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Intel and Microsoft at Ignite 2026
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Join Intel and Microsoft at Ignite 2026

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Thomas Wicker
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Nov 12, 2026

 

At Microsoft Ignite 2026, Intel and Microsoft are coming together to showcase ideas, experts, and real-world impact. Join us to connect with industry leaders and step inside Intel Foundry, explore sovereign cloud and confidential computing, discover security ecosystem innovations, and see how edge AI and intelligent automation connect digital intelligence with the physical world.

Attend our sessions

Attend our focus sessions and discover how Microsoft and Intel are advancing silicon, security, confidential computing, and edge AI.

TUES NOV 17
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Intel and Microsoft Innovation Lounge @ Dimes Gallery

Intel Foundry Open House

Step inside Intel Foundry and discover how advanced manufacturing, breakthrough packaging, and intelligent automation bring next-generation silicon to life.

TUES NOV 17
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Theater Session @ Ignite (THRSP1065)

Local when it matters. Cloud when it counts.

Learn how agentic AI can combine local and cloud capabilities without choosing one over the other. See how Intel and Microsoft are enabling AI experiences that bring together local models for speed, privacy, and efficiency with Azure intelligence for sophisticated reasoning and enterprise scale.

TUES NOV 17
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Intel and Microsoft Innovation Lounge @ Dimes Gallery

Sovereignty & Confidential Compute Open House

Experience how Intel and Microsoft enable sovereign cloud innovation with hardware-based confidential computing across private and public cloud environments.

Join the 15-minute Lightning Talk: Your Cloud. Your Data. Your Control. during the open house. 

WED NOV 18
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Intel and Microsoft Innovation Lounge @ Dimes Gallery

Security Experience Zone Open House

Discover how Intel, Microsoft, and security ecosystem innovations help protect AI agents, safeguard sensitive data, and detect emerging threats.

Join the 15-minute Lightning Talk: Secure the Future of Agentic AI on Device during the open house. 

WED NOV 18
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Intel and Microsoft Innovation Lounge @ Dimes Gallery

Agentic Edge & Robotics Open House

Experience how Intel-powered edge AI brings spatial awareness and intelligent automation to the physical world.

Join the 15-minute Lightning Talk: AI beyond the screen. Intelligence in motion. during the open house.

WED NOV 18
1:40 PM - 2:05 PM
Theater Session @ Ignite (THRSP1086)

Trust that travels starts on the endpoint

AI agents now act, not just read, and that action lands on the endpoint. Join ASUS and Intel to see how cloud policy, platform telemetry, and hardware root of trust combine to strengthen protection when a device is at risk or lost, and why post-quantum readiness starts today, years ahead of your next refresh cycle.

Visit Intel booth #5403

Engineering the agent era, together. Stop by the Intel booth at Microsoft Ignite, November 17–20 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Focused demos

  • Scaling intelligent agentic AI to where work happens
  • Powering a secure and sovereign cloud
  • Re-imagining Azure infrastructure with Intel innovation

In-booth theater sessions

Catch Microsoft and Intel talks and demos in the booth theater.

Intel-led sessions

  • LIVE theater session: Local When It Matters, Cloud When It Counts
  • Video on-demand session: Intel Assured Supply Chain

Daily treats at the booth

  • Tuesday: Boba tea (mid-afternoon)
  • Wednesday: Smoothie bar in the morning and made-to-order crepes in the afternoon

Connect with us

Connect with Microsoft and Intel experts over drinks and conversation at our Innovation Lounge Happy Hour on Nov 16. The Innovation Lounge will be open from Nov 17 and 18 for our open houses.

Happy Hour at the Innovation Lounge

MONDAY NOV 16
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dimes Gallery | 667 Howard St, San Francisco, CA

Innovation Lounge Hours

TUESDAY NOV 17 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WEDNESDAY NOV 18 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Dimes Gallery | 667 Howard St, San Francisco, CA

The Innovation Lounge offers an immersive experience at the nearby Dimes Gallery, with demos, customer briefings and executive engagements.

 

We look forward to seeing you at Microsoft Ignite 2026.

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