Start, Get, and Stay Resilient journey. Get equipped with tools & insights to architect mission critical applications with Azure’s Resiliency and Configuration experiences. Assess your resiliency posture, apply recommendations, validate your posture and orchestrate recovery. With the Essentials Machine Management bundle from Azure, manage and maintain the state of your resources, enforce configurations across devices and ensure resilience is not a one-time goal but an ongoing state.

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

AI-assisted migration: The path to powerful performance on PostgreSQL

AI-assisted migration: The path to powerful performance on PostgreSQL

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Jonathon Frost (Microsoft) , Guy Bowerman (Microsoft) , Luigi Nardi (DBtune) , Ashokkan Somuveerappan (Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited)

Apollo Hospitals unlocked faster performance and sped up innovation by migrating to Azure Database for PostgreSQL. Ready to move beyond your legacy databases? Join us to learn how to make the move seamless with AI-assisted migration for Oracle workloads. Plus, hear how a move to Azure enables innovation and explore the latest features that deliver the resilience and extensibility needed to bolster your databases to support more intelligent applications and demanding workloads.

Build Partner Advantage: Drive Key AI Use-Cases with Azure Tech Stack

Build Partner Advantage: Drive Key AI Use-Cases with Azure Tech Stack

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Ashley Asdourian (Microsoft) , Tim Denley (KPMG International) , Don Scott (Microsoft)

The session will highlight the most popular market trends and use-cases in building apps and agents for customers, and how partners can use the full Azure tech stack - app, data, and AI platforms, with the world's most popular developer tools, to offer their customers the solutions they need. The session will cover resources made available to partners to be successful.

From VMs and containers to AI apps with Azure Red Hat OpenShift

From VMs and containers to AI apps with Azure Red Hat OpenShift

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Campbell Vertesi (Microsoft) , Mayuri Gupta (Microsoft) , Phelipi Dal’Olio Santos (BRADESCO BANK)

Discover how organizations can simplify operations and reduce costs with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization on ARO—running containers and virtual machines together on a unified platform. Then hear from Bradesco, who will share how they are advancing their AI strategy with Microsoft Foundry on ARO, leveraging Microsoft's enterprise-grade AI capabilities to innovate securely and at scale.

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.

On Air at Microsoft Ignite: Day 3, Hour 1

2025-11-20
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Sarah Young (Microsoft) , Seth Juarez (Microsoft) , Akosua Boadi-Agyemang (Microsoft)

“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 1 will feature:​ Preview: What’s new with Azure Databases and SQL Server: Shireesh Thota ​ Lenovo: Adam Mandelbloom​ Your Next Move: Skilling for the AI Era with Microsoft: Jeana Jorgensen​ Securing AI at Scale: Microsoft’s Latest Innovations: Herain Oberoi​ C3 AI: Nikhil Krishnan

Build and deploy AI agents with MCP and Azure Functions

2025-11-20
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Chris Gillum (Microsoft) , Nick Greenfield (Microsoft)

This lab provides a comprehensive overview of building, deploying, and securing AI agents. We will start by creating a single agent with Azure Functions and Foundry Agent Service in Microsoft Foundry, then enhance it with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and add data grounding with Azure Cosmos DB. You will also combine the single agents to form a multi-agent system. You will then deploy, manage and secure the application on a Flex Consumption plan.

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

Migrate ASP.NET Apps using Managed Instance on Azure App Service

2025-11-20
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Gaurav Seth (Microsoft) , Mayunk Jain (Microsoft)

Effortlessly modernize classic ASP.NET apps with Managed Instance on Azure App Service. Enjoy frictionless migration, minimal code changes, and great control with custom software support. Get benefits of VMs with agility, security & scalability of PaaS.

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

Migrate to AKS Automatic with GitHub Copilot for App Modernization

2025-11-20
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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.

Partner: Azure and Omniverse as the Unified Platform for Physical AI

2025-11-20
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Chibuzo Obi (Microsoft) , Zion Brewer (NVIDIA)

Azure and NVIDIA Omniverse are transforming how SDCs, GSIs, and enterprises build Digital Twins, Simulation, and Physical AI workloads. As a unified platform, they enable immersive 3D collaboration, real-time monitoring, and physics-based simulations to optimize operations. Physical AI accelerates Human-Robot-AI collaboration via synthetic 3D data and Large Action Model training. Real-world scenarios show partners driving innovation and excellence.

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.

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Inference at record speed with Azure ND Virtual Machines

Inference at record speed with Azure ND Virtual Machines

2025-11-20 Watch
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Nitin Nagarkatte (Microsoft) , Hugo Affaticati (Microsoft)

Azure sets new inference records with 865K and 1.1M tokens/sec on ND GB200/GB300 v6 VMs. These results stem from deep stack optimization—from GPU kernels like GEMM and attention to multi-node scaling. Using LLAMA benchmarks, we’ll show how model architecture and hardware codesign drive throughput and efficiency. Customers benefit from faster time-to-value, lower cost per token, and production-ready infrastructure. Attendees can connect with Azure engineers to discuss best practices.