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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us to explore how Microsoft and Lenovo are transforming hybrid cloud and AI use cases with Azure Local powered by Lenovo's latest Server Platforms. Discover how customers are moving from legacy environments to Azure Local to unlock new AI-driven possibilities from real-time video analytics and predictive maintenance to medical diagnostics and low-latency inferencing. Hear directly from a customer about their Azure Local journey and how Lenovo and Microsoft are redefining what's possible.

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.

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 Canary Speech’s ambient AI integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Dragon Copilot to transform clinical conversations into real-time insight. By identifying indicators of depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline during patient interactions, Canary empowers proactive care, improving outcomes, reducing readmissions, and enhancing overall care quality.

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.

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.

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.

Managing access in modern organizations is complex, particularly with the rise of hybrid work, external partners, and increasing compliance requirements. Microsoft Entra ID’s Access Packages offer a powerful way to automate and govern access to apps, groups, and resources at scale.

In the Demo-packed session, you’ll understand how to leverage Access Packages to reduce risk, improve productivity, and enforce Zero Trust principles in your organization.

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.

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.