Plan your Microsoft Entra sessions at Ignite 2026 and enter our prize draw.
Join us at Microsoft Ignite 2026, November 17–20, 2026, at Moscone Center in San Francisco and online. Explore Microsoft Entra and learn how to secure access for users and AI agents. From stopping identity attacks to simplifying access policies and securing agents, our sessions bring practical guidance and demos to your toughest access challenges.
Use this guide to plan your sessions, connect with our team, and enter the Microsoft Entra prize draw!
Enter the Microsoft Entra prize draw
Registered for Ignite? Check in at any of the seven eligible Microsoft Entra sessions in this post for a chance to win. These are the live-streamed breakouts, which you can join in person or online.
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How to enter |
Scan the QR code shown during an eligible session and complete the short entry form. Each session you check in to earns one entry. |
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Entry period |
12:00 AM PT on Tuesday, November 17, through 11:59 PM PT on Friday, November 20, 2026. |
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Prizes |
One grand prize: an Xbox plus a 30-minute chat with a Microsoft Entra identity architect. |
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Drawing |
Winners are selected by random drawing on December 1, 2026. Swag bag winners come from decision-maker and practitioner entries, and the grand prize winner from all entries. |
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the United States, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, who are 18 or older and registered for Microsoft Ignite 2026. Entry period: November 17, 2026, 12:00 AM PT, to November 20, 2026, 11:59 PM PT. See the Official Rules for full details.
Don't miss the Microsoft Entra news session
All breakout sessions will stream live, stay available on demand, and count toward the prize draw. Join them in San Francisco or online.
For onsite locations, please visit the linked session details.
Wednesday, November 18
If you only catch one Microsoft Entra session, make it this one. Here, we will dive into what’s new in Microsoft Entra!
⭐AI is changing access. See how Microsoft Entra helps you stay ahead.
10:15–11:00 AM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK343
Speakers: Yina Arenas, Chief Product Officer – Microsoft Identity and Network Access; John Savill, Chief Technology Officer, Americas Markets and Industries; Nichole Peterson, Senior Product Marketing Manager
Get the identity and network access roadmap to help your organization get ready for AI, scale AI responsibly with Microsoft Agent 365, and leverage AI to detect and disrupt attacks. See what's new in securing access for people and agents, reducing risk, and enabling productivity without weakening protection. This team delivers top-ranked, standing-room-only sessions every year, so don't miss it!
Build secure, stay secure: Protecting AI from code to runtime" with: Build, secure and govern agents across platforms with A365 and Entra
4:15–5:00 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK344
Speakers: Chirag Dayani, Principal Product Manager; Chris Burgess, Cybersecurity Engineer, NVIDIA
Discover how Microsoft and NVIDIA are advancing secure, enterprise-ready AI agents across platforms. Give every agent an accountable identity and govern access to Microsoft and non-Microsoft resources. Learn to automate identity lifecycles, govern access from onboarding, grant permissions based on intent and automatically remediate risky or excessive access. Follow an NVIDIA employee's digital twin running in OpenShell with its own agent identity and governed access to enterprise resources.
Thursday, November 19
A single policy for humans and AI agents? Here's how to make it work
1:30–2:15 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK331
Speakers: Danielle Augustin, Product Marketing Manager; Sharon Chahal, Principal PM Manager; Etan Basseri, Principal Product Manager - Security
Dozens of policies become hundreds, and changing one can break something downstream. See how a unified policy engine brings identity, network, device, and risk signals together to make access decisions without forcing teams to untangle dependencies. Learn how to scale adaptive access with confidence and control.
Local agents are here. Can you find and secure them?
4:00–4:45 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK339
Speakers: Swaroop Krishnamurthy, Principal Product Lead; Dareen Radwan, Principal Software Engineering Architect; Erica Toelle, Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Local agents can unlock major productivity, but unmanaged adoption introduces risk leaders cannot ignore. Learn how to close the visibility gap, reduce risk, and enable trusted agent adoption without slowing innovation.
Identity knows what your SOC doesn't: Stop threats faster together
4:00–4:45 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK332
Speakers: Yair Tor, Partner Product Management; Martin Schvartzman, Principal Product Manager Lead
Identity attacks move fast. Your teams need to move faster. See how Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Defender bring identity context and risk signals into SOC investigations, helping IAM and security teams detect, investigate, and disrupt threats faster with unified visibility and automation.
Master agent governance with Agent 365
5:15–6:00 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK345
Speakers: Sneha Kohli, Principal Product Manager; Mark Wahl, Partner Product Architect
AI agents are multiplying across organizations. Without governance, it's hard to know which agents exist, who owns them, what they can access, and whether they work as intended. See how Microsoft Agent 365 governs agents at scale with central oversight, clear ownership, policy and tool controls, and lifecycle management, with practical examples and demos.
Friday, November 20
Modern phishing doesn't end at the click
11:30 AM–12:15 PM PT · Breakout · Session code: BRK334
Speakers: Ankur Patel, Partner Group Product Manager; Cristian Craioveanu, Principal Security Research Manager; Sangeeta Ranjit, Principal Manager Product Management
Attackers don't need to steal your password to compromise your identity or account. See how AI-powered phishing, impersonation, compromised accounts, and identity-based attacks are changing the game, and how identity, email, and collaboration security help defenders detect and disrupt threats before they spread.
Additional sessions if you're attending in person
If you're in San Francisco, add these sessions to your schedule too. These sessions don't count toward the prize draw. Labs require an RSVP and fill fast.
These sessions don't count toward the prize draw. Labs, lightning talks, table talks, and community theater (COMM) sessions aren't recorded. Labs require an RSVP and fill fast.
And don’t forget to stop by the Microsoft Security booth to meet the team!
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When (PT) |
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Tue, Nov 17, 4:05–4:30 PM |
Ehud Itshaki, Principal Product Manager; Leandro Iwase, Sr Product Marketing Manager |
Theater* |
THR877 | |
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Tue, Nov 17, 6:15–7:30 PM |
Can't secure what you can't see. Find every AI agent in your org |
Jeff Bley, Senior Product Manager; Nick Wryter, Principal Product Manager |
Lab |
LAB682 |
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Wed, Nov 18, 9:50–10:05 AM |
Alexander Pavlovsky, Principal Product Architect |
Lightning talk |
LTG1242 | |
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Wed, Nov 18, 10:05–10:50 AM |
Is Powerful Access Your Biggest Risk? Get Privileged Access Right |
Matt Steele, Principal Product Manager; Mark Wahl, Partner Product Architect |
Table talk |
TT2528 |
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Wed, Nov 18, 10:15–11:30 AM |
Danielle Augustin, Product Marketing Manager; Swaroop Krishnamurthy, Principal Product Lead |
Lab |
LAB680 | |
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Wed, Nov 18, 12:15–1:00 PM |
Ehud Itshaki, Principal Product Manager; Dareen Radwan, Principal Software Engineering Architect |
Table talk |
TT2530 | |
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Wed, Nov 18, 4:00–5:15 PM |
Can't secure what you can't see. Find every AI agent in your org |
Jeff Bley, Senior Product Manager; Nick Wryter, Principal Product Manager |
Lab |
LAB682 |
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Wed, Nov 18, 4:00–5:15 PM |
Danielle Augustin, Product Marketing Manager; Swaroop Krishnamurthy, Principal Product Lead |
Lab |
LAB680 | |
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Thu, Nov 19, 9:00–9:15 AM |
Oops! Someone Deleted a Critical Identity. Can You Get It Back? |
Hien Nguyen, Product Marketing Manager |
Lightning talk |
LTG1236 |
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Thu, Nov 19, 9:00–10:15 AM |
Danielle Augustin, Product Marketing Manager; Swaroop Krishnamurthy, Principal Product Lead |
Lab |
LAB680 | |
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Thu, Nov 19, 9:00–10:15 AM |
Can't secure what you can't see. Find every AI agent in your org |
Jeff Bley, Senior Product Manager; Nick Wryter, Principal Product Manager |
Lab |
LAB682 |
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Thu, Nov 19, 10:00–10:20 AM |
Strengthen Security Across Your Multitenant Estate |
Hien Nguyen, Product Marketing Manager; Nik Charlebois, Principal Product Manager |
Community Theater |
COMM13 |
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Thu, Nov 19, 2:00–2:20 PM |
Meet the Entra Agent ID Product Team and Get Your Questions Answered |
Diana Vicezar, Product Marketing Manager (moderator); Ehud Itshaki, Principal Product Manager; Vince Smith, Principal Manager Product Management; Dareen Radwan, Principal Software Engineering Architect; Leandro Iwase, Sr Product Marketing Manager; Mark Wahl, Partner Product Architect |
Community Theater |
COMM17 |
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Thu, Nov 19, 2:35–2:50 PM |
Yuliya Gorbunova, Product Lead, External Identity (CIAM) |
Lightning talk |
LTG1235 | |
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Thu, Nov 19, 2:45–4:00 PM |
Danielle Augustin, Product Marketing Manager; Swaroop Krishnamurthy, Principal Product Lead |
Lab |
LAB680 |
*This session is recorded for on-demand viewing after the event.
Can’t be at Ignite in person? Join our live expert AMA!
AMA: Ask Microsoft Entra anything – Ignite 2026 edition
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
Yina Arenas, Chief Product Officer – Microsoft Identity and Network Access; Ankur Patel, Partner Group Product Manager; Ehud Itshaki, Principal Product Manager. Led by Nichole Peterson, Senior Product Marketing Manager
Bring your questions from Microsoft Ignite to a live AMA with Microsoft Entra experts. Go deeper on securing access for users and AI agents, simplifying adaptive access, protecting against modern identity attacks, and bringing identity context into security operations. Our experts will unpack the Ignite announcements and help you turn what’s new into practical next steps for your organization.
Register now and post your questions in the comments!
Don’t miss our Microsoft Entra December webinar series
From December 15–17, the Microsoft Entra webinar series goes further into the Ignite announcements with new demos and practical guidance. Get the dates and register.
Excited to see you all at Ignite -- whether you are in person, or attending virtually!
- Ngozi Nwoko, Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft Entra
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