Discover how IT and operations teams can harness AI to create custom tools that fit their unique needs. In this 25-minute demo, we’ll show practical ways to integrate AI into workflows, automate tasks, and build adaptive solutions—no data science required. Walk away with actionable insights to transform IT operations today.

Drive faster lead-to-deal conversion with AI agents. Microsoft 365 Copilot and prebuilt agents in Dynamics 365 are freeing sellers to focus on building quality relationships by transforming critical sales processes. Lead qualification, deal acceleration, closing, and cross-selling are automized using real-time customer signals. Learn about new agents, seller use cases, and adoption strategies to drive revenue.

Enterprise teams are rapidly adopting AI agents to streamline operations and unlock new value. This panel brings together customers and partners to share how they’ve built and scaled AI apps using open frameworks and Azure services. Learn how they’ve tackled real-world production challenges—security, orchestration, reliability—and hear how they overcame blockers to deliver measurable business impact through agentic innovation.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Microsoft is enabling energy companies to tackle complex decarbonization challenges using AI-powered solutions. In this session we will highlight use cases like methane emissions detection, predictive maintenance, and generative AI for permitting workflows—demonstrating how agentic AI and copilots are helping reduce emissions, streamline compliance, and unlock operational efficiency.

Dive into the evolving multi-agent capabilities in Copilot Studio. Learn how to extend Copilot Studio agents to build scalable, enterprise ready, multi agent systems - with MCP servers and agents from Microsoft Foundry, Fabric Data Agents, the M365 Agents SDK, and A2A.

This session addresses the top cost and efficiency challenges customers face across their infrastructure today and showcases what’s new across Azure IaaS to them. Learn how to design, build, and optimize cost-efficient infrastructure that reduces TCO and empowers you to make informed decisions supporting growth and innovation. Hear Morgan Stanley’s real-world success and gain a deer understanding of how Azure delivers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to optimize your cloud costs at scale.

Building a thriving partner ecosystem starts with service to the customer. Customers have high expectations of cloud solution providers in order for them to be considered as trusted advisors. Learn about the new authorization requirements, what to consider as you explore the best tier for your organization and steps you need to take to be ready.

Redefining endpoint security from onboarding to autonomous protection: learn how Defender's AI-powered endpoint security empowers you to do more, better, faster.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Windows 11 offers a suite of developer productivity tools designed to accelerate coding workflows and to align with enterprise IT priorities. In this session, you will learn about new experiences coming to WSL, Windows Terminal, and PowerToys boosting productivity. We’ll also cover how these tools are built with security and enterprise-grade manageability in mind—making Windows an enterprise-friendly platform.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

Hear from the pioneers at Adobe, eClinicalWorks, CoStar Group, Sinyi Realty and more, who turned Microsoft Foundry models into game-changing solutions. If you want to see how code becomes impact, accelerating innovation, transforming productivity, and creating a better future, this Microsoft Foundry session is your front-row seat.

AI agents are reshaping modern workflows, unlocking new efficiencies while introducing new challenges for security and governance. In this deep dive, experience live demos of purpose-built security capabilities from Microsoft Security solutions. Leave equipped with best practices to confidently secure and govern AI agents in your organization.

Step into the future of security operations! Unlock insights and actionable guidance for partners ready to amplify their security practice and grow their revenue streams through the Modern SecOps with Unified Platform solution play. Learn how to capitalize on cutting-edge tools like the new Microsoft Sentinel data lake & Microsoft Sentinel graph to transform threat detection, response, and investigation. Explore GTM resources & incentives to drive impactful customer engagements at every stage.

See how Cosmos DB in Fabric makes it easy to power AI-driven applications at scale. In this session, you’ll learn how to process customer data with Real-Time Intelligence, use Apache Spark to train ML-based recommendation engines, and combine vector search with Cosmos DB to deliver high-performance, personalized experiences. We’ll also cover collaborative filtering algorithms, blue-green deployments, User data functions, and Notebooks to build, test, and ship AI-enabled apps in real time.

To build the agentic web at scale, people, agents, websites, apps, and more will need to communicate in approximately the same language. NLWeb is our open-source protocol that enables this communication layer using natural language—and now, through Microsoft Foundry, can be deployed as a managed service. Find out more about NLWeb, discover new capabilities (TBA), and learn how to enhance site engagement while enabling your site to be discoverable and transactable on the agentic web.

Join Scott Hanselman and Mark Russinovich as they trace computing’s evolution from the Altair 8800 to today’s cloud. In this live, demo-driven session, you’ll see how the humble toggle switch gave rise to REST APIs, why terminals are making a comeback, and how the architectural patterns of 1975 illuminate 2025’s biggest trends. Along the way, we’ll connect the dots from early personal computing to hyperscale platforms, highlighting how modern apps are built, scaled, and delivered in the cloud.

Industrial companies across every sector have an opportunity to reimagine their operations, blending human expertise with AI capabilities. In this new frontier, Industrial AI collaboration and orchestration amplify worker productivity, product quality, and facility adaptability to address immediate challenges while bending the curve on innovation.

Azure Virtual Desktop continues to evolve, helping you enhance management efficiency, scalability, and connectivity for your workloads. Learn about the latest innovations in Azure Virtual Desktop, understand why it is especially attractive to industries like healthcare, and discover how to accelerate your cloud migration with Azure Virtual Desktop.

Delivered in a silent stage breakout.

In the age of AI-powered productivity, finding the right information at the right time is more critical than ever. This session introduces Copilot Search as your organizing layer for AI—bringing together the power of semantic search, generative answers, and Copilot connectors to transform how users discover and act on information across Microsoft 365.

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.

Ready to lead in an AI-powered world? Microsoft Credentials drive your growth at every stage. From validation of role-based expertise through industry recognized Certifications to demonstration of practical, real-world proficiency in Microsoft technologies through Applied Skills, now including NEW business-focused credentials, you’ll gain verified skills that power the emerging workflows of frontier organizations. Build confidence, stand out, and accelerate your career in AI and cloud.

Are you using Copilot, or GitHub Copilot in SSMS?  Or maybe you want to try it, but aren't sure how it will help with admin tasks or writing T-SQL? Join us in the community hub for a conversation where you do the talking.  We'll have questions, we want to hear your answers.

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.

Step away from the slides and join an intimate conversation with the Windows Cloud Experiences team. Together, they’ll unpack the biggest Ignite announcements, share behind-the-scenes insights, and answer your questions live. Steve brings expertise in AI-powered experiences, Jason leads on user experience sync, and Seneca specializes in Windows App innovation. Bring your ideas, feedback, and curiosity—this is your chance to connect directly, discuss what’s next, and shape the future of Windows in the Cloud together.

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.

Learn how Agent 365 can streamline common activities using MCP and tools. Get direct autonomous assistance seamlessly integrated with Microsoft 365 apps - calendars, documents, emails, and more.

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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.

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.