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Each year, Microsoft Ignite gives partners a unique opportunity to interact with experts and peers to explore what’s next in technology and make global connections. It’s no surprise that AI transformation was the overarching theme of Microsoft Ignite 2023. The four-day event, which took place November 14-17, featured keynotes, breakout sessions, discussions, demos, and interstitial programming (IP) sessions designed to help you better understand how to use the latest technology—AI in particular—to better serve your customers and grow your business.
We believe today’s AI innovation will power a paradigm shift as big as mobile, cloud, web, or PC. That’s why we’re excited to announce more than 100 new updates across every facet of the Microsoft technology portfolio.
Join us on November 29 for a webinar specifically for Microsoft partners, when we’ll dig into all these announcements, including Microsoft Copilot Studio, and the latest announcements for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Register here.
Even if you were able to attend, there’s still so much more to discover. To follow are several sessions that we recommend you watch, listed by solution area:
| Azure |
| Business Applications |
| Modern Work |
For a full list of on-demand recordings, check out the session catalog.
Azure sessions
Do more with Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure
Reap more technical and business benefits by running Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. Learn how Azure provides optimal cost benefits, performance, and security, and see demos for tips on how you can extend Azure innovations to your hybrid and multicloud environments with Azure Arc.
Migrate to Innovate: Be AI-ready, secure, and optimize operations
Get practical steps, demos, and guidance on how migrating to Azure can accelerate the impact of AI in your organization. Learn how you can enhance security and optimize operations in the cloud and take the first step into Azure with Azure Migrate.
Bring enhanced manageability to SQL Server anywhere with Azure Arc
Discover how connecting your SQL Servers to Azure can enhance your management, security, and governance capabilities. SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc is a hybrid cloud solution that allows you to manage, secure, and govern your SQL Server estate. Watch demos and learn from our experts about the different options for deploying Azure Arc to your SQL Servers at scale.
Upgrade and migrate Windows Server IaaS virtual machines
Learn how to migrate a workload running in Windows Server to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) virtual machine (VM) and to Windows Server 2022 by using Windows Server migration tools or the Storage Migration Service.
The Windows Cloud Experience
Get the one and only overview you’ll need of our present and future investments in bringing Windows to the cloud with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Hear from customers who have adopted Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 to deliver a secure, flexible, and smooth Windows experience to their employees and contractors.
See the session catalog for more.
Business Applications sessions
Transform customer experience with Dynamics 365 and next-generation AI
At Ignite we announced Microsoft Copilot for Service, which provides AI-powered assistance tailored for the unique needs of employees on the frontline of customer experience. In addition, we announced Microsoft Copilot for Sales, the evolution of Sales Copilot, as well as new Copilot capabilities in Dynamics 365 that drive efficiency across the whole organization.
To learn more, read this blog post by Emily He, Corporate Vice President, Business Applications Marketing.
Transform service organizations with generative AI
Learn about new innovations being announced to help contact centers boost agent productivity and enhance customer self-service. You’ll also learn about Dynamics 365 Copilot capabilities that are streamlining frontline tasks like creating and scheduling work orders, and equipping technicians with the right information to complete jobs.
We also announced Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides, which combines the power of generative AI with Mixed Reality to help frontline workers complete complex tasks and resolve issues faster with less disruption to the flow of work.
To learn more, read this blog post by Lili Cheng, Corporate Vice President, Business Applications and Platform.
Accelerate impact with AI-powered low-code tools
Discover how Copilot in Power Platform can do more than just help you accelerate app development processes. Explore how you can infuse intelligent AI into your apps, chatbots, webpages, and automations to optimize your business and provide enhanced experiences for customers, partners, and employees.
Power Platform now includes new features that bring generative AI to more users, advance governance at scale, and help build low-code solutions faster.
To learn more, see the latest product blogs from Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI.
See the session catalog for more.
Modern Work sessions
Becoming an AI-Powered Organization with Microsoft Copilot
Learn from the experts how Microsoft Copilot can unlock productivity and transform business process for everyone across functions and industries.
The Future of Security with AI
While the new era of AI presents unprecedented opportunities to elevate human potential, it also ushers in a new set of unknowns and risks. Discover how Microsoft is delivering AI for security with Security Copilot, and how we’re enabling organizations to secure and govern AI with new capabilities.
Getting your enterprise ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Learn about preparing an organization for Microsoft 365 Copilot including core concepts, deployment prerequisites, information access optimization, and extensibility options. Get tips for driving internal adoption and success, along with an overview on the importance of trust in the Microsoft Cloud, with a focus on data privacy and residency, and the comprehensive enterprise compliance and security controls in place to protect data and AI model.
Prepare for, implement, and secure Microsoft 365 Copilot
Examine the key tasks that administrators must complete as they prepare to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot, such as completing prerequisites, preparing data for searches, and assigning Copilot licenses. Learn how Microsoft 365 Copilot adheres to existing privacy and compliance obligations; ensures data residency and compliance boundary; and uses access controls and isolation to protect sensitive business data.
See the session catalog for more.
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