Ready to move from demo to production?

 
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Your next AI project needs more than a great demo. It needs technical know-how and a clear path forward. At Microsoft Ignite, November 17–20, 2026 , explore the technologies behind your next deployment and build knowledge you can apply to real projects. Join us online or in person in San Francisco to turn your implementation questions into practical next steps.

Whether you’re setting the technical direction or doing the building, Microsoft Ignite offers opportunities to:

  • Plan for production: Explore reference architectures and implementation patterns for secure AI at enterprise scale.
  • Strengthen your data foundation: Learn approaches to connecting trusted data that supports AI applications and agents.
  • Learn from real implementations: Hear how customer technology teams are moving solutions from proof of concept to production.
  • Prepare for scale: Go deeper on security, governance, observability, and infrastructure modernization.
  • Get closer to the technology: Explore new capabilities and connect with Microsoft product, engineering, and technical experts.

Bring the questions behind your next project. Leave with a plan for what to do next. Register now and secure your spot at Microsoft Ignite.

 
 
Microsoft Ignite 2026
 
Tuesday, November 17 – Friday, November 20, 2026
 
Ignite brings the full Microsoft ecosystem together in one place for four days of keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs, and onsite certifications. Hear from Microsoft leaders including Satya Nadella, Judson Althoff, Scott Guthrie, and Mark Russinovich. Come away with fresh technical perspectives and a clear direction for your next project.
 
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The Cloud + AI Innovation Blueprint: Designing the technology foundation for the next generation of research and innovation
 
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
 
Innovation teams are under pressure to move from ideas to validated outcomes faster, but fragmented data, disconnected tools, and isolated AI experiments slow progress. Explore a reference approach that brings cloud infrastructure, research data, AI models, accelerated computing, simulation, and autonomous agents together as one integrated innovation platform. Follow a single innovation question across the full lifecycle and see architectural patterns you can apply at enterprise scale.
 
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GitHub Copilot AI Credits: Budget, Optimize, and Scale with Confidence
 
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
 
As GitHub Copilot use grows, understanding AI-credit consumption, usage-based billing, and cost optimization becomes critical to maximizing value. Microsoft and GitHub experts break down how AI credits are consumed, how usage translates into cost, and the strategies teams use to forecast, budget, optimize, and govern their Copilot investment. Expect real-world examples and actionable AI FinOps guidance you can put to work immediately.
 
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Scaling AI with Confidence: Cost Control and Value
 
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
 
AI is moving from experimentation into production, making financial visibility, cost control, and measurable business value more important than ever. Learn how to plan AI investments, forecast the full cost of AI workloads, govern usage, allocate spend, and optimize cost per outcome across Azure and GitHub. You will leave with a framework for predicting spend, governing accountability, and continuously optimizing AI performance and value.
 
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Beyond Basics: Realizing ROI with Copilot Agents
 
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
 
Most organizations meet Microsoft 365 Copilot as a chat box, but it is a working platform with agents already included in the license you own. In this Ask the Experts session, Microsoft specialists demonstrate Researcher and Analyst through practical business scenarios and take your questions live. You will also get a simple framework for deciding when built-in agents are enough and when to expand into Cowork, Dynamics 365 agents, and other experiences
 
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