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Microsoft Ignite 2025

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

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Making AI easier with Surface Copilot+ PCs and natural input

Making AI easier with Surface Copilot+ PCs and natural input

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Andrea Rubin (Microsoft) , Erica Arnold (Microsoft)

Unlock new levels of productivity with Copilot on Windows. Experience how interacting with AI—by voice, touch, pen, or keyboard—empowers you to work your way, streamline workflows, and drive better business outcomes. Surface Copilot+ PCs and Windows enable teams to innovate and adapt, keeping productivity in the flow and helping organizations achieve more, faster.

Partners are Redefining Telecom Operations with Agentic AI

Partners are Redefining Telecom Operations with Agentic AI

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Liliana Schwartz-Brunner (Amdocs) , Jean Lawrence (Nokia) , Lindsay Berg (Microsoft)

As telcos become AI-native, Microsoft partners help transform workflows with agentic AI. Learn how to shift from AI-assisted tasks to autonomous operations using Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Copilot. Discover how to build intelligent agents that optimize networks, enhance customer care, and drive revenue—with real-world examples and guidance to differentiate your offerings.

Reinventing Manufacturing with Digital Twin

Reinventing Manufacturing with Digital Twin

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Aniket Deshpande (NVIDIA) , Prasad Satyavolu , Jon Hobgood (GE HealthCare) , Todd Mersch (Microsoft) , Gaurica Chacko (Accenture)

This session will focus on the transformative impact of digital twins on manufacturing and supply chains, powered by AI. Leaders from across the ecosystem share how these technologies can accelerate the planning and build-out of advanced manufacturing facilities. Additionally, we will explore how to transform productivity and efficiency across existing operations leveraging data and AI including use of agents.

Running AI on Azure Storage: Fast, secure, and scalable

Running AI on Azure Storage: Fast, secure, and scalable

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Saurabh Sensharma (Microsoft) , Vamshi Kommineni (Microsoft) , Natalie Mao (Rakuten Group)

AI workloads require a fast and secure data infrastructure that works seamlessly. Learn how Azure Blob storage scales for OpenAI, how Azure Container Storage and Blobfuse2 ensure GPUs never sit idle, how to simplify integration with Ray/KAITO for AI apps on AKS, and how Blob storage integrates with AI services and frameworks to securely convert your enterprise data to AI-ready data. You’ll leave with best practices to drive performance, security, and developer velocity with Azure Storage.

Secure the healthcare cloud: Zero trust and AI-powered Azure defense

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Chris McHenry (Aviatrix)

Accelerate compliant Azure transformation for payers, providers, pharma, and research orgs with Aviatrix Cloud Native Security fabric. Learn proven strategies for zero trust architecture with end-to-end encryption, securing EHRs, claims systems, clinical trials, and R&D platforms while meeting HIPAA/regulatory requirements. Integrate deeply with the Microsoft stack including AI-first innovation to rapidly identify and triage cloud security issues in real-time with CoPilot and Sentinel.

Ship faster. Stress Less. Idea to ops with Azure and GitHub Copilot

Ship faster. Stress Less. Idea to ops with Azure and GitHub Copilot

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Mandy Whaley (Microsoft) , Nir Mashkowski (Microsoft)

Explore how GitHub Copilot and intelligent agents streamline Azure application development from design to operations. This session covers how the Coding Agent, App Modernization agent, and cloud architecture agent accelerate planning and coding, while GitHub Copilot for Azure and the Azure MCP Server simplify deployment and diagnostics. Learn how the SRE Agent and testing agent extend automation into production and quality assurance, enabling end-to-end DevOps with AI-powered workflows.

Smarter SQL: GitHub Copilot + SSMS 22

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Makena Watanabe Barickman (Microsoft) , Anna Hoffman (Microsoft)

Unlock the future of data productivity with a hands-on exploration of AI-powered Copilots! We’ll dive into GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Microsoft Copilot in Azure and Copilot for SQL Databases in Microsoft Fabric. With real-world demos and best practice tips along the way, you’ll leave ready to transform how you interact with SQL, anywhere.

Transform contact center into a growth engine with agentic CX

Transform contact center into a growth engine with agentic CX

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Peng Geng (Lenovo) , Karl Phenix (TTEC Digital) , Alpana Bajaj (Microsoft) , April Delsing (Microsoft) , Diana Tram Nguyen (Microsoft)

See how Microsoft and partners are transforming contact centers with agentic AI. Get the latest on Dynamics 365 Contact Center strategy and roadmap, hear Lenovo’s journey to modernize customer experiences with Microsoft, and learn partner insights and best practices from TTEC Digital. Leave with resources and next steps to drive success and business growth in the era of agentic service.

Unlocking Partner Growth: Harnessing Digital Sovereignty in Europe

Unlocking Partner Growth: Harnessing Digital Sovereignty in Europe

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Chris Boar (Microsoft) , Alistair Speirs (Microsoft)

Discover how digital sovereignty is reshaping opportunities for partners in Europe. Learn how Microsoft Sovereign Cloud empowers you to address customer concerns, unlock new business growth, and deliver secure, compliant solutions tailored to evolving customer and regulatory requirements. Gain actionable insights to help your organization thrive in the sovereign cloud era.

Community Connection Pod: Identity & Network Access Management for AI Agents

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Sharon Chahal (Microsoft)

What challenges are you facing with visibility, governance, and access controls for agents? We are seeking feedback on real-world agent use in organizations, identity and network security implications, and how Microsoft Entra solutions are evolving to secure and govern autonomous agents. Join us for a discussion with an expert and the opportunity to hear what your peers are thinking, too! 

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.

Community Connection Pod: Meet your Azure Engineering Team - Azure Migrate Product Group

2025-11-20
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Ashish Babbar (Microsoft) , Raunak Pandya (Microsoft)

Discuss migration questions, challenges, and lessons learned with the Azure Migrate Product Group

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.

Community Connection Pod: Modernizing CRM: Navigating the shift from legacy to agentic CRM

2025-11-20
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Barry Schwartz (Microsoft) , Marty Priest (Microsoft)

As organizations modernize customer engagement, migrating from legacy CRM to Agentic CRM is a critical shift. Join Microsoft experts and community leaders for a candid, technical discussion on migration strategies, architecture decisions, and lessons from early adopters. Whether you're planning or implementing, this session offers a collaborative space to share insights, ask questions, and connect with peers.

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.

Community Connection Pod: The Importance of Networking to Scale Your Career

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Christine Bongard (The WIT Network)

In this session, you'll discover how intentional relationships can become the launchpad for career growth. Learn how to build authentic connections, navigate strategic alliances, and leverage your network to unlock new opportunities, amplify your impact, and accelerate your leadership journey - especially in fast-moving industries like tech. Whether you're just starting out or stepping into executive roles, this talk will equip you with practical insights to turn conversations into catalysts.

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.

Ignite Research Focus Group

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Exclusive event research focus group to share specific feedback about event experience.

Accelerate BI with Azure Databricks in the era of AI

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Santosh Perla (Microsoft) , Daniel Epstein (Microsoft) , Isaac Gritz (Databricks) , Bhagyashri Badgujar (Databricks) , Saurabh Shukla (Databricks) , Katie Cummiskey (Databricks) , Spencer Cook (Databricks)

Discover how to supercharge analytics and AI workflows using Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric. This hands-on lab explores native AI/BI features in Azure Databricks, including ML-powered insights and real-time analytics. Learn multiple ways to serve data to Power BI, with a deep dive into Direct Lake mode with Fabric. Ideal for developers, data scientists, data analysts, and engineers modernizing BI with lakehouse architecture in the AI era.

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

Agentic AI in Healthcare: Multi-Agent Orchestration in Action

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Frank Tuan (Microsoft) , Leonardo Schettini (Microsoft)

Explore the power of agentic frameworks to streamline healthcare operations. With healthcare agent orchestrator, you can customize intelligent agents, integrate them with private datasets and public sources, and deploy them seamlessly into Microsoft 365 tools like Teams and Word. Experience the synergy of healthcare-specific agents enhanced by general reasoning models and multimodal healthcare foundation models—enabling them to tackle sophisticated clinical tasks with precision and efficiency.

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

Build Agentic Knowledge Bases: Next-Level RAG with Azure AI Search

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Ayca Bas (Microsoft) , Pamela Fox (Microsoft)

In this hands-on lab, you’ll build a Knowledge Base using agentic RAG, the next evolution of retrieval in Azure AI Search. Connect your agentic retrieval engine to your data through smart source selection across multiple indexes and storage systems. Learn how to enhance planning using natural language guidance and generate grounded responses with citations or extractive answers tailored to your use case. By the end, you’ll have a fully functional Knowledge Base that responds over enterprise data.

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

Building agentic solutions with Copilot Studio

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Daniel Laskewitz (Microsoft)

This hands-on lab with Microsoft Copilot Studio guides you through the full agent lifecycle—from purpose-driven design to advanced capabilities. Learn how to build, integrate, automate, and deploy a fully functional agent using tools like Agent Flows and MCP. Walk away with practical skills to customize agents for real-world business needs.

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

Community Theater: Adopting GitHub Enterprise: Unlocking Developer Productivity Today and Tomorrow

2025-11-20
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Parker Johnston (Insight)

Organizations are under constant pressure to deliver software faster, more securely, and at lower cost. GitHub Enterprise is more than just a source code platform, it is the foundation for developer velocity and future-ready innovation. In this session, you will learn how to adopt GitHub as a platform, what to consider when migrating from existing tools, and how to enable your teams with built-in security, automation, and AI- powered development. We will cover the benefits of centralizing on GitHub Enterprise, strategies to accelerate adoption across your organization, and practical steps to get the most out of GitHub Advanced Security and GitHub Copilot. Finally, weʼll look ahead to the future of AI in software development and how todayʼs adoption choices set you up to take full advantage of whatʼs next. Whether you are just beginning your GitHub journey or looking to maximize your investment, this session will help you prepare your developers, and your organization, for long-term success.

Get Real with Real-Time Intelligence to Transform Data into Action

2025-11-20
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Someleze Diko (Microsoft) , Edgar Alejandro Cotte Diaz (Microsoft)

Harness the power of real-time analytics and digital twins to achieve critical operational tasks. In this lab, you'll learn how to transform physical systems into dynamic digital replicas, enhancing simulations and optimizing operations. Discover how to build end-to-end solutions for event-driven scenarios, streaming data, and data logs. These practical steps will empower you to drive smart decision-making and foster innovation within your organization.

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

Integrating Local AI with Windows ML

2025-11-20
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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.

Makers in action: crafting Microsoft 365 Copilot Agents for real-world

2025-11-20
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Paolo Pialorsi (Microsoft) , Rabia Williams (Microsoft)

In this hands-on lab, makers will learn how to create intelligent agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot using topics, MCP Tools, and autonomous behaviors. Attendees will explore agent fundamentals, build custom workflows, and gain practical experience with Copilot Studio’s capabilities to streamline real-world tasks, boosting efficiency across Microsoft 365.

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Microsoft Purview Integration with Microsoft Defender XDR

2025-11-20
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Ed Wu (Microsoft) , Amisha Gupta (Microsoft)

As threats grow more complex, teams need improved visibility and context to defend threats faster. In this lab, we’ll explore how Microsoft Purview and Defender XDR integrate to help organizations investigate security incidents through a single pane.

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.

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Multi-Agent Apps with Microsoft Agent Framework or LangGraph

2025-11-20
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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.

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