Join this session to learn the best practices and tools to build highly available and scalable agents to tackle critical workloads. As AI agents increasingly drive critical workflows—from frontline operations to executive decision-making—ensuring continuous availability at scale.

Dive into the advancements and capabilities for powering your agents with the most comprehensive suite of knowledge sources. Learn how Copilot Studio enables you to build intelligent agents using native knowledge source integrations, connectors, APIs, and MCP servers which enable agents to authenticate, coordinate, and execute workflows.

Run open-source AI models of your choice with flexibility—from local environments to cloud deployments using Azure Container Apps and serverless GPUs for fast, cost-efficient inferencing. You will also learn how AKS powers scalable, high-performance LLM operations with fine-tuned control, giving you confidence to deploy your models your way. You’ll leave with a clear path to run custom and OSS models with agility and cost clarity.

本セッションは、日本からご参加の方向けに、Microsoft Igniteの主要なアナウンスについて日本語で解説を行います。ぜひご参加ください。 This session is designed for attendees joining from Japan and will provide Japanese-language explanations of the key announcements made at Microsoft Ignite. Each topic will be covered in depth by subject matter experts, offering detailed insights and context. *This session will be delivered in Japanese.

AI and cyber regulations are accelerating worldwide. Learn how Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, Regulatory Navigator, and Defender for Cloud align controls to laws like the EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, and DPDP India; monitor posture in real time; and embed Responsible AI—turning regulatory resilience into cyber resilience and trusted innovation.

Whether you have basic or mature cloud cost management practices in your organization, AI workloads add specific considerations. Learn how AI usage correlates to cost, what to monitor, and how to drive accountability for your AI investment, with Azure tools and industry best practices.

Learn how the Microsoft Federal team is modernizing SAP ERP with RISE on Microsoft Cloud. This includes High SLA infrastructure on Azure Government, SAP BTP integration, and AI-powered monitoring. Discover how Defender and Sentinel secure workloads, and how sovereignty solutions support compliance. Gain practical lessons and insights from a real-world deployment for regulated industries.

AI is redefining how customers work, secure, and manage their digital environments—and partners are key to unlocking that transformation. In this session, we’ll explore how Cloud and AI Endpoints across Windows 365, AVD, and Intune Suite are reshaping service delivery and customer value. Join us to gain actionable insights to evolve your practice, align with Microsoft’s strategic investments, get go-to-market guidance, and hear from partners achieving success in the Cloud-first, AI era.

Energy and resources companies are using AI and agents to shape the new energy future by unlocking new levels of efficiency, resilience, and innovation. In this session, we will dive into Microsoft and partner solutions powering AI transformation and how energy and resource companies are becoming Frontier Firms.

Explore how Microsoft 365 and Copilot empowers small businesses to grow and adapt. Learn about flexible licensing, streamlined device management, and seamless integration with key SMB apps. Discover real-world Copilot use cases and get practical guidance to roll out AI across your organization. Help employees start using Copilot effectively to stay agile, work smarter, and transform your business.

This session presents proven security frameworks for private wireless networks, showing how field-tested strategies and AI-powered defenses have cut incidents by 63%, reduced costs, and safeguarded critical infrastructure against advanced cyber threats.

In this session, we'll deep dive into how Azure Monitor delivers end-to-end observability across your cloud and hybrid environments, helping you detect issues early and reduce mean time to recovery. We'll also share how new Copilot in Azure agents can extend this visibility into actionable cost and carbon efficiency insights—helping you identify optimization opportunities, validating recommendations, and streamlining resource performance for business impact.

The future of automatic attack disruption is to head off attackers before they make their moves and block their ability to pivot without disrupting the flow of business. Learn how we're making it happen today.

As organizations aim to be more data-driven, integrated, scalable, and collaborative platforms are vital. Azure Databricks delivers unified data analytics for processing, AI, and real-time insights. Its full potential emerges within the integration with the Microsoft ecosystem. This session shows how Azure Databricks serves as the data and AI backbone while empowering users to leverage Microsoft solutions like Power BI, Power Apps and Microsoft Foundry for advanced, real-time decision-making.

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.

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.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to build domain-specific AI agents with Foundry Agent Service. Starting from a simple agent, you’ll add system prompts, custom instructions, and knowledge with RAG. You’ll extend it with tool calling (like a pizza calculator) and connect external services via MCP for live menu and order handling. By the end, you’ll have a working Contoso PizzaBot that can answer questions, recommend pizzas, and manage orders.

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

This fast-paced session walks through building a simple but powerful autonomous agent in Copilot Studio all in 25 minutes. Whether you're a maker or a developer, you'll leave with practical ideas for designing agents that think and act independently.

With cyberattacks on the rise amid the growth of AI applications, having a robust, secure network environment for all your workloads is more essential than ever. Join this session to hear from network security experts on how to improve your security posture through Azure Network Security products including Azure Firewall and Azure DDoS Protection in combination with Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Hear announcements of new capabilities for both and see a live demo of successful DDoS mitigation.

Learn how employees can create personalized, work-grounded agents using Copilot Studio in Microsoft 365 Copilot. With just words, they can turn ideas into fully functional agents—complete with structured logic and clear instructions. These agents can access the Microsoft work graph, connect to external systems, generate Office files, and scale to the full Copilot Studio experience. We’ll also show how IT can enable secure, governed agent creation while empowering users with intuitive tools.

Supply chains are evolving from reactive systems to intelligent, autonomous networks. The agentic supply chain—powered by AI agents—delivers real-time visibility, predictive insights, and self-orchestrating operations. In this session, discover how AI-driven agents are transforming planning, logistics, and fulfillment to unlock growth, boost profitability, and build resilience in an unpredictable world.

Discover how Security Copilot in Microsoft Defender is redefining SecOps. In this session, we’ll share Copilot’s latest innovations and show how the modern SOC is evolving into an agentic, AI-driven operation. See real-world demos across the SOC lifecycle that highlight how AI and agents deliver measurable outcomes, empower analysts, and close the gap between detection and prevention. Join us to step into the future of defense, where Microsoft enables every organization turn intelligence into action.

The role of the IT professional continues to evolve. Join our speakers for an open and honest discussion on the essential skills and mindsets that employers now expect. How do you optimize day-to-day administration and advise on strategic cloud architecture? Learn how to embrace AI tooling to accelerate your career.

Discover how partners can help their customers turn business ideas into real impact - with AI apps and agents. Learn proven strategies for helping customers build AI Centers of Excellence, scale success, and transform organizations with Azure’s full-stack capabilities. Hear what sets Azure’s tech stack apart from the rest for AI to achieve this; what works—and what wins—from Microsoft and partner leaders.

You know AKS—but environment variables, secrets, and ingress controllers still feel like dev-speak? This demo-heavy session unpacks cloud-native development from an IT/Ops lens. Learn how app design impacts operations, what Day 2 AKS management really looks like, and how to confidently architect alongside your developer peers.