You’ve built a great agent that your customers love—now it’s time to scale. By bringing your agent to Microsoft Teams with the Teams AI Library v2, you can reach 330 million users and unlock rich collaborative experiences across chats, meetings, and channels.

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In this lab you'll help a coffee shop unify their operational and analytical workloads with Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric. You'll blend operational data with curated sources using cross-database SQL, stream and visualize real-time POS events, and create a gold layer for personalization. Finally, you'll implement reverse ETL to Cosmos for lightning-fast serving and train a lightweight Spark notebook model to deliver the right offer at the right time before your customer’s order is ready.

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This hands-on lab guides you through how developers and partners can build solutions, agents and extensibility features that can be delivered through Dragon Copilot, leveraging Microsoft’s scale to expand reach and engagement.

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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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Get hands-on experience with enabling and managing AI experiences for Windows. Explore the customizations available to users and the controls available to IT admins. Learn how to use Microsoft Intune or Group Policy to fine-tune popular features like Recall, Copilot, Click to Do, and Image Creator. We’ll also walk through managing privacy and compliance, and end user readiness.

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Update description to Unlock the power of Microsoft Sentinel with this hands-on lab. Hunt threats using KQL across the data lake and leverage graph-based insights to detect anomalies, investigate alerts, and strengthen SOC workflows.

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In this lab, you'll get hands-on with the AI Toolkit (AITK) and Microsoft Foundry in VS Code to explore and compare the latest multimodal and reasoning models from the Model Catalog. Learn how to augment models for a real-world business scenario, using prompt and context engineering. Prototype an agent using the AITK Agent Builder, and equip the agent with the right tools via the Model context Protocol (MCP).

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AI is only as good as the data it runs on. With data spread across multiple platforms, it’s a challenge to ensure quality and security. As the first Iceberg-based OneLake integration partner, we’re enabling seamless, bidirectional data access between Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric. Join this session to see how the Onelake integration and Snowflake’s robust features for the Microsoft ecosystem unlock endless possibilities, from building better AI to developing powerful business applications.

Unlock the power of Azure AI on your data—wherever it lives—with NetApp and Microsoft. Learn how Azure NetApp Files, Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and ONTAP on-prem deliver a secure, intelligent data infrastructure for AI workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud. Discover how in-place data access reduces cost and complexity, accelerates insights, and opens new opportunities for customers and ISV partners to innovate with integrated AI solutions, on your data.

Discover how agentic experiences transform marketing by embedding intelligent agents into existing workflows in M365 Copilot. This session uses industry examples to explore Adobe and Microsoft technical integrations for secure, brand-compliant, and personalized customer journeys. Learn how AI-driven segmentation, targeting, and measurement reduce overhead, optimize customer journey creation and orchestration, and drive loyalty, all illustrated through real-life industry examples

Customer experience failures are costing businesses billions, driven by siloed data, poor channel selection, and voice latency issues. Discover how Twilio's Conversation Relay integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Foundry models to solve these critical challenges. Learn to build real-time intelligent voice interactions, leverage Azure's robust AI infrastructure, and rapidly deploy scalable solutions that eliminate guesswork and modernize your customer experience workflows.

Showcase your support excellence with the Solutions Partner designation for Support Services in the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program. Learn how to qualify, unlock key benefits, and stand out with enhanced visibility and program perks. This designation validates your impact across Microsoft technologies and accelerates business growth.

Discover how Microsoft Planner and the Project Manager agent are transforming teamwork. Explore 10 powerful capabilities—from gathering tasks mentioned in Teams meetings and channels to generating comprehensive status reports in minutes. Learn how to unlock clarity, consistency, and productivity for complex projects and scalable processes.

Insurance carriers are rapidly adopting AI agents to tackle complex challenges—from customer engagement to claims management and underwriting. In this session, learn practical steps to build intelligent agents by applying agentic frameworks using Microsoft technologies like Copilot Studio. We’ll illustrate with an agent that automates the tedious tasks of an insurance claims analyst, boosting productivity and reducing error.

Passionate about sharing knowledge and making an impact in your community? Learn what it takes to become a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from those who’ve done it. Gain additional perspective from those who review the nominations: the Product Group Leads and MVP Program staff. Discover how to expand your influence, showcase your expertise, and glean practical tips for getting nominated. Walk away with a roadmap for growing your contributions and positioning yourself for MVP success.

Discover new out-of-box Microsoft Purview reports—covering label activities, DLP activities, and usage metrics—and learn how Purview reporting delivers a holistic view of your security posture for smarter, data-driven decisions.

The Avanade Clienteling Accelerator empowers retailers with AI-driven personalization and Copilot-enhanced workflows. Leveraging Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure AI, and Power Platform, it delivers intelligent insights, task automation, and seamless integration for scalable, customer-centric experiences that transform in-store engagement and boost operational efficiency.

“On Air at Microsoft Ignite” will dive into key announcements with expert interviews, demos, and real-world applications for all the latest news. ​​

Hour 3 will feature:​ Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent updates: Jeremy Chapman​ Team Viewer: Sebastian Schrötel​ Responsible AI & Centru AI: Ana Welch​ Capgemini: Arnaud Balssa​ Cognizant: Manpreet Singh​ SAP: Dr. Walter Sun​ NTT DATA: Charlie Doubek, Geoff Newman​ Nasdaq: Secure Innovation with PostgreSQL on Azure: Charles Feddersen, Mohsin Shafqat

Software development companies: join us to learn more about partnering with Microsoft through the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, including upcoming changes to offers for software development companies and increased investments in software companies for FY26.

As development velocity increases, testing and operations teams must innovate or fall behind. AI-powered agents are reshaping how software is designed, tested, and deployed. Discover how UiPath and Microsoft are enabling organizations to integrate autonomous AI agents into Azure DevOps and GitHub to deliver faster, smarter, and more resilient applications. This session explores how agentic automation drives adaptive SDLC, continuous delivery, and measurable efficiency in application testing.