Microsoft Ignite is almost here, and we’re bringing the energy, innovation, and connections you’ve been waiting for! If you’re passionate about innovative and groundbreaking technology, this year’s lineup is packed with insights and inspiration you won’t want to miss. It is always fun for all of us who work on community teams at Microsoft to come together cross-division to collaborate on the Community Hub at Microsoft Ignite together. We have Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, GitHub, Security, Windows, Surface, Microsoft MVP team, Microsoft Partner team and Cloud +AI all represented.
All sessions are in person and will not be recorded so plan accordingly and be sure to stop by for stickers and the fun interactive areas for when you need a break and place to land during the show.
Spotlight Sessions You Can’t Miss
We’re excited to showcase the community sessions from all three of our key solution areas: AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security. Each area features sessions designed to help you leverage Copilot, intelligent agents, and cutting-edge technologies to transform your business. Explore the full lineup below and discover every session available to maximize your Ignite experience!
Community Theaters:
The Agent Readiness Framework
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 11:30am - 12pm
Jack Rowbotham
Building Digital Trust: Aligning Microsoft Technologies with Global AI and Regulatory Frameworks
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 1pm – 1:30pm
Sourabh Pandey
Human-AI collaboration: Advancing the future of software engineering
GitHub
Tuesday, November 18, 1:30pm – 2pm
Andrew Goodman, Kevin Rhatigan
Learn Infrastructure-as-Code through Minecraft
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 2pm – 2:30pm
Mark Tinderholt
10 Partner Center Hacks Every Microsoft Partner Should Know
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 2:30pm – 3pm
Michelle Elston
Women in Tech & Allies: Turning Allyship into Action
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:30pm
Heather Cook, Karuana Gatimu, Danielle Moon
AI MVP Panel – Unblocking Customer Innovation
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 3:30pm – 4pm
Prashant G Bhoyar, Marco Casalaina, Martina Grom, Dux Raymond Sy
Path to MVP: Windows & Devices and Intune—Tips from the Team
Surface & W+D
Tuesday, November 18, 4pm – 4:30pm
Lior Bela, Chauncey Larsen, Donna Ryan
Close More Deals with Copilot: Speed, Depth, and Customer Impact
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 4:30pm – 5pm
Jennifer Brown
Shaping the Future of Azure AI Foundry
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 5pm – 5:30pm
Roelant Dieben, Shawn Henry, Steve Sweetman, Quirine van Walt Meijer
Ask Me Anything with Scott Hanselman
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 9:15am – 9:45am
Henk Boelman, Scott Hanselman
So you want to become and MVP (Option 1)
MVP program
Wednesday, November 19, 9:45am – 10:15am
Justin Garrett
Get Started with Copilot Adoption – Tools, Resources and Best Practices from the Microsoft Adoption Hub
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 10:45am – 11:15am
Karuana Gatimu
Security Copilot
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 11:15am – 11:45am
Saurabh Jain
Getting Started with Agents for Customer Zero
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 1:15pm – 1:45pm
Eddie Bader, Juhi Saha
Cloud Perspectives: Lessons Learned and Experiences from Azure MVPs
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 1:45pm – 2:15pm
Nelly Delgado, Taiji Hagino, Ben Reader, Jared Rhodes
Copilot Studio Community
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 2:15pm – 2:45pm
David Abu, Wim Coorevits
Microsoft Entra for Agents: Ask Microsoft Anything
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 2:45pm – 3:15pm
Leandro Iwase, Ngozi Nwoko, Sharon Sandhu, Nick Wryter
Cloud Perspectives: A Q&A with Azure Data Leadership
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 3:30pm – 4pm
Arun Ulag
Navigating the Tectonic Shifts
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm – 4:30pm
Vincent Menzione
Building Modern Businesses Through AI and Partnerships
Partner-led organization
Thursday, November 20, 9am – 9:30am
Asher Mathew
Career Chat: Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader in Tech
AI Business Solutions
Thursday, November 20, 9:30am – 10am
Adam Harmetz
So you want to become an MVP (Option 2)
MVP program
Thursday, November 20, 10am – 10:30am
Justin Garrett
Cloud Perspectives: Azure Migration Community Insights
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 10:30am – 11am
Vikram Bansal
Unlock Copilot Success with Power CAT programs
AI Business Solutions
Thursday, November 20, 11:15am – 11:45am
Chitra J, Luis Camino
Operationalizing Continuous Threat Exposure Management using Microsoft Security Exposure Management
Security
Thursday, November 20, 1:15pm – 1:45pm
Alex Steele
Learn About Licensing Discounts, Azure Credits and MAICPP Support
Partner-led organization
Thursday, November 20, 1:45pm – 2:15pm
Tafara Pulse, Omar Khalid
Cloud Perspectives: Cloud Management & Ops Platform Team Insights
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 2:15pm – 2:45pm
Ruhiyyih Mahalati, Farzana Rahman
Adopting GitHub Enterprise: Unlocking Developer Productivity Today and Tomorrow
GitHub
Thursday, November 20, 2:45pm – 3:15pm
Parker Johnston
Behind the Scenes: The Making of the Session Recap Agent
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 4pm – 4:30pm
Henk Boelman
How the Data Community Can Advanced Your Data & AI Career
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 5pm – 5:30pm
Rie Merritt
Mentorship Matters: Building Meaningful Connections for Growth
AI Business Solutions
Thursday, November 20, 5pm – 5:30pm
Heather Cook, Karuana Gatimua
Connection Pods
Becoming an MVP in Biz Apps or Copilot Studio
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 1pm – 1:45pm
Heidi Jordan, Ahmed Salih
Build your schedule with help from a Microsoft MVP
MVP program
Tuesday, November 18, 1pm – 1:45pm
Kimberly Sanchez
SQL Server Management Studio: Help Drive What’s Next
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:45pm
Makena Watanabe Barickman
Unified SecOps in Action: Practical Incident Response & Threat Hunting with Sentinel, Defender XDR & Copilot
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 1pm – 1:45pm
Uros Babic
Challenges in Migrating Data to the Cloud for AI and Analytics
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 2pm – 2:45pm
Imani Hall, Vybava Ramadoss
Identity Strategy Approaches
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 2pm – 2:45pm
David Nudelman
Microsoft Global Community Initiative: Connecting People, Powering Impact
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 2pm – 2:45pm
Heather Cook, Isidora Katanic
The Revenue Multiplier: Marketplace + Campaigns That Grow Profit
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 2pm – 2:45pm
Karen Fassio
Building Agents with Copilot Studio Lite vs Full
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:45pm
David Abu, Mariana Prudencio
Engaging with the Data Community: from User Groups to Reddit and Everywhere in Between
Cloud & Ai Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:45pm
Rie Merritt
Maximizing Partner Profitability with Microsoft Commerce Incentives
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:45pm
Brittner Saultman
Microsoft Sentinel Data Ingestion: Challenges, Solutions and Best Practices
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 3pm – 3:45pm
Sasha Kranjac
Identity & Network Access Management for AI Agents
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 4pm – 4:45pm
Nichole Peterson
Mentorship That Matters
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 4pm – 4:45pm
Karuana Gatimu, Jonathan Jones
Navigating Partner Center: Setting Your Partnership Up for Success
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 4pm – 4:45pm
Shawna Hronek
Welcome to the new Azure Solutions & Ecosystem – Azure MVP Technology Area
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 4pm – 4:45pm
Gauri Gorhe, Joe Sarabia
Activating the Copilot Community on Agents
AI Business Solutions
Tuesday, November 18, 5pm – 5:45pm
Ahmed Salih
AI MVP Community – Meet the Experts & Join the Journey
Cloud & AI Platforms
Tuesday, November 18, 5pm – 5:45pm
Esra Bakkalbasioglu, Promise Uche Nwachukwu
B2B Revenue Optimization: Using AI for a More Human Sales Process
Partner-led organization
Tuesday, November 18, 5pm – 5:45pm
Jennifer Brown
Unification of Identity & Network Access/Microsoft Entra Suite
Security
Tuesday, November 18, 5pm – 5:45pm
Laura Viarengo
Architecting for Identity Resilience: Proactive Strategies with Microsoft Entra
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 9am – 9:45am
Charlie Gough
Get Certified: how to prepare for a Microsoft certification exam
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 9am – 9:45am
Marisa Mathews
Grow Together: P2P + AI
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 9am – 9:45am
Danny Brown, Nyasha Tunduwani
Supercharge Copilot with SharePoint Embedded: Build, Manage, and Innovate
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 9am – 9:45am
Reid Carlberg, Cindy Lay
Efficient Log Handling with Microsoft Sentinel and Data Lake Architecture
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 10am – 10:45am
Thomas Kurth
Hybrid AI with Surface, Copilot + PCs & Windows AI Foundry
Surface & W+D
Wednesday, November 19, 10am – 10:45am
Frank Buchholz, Chauncey Larsen
Meet your Cloud Management & Operations Platform Team
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 10am – 10:45am
Rahul Bagaria
Power Platform Community
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 10am – 10:45am
Stephanie Cronin, Heidi Jordan, Ahmed Salih
Custom & On-Prem Data Ingestion into Microsoft Sentinel: Challenges and Best Practices
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 11am – 11:45am
Den Mutlu
Maximizing your Microsoft Partnership, Profitably and Effectively
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 11am – 11:45am
Eddie Bader, Juhi Saha
Empowering Knowledge Discovery with SharePoint Knowledge Agent
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 11am – 11:45am
Adam Harmetz, John Mighell
Building Community-Led Events with Agents
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 1pm – 1:45pm
David Abu, Tiffay Songvilay
Insights from Microsoft MVPs on how to ramp up as an AI expert
MVP program
Wednesday, November 19, 1pm – 1:45pm
Kimberly Sanchez
New agentic capabilities in Copilot in Azure
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 1pm – 1:45pm
Dean Kroker
Threat-Informed Data Protection: Aligning Controls to the MITRE ATT&CK Data Lifecycle
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 1pm – 1:45pm
Victor JR Wingsing
Becoming an MVP in Azure or the Data Platform
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 2pm – 2:45pm
Rie Merritt, Gerald Tiu
Reimagining data protection with the new Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 2pm – 2:45pm
Nathalia Borges
Women in Tech & Allies: From Awareness to Action
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 2pm – 2:45pm
Heather Cook, Femke Cornelissen – de Bruin, Danielle Moon
Maximizing your Microsoft Partnership, Profitably and Effectively
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 2pm – 2:45pm
Juhi Saha
Don’t Start from Scratch – Microsoft Community for the Win
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 3pm – 3:45pm
David Abu, Karuana Gatimu
Managing Change Through Uncertainty
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 3pm – 3:45pm
Christine Bongard
Securing the defaults: Building and maintaining your security baseline
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 3pm – 3:45pm
Chris Goosen
Troubleshooting AKS networking with Agentic AI
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 3pm – 3:45pm
Sandhya Castelino, Alex Mang
Building a Strong Foundation in Microsoft Partner Center
Partner-led organization
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm – 4:45pm
Erin Figer
Conditional Access: Practical Insights and Innovations
Security
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm – 4:45pm
Christian DerDecker
Engage, Connect, Grow: Your Path in the Microsoft Community
AI Business Solutions
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm – 4:45pm
Heather Cook, Jonathan Jones, Shari L. Oswald, Eric Overfield
Global AI Community – Connect, Learn & Share Worldwide
Cloud & AI Platforms
Wednesday, November 19, 4pm – 4:45pm
Henk Boelman, Roelant Dieben, Kasam Shaikh, Alexander Wachtel
Copilot & SSMS: Feedback Forum
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 9:15am – 10am
Makena Watanabe Barickman
Mastering Windows Autopatch as a Modern MSP
Security
Thursday, November 20, 9:15am – 10am
Jeroen Burgerhout
Windows Cloud Experiences: Unplugged
Surface & W+D
Thursday, November 20, 9:15am – 10am
Jason Parker, Swarnim Srivastava, Sneha Sultania
Build Your Network, Claim Your Voice: Women in IT at Ignite
Surface & W+D
Thursday, November 20, 10:15am – 11am
Priyanka Balaji, Cassidy Fein, Valerie Goulds, Elaine You
Building best practice ERP agents
AI Business Solutions
Thursday, November 20, 10:15am – 11am
Anne Krupke, Ahmed Salih
Enhancing your AI workload resiliency with the Azure Networking stack
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 10:15am – 11am
Sergio Figueiredo, Mario Lopez
From Hype to Hardening: Designing a Zero-Trust Framework for Copilot
Security
Thursday, November 20, 10:15am – 11am
Victor JR Wingsing
From Zero to AI on K8s: Lessons, Patterns, and Pitfalls
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 11:15am – 12pm
Eric Cheng, Saurabh Sensharma
Learn About Licensing Discounts, Azure Credits and MAICPP Support
Partner-led organization
Thursday, November 20, 11:15am – 12pm
Brooke Daniel, Tafara Pulse
Operationalizing Responsible AI Security in the Enterprise
Security
Thursday, November 20, 11:15am – 12pm
Victor Jr Wingsing
Becoming an MVP in M365
AI Business Solutions
Thursday, November 20, 1pm – 1:45pm
Galen Keene, Tiffay Songvilay, Bryan Wofford
Preventing Mistakes and Misuse: The Power of MAA in Intune
Security
Thursday, November 20, 1pm – 1:45pm
Thomas Marcussen
Best practices and blockers with moving apps to Intune
Security
Thursday, November 20, 2pm – 2:45pm
Dean Ellerby
Building Resilient Enterprises: What Customers Expect from Azure
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 2pm – 2:45pm
Gargi Banerjee, Surya Sripathi Raju
The ROI of Microsoft Ignite: Strategies to share & scale what you learn
MVP program
Thursday, November 20, 2pm – 2:45pm
Kimberly Sanchez
Meet your Azure Engineering Team – Azure Migrate Product Group
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 3pm – 3:45pm
Ashish Babbar, Raunak Pandya
Context is everything: Enriching identity signals for AI-powered soc defense
Security
Thursday, November 20, 3pm – 3:45pm
Daniel Lynch, Anna Qi
The Importance of Networking to Scale your Career
Partner-led organization
Thursday, November 20, 3pm – 3:45pm
Christine Bongard
Azure AI Insiders – Your Early Access Pass to AI
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 6pm – 6:45pm
Esra Bakkalbasioglu, Quirine van Walt Meijer
AI Foundry Chats – Talk AI with the Azure Engineers
Cloud & AI Platforms
Thursday, November 20, 5pm – 5:45pm
Quirine van Walt Meijer, Trish Winter-Hunt
Be sure to visit the session catalog on the event website to add these sessions to your schedule and plan your experience.
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