Building intelligent AI agents is no simple task. With Microsoft Foundry Agent Service, you can rapidly create and deploy robust agents with the security, scalability, and integrations of Azure. In this walkthrough, we’ll build an agent that combines live data, reasoning, and dynamic tool usage. Using Azure Functions for real APIs and W&B Weave for detailed tracking, you’ll learn setup, tool registration, data endpoints, and Python-based interaction.

Catch up with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft’s Chief Accessibility Officer, to chat about all of the Accessibility spotlights at Ignite this year, Access for All, and how AI is driving accessibility innovation at Microsoft and beyond.

Passkeys are an important step forward, but not the finish line. With attackers targeting help desks, enrollment , and self-service recovery to bypass MFA entirely, organizations need more to stop attacks and stay operational. Join this session to learn how RSA and Microsoft together secure the credential lifecycle, the blind spots that threat actors target, and how to build a bypass-resistant security posture.

Join Nikhil Krishnan, SVP and CTO, Data Science, C3 AI, for a 6-minute live interview at Microsoft Ignite on C3 AI Agentic Process Automation. See how intelligent, adaptable workflows turn natural language into reliable, context-aware enterprise actions. Discover how end-users can orchestrate fully automated or human-in-the-loop workflows that leverage all enterprise and external data — and learn how C3 AI drives value at scale.

Explore how Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, and AI Agents are revolutionizing business workflows. Drawing on real-world enablement programs and customer cases, this session reveals strategies for scaling AI adoption, selecting impactful scenarios, operationalizing agents, and empowering IT leaders to drive sustainable transformation and value across organizations.

Learn how Cisco collaboration devices & Microsoft Teams combine to deliver smarter, AI-driven collaboration in your workspaces. Join us for a walkthrough and live demos at the Cisco booth where we'll showcase our latest AI device portfolio, and how to improve workplace efficiency and employee engagement by integrating advanced AI capabilities in your workspaces.

In this powerful demo, learn how NTT DATA’s Agentic AI Services for Microsoft get you out of “pilot mode” and drive real business value from your agentic AI and gen AI projects Experience the industrialized framework in action-- moving you from AI experimentation to production quickly and unlock measurable return on investment. Build a crucial link between your team, the new AI agents, your existing knowledge base, and automation to drive a scalable, sustainable solution that delivers results.

Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents keep evolving. Copilot Control System is your toolset to secure the data that Copilot and agents retrieve and create, manage Copilot and agent experiences, and measure and analyze adoption and impact.

Copilot beschreibt KI-basierte Funktionen der Microsoft Power Platform. Copilot kann Benutzer bei der Erstellung von Anwendungen, der Automatisierung von Arbeitsabläufen, der Datenanalyse und der Erstellung virtueller Agenten unterstützen, indem Code aus Beschreibungen in natürlicher Sprache generiert wird.

IBM and Microsoft are two leaders in enterprise AI that have come together to enable our clients to realize the full value of their AI investments and unlock AI agents at scale. In this interview, learn from our leaders on how we are combining our deep expertise with state-of-the-art technology to help enterprises reinvent themselves in the era of agentic AI.

Gartner predicts over 40% of agentic AI projects will fail by 2027, despite AI transformation being a top industry priority. The cause is a classic "last-mile problem": AI agents require step-by-step instructions, but key workflows are undocumented. This session demonstrates how to create a roadmap for your AI transformation by developing living blueprints of your processes or architecture with tools like the Lucid Suite, Microsoft Teams, and Azure DevOps.

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, and Scott Guthrie, EVP of Cloud and AI at Microsoft, discuss the plans for deep integration between Azure Databricks and Microsoft OneLake. Learn how unified data access, seamless interoperability, and trusted governance empower organizations to break silos, accelerate AI, and innovate across the Microsoft ecosystem. They’ll also discuss new Azure Databricks integrations being featured at Ignite including SAP Databricks on Azure, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Foundry.

The nature, scale, and sophistication of cyber threats has evolved dramatically. When you sit on mountains of data the risk of weaponization and AI-powered attacks only grows. Quentin and Caleb share threat stories from the frontlines and a four-phase approach to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft Purview to ensure sensitive data is protected and you can stay one step ahead of attackers.

In the era of AI-driven innovation, organizations need databases that are flexible and powerful while also being secure and scalable. This session explores how MongoDB empowers to rapidly build, deploy, and manage intelligent applications through the lens of a developer persona. Diving into our integrations with AI Foundry, Microsoft Sentinel, and Azure Landing Zones, we’ll showcase a complete developer journey—from prototype to production—while ensuring security, and operational excellence.

Dell Technologies and Microsoft harness AI's potential to transform hybrid cloud environments efficiently and securely. Explore the Dell AI Factory and experience Copilot+ in Dell AI PCs, boosting dynamic workflows. Learn how Dell PowerScale for Azure simplifies storage with enterprise-grade solutions tailored for today’s workloads and discover how private cloud with Azure Local reimagines infrastructure with efficiency and control.

DevEx 2.0 means giving developers guardrails that accelerate delivery instead of slowing it. This session shows how continuous security integrates with Azure and GitHub pipelines. You’ll see IDE coaching and SAST at commit. With Microsoft Copilot and Azure OpenAI using GPT-5, developers can cut through false positives and receive actionable fixes directly in the code. Builds include SBOM generation, container scans, and dependency checks. Staging environments add DAST and API testing.

Join AMD and Microsoft for a dynamic conversation on how AMD is enabling trusted AI innovation across Microsoft solutions. Discover how AMD-powered infrastructure supports real-world customer challenges—from scalable AI workloads to energy-efficient performance. Learn how this strategic partnership is shaping the future of enterprise AI and delivering meaningful impact across industries.

DNS plays a critical role in a Zero Trust security strategy by helping enforce granular access controls and reduce broad network exposure. With over 63% of organizations adopting Zero Trust, it's recognized as an industry best practice to limit access strictly to necessary resources. This session explores why DNS should be a foundational element of your Zero Trust architecture and highlights how Microsoft has implemented Zero Trust DNS protections on Windows 11 devices.

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