Microsoft Ignite 2026

Microsoft Ignite 2026 runs 17-20 November 2026 at the Moscone Center (North, South and West) in San Francisco, and is Microsoft's flagship annual conference for IT professionals, developers, enterprise technology leaders and partners. It is a hybrid event: an in-person programme of keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs and engineering office hours, plus a free digital experience that streams the keynotes and much of the session catalogue worldwide. The 2025 edition drew more than 20,000 in-person attendees and over 200,000 registered digital participants across 400-plus sessions, demos and expert-led labs, and set the current agenda: Microsoft framed it as the end of the chatbot era and the start of enterprise agents, announcing Work IQ as the intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent Mode across Office apps, Agent 365 for managing fleets of agents, Windows 365 for Agents, and Purview protections for AI deployments. The 2026 session catalogue publishes closer to the event.

Date

November 17–20, 2026

Location

Moscone Center (North, South and West), San Francisco, California

Format

Hybrid

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Mixed (Free tier available)

Organizer

Microsoft

Added

Jun 21, 2026

Updated

Aug 6, 2026

• ✓Chief Information Officer
• ✓Chief Technology Officer
• ✓IT Administrator and Infrastructure Lead
• ✓Enterprise Architect
• ✓Software Developer
• ✓Security and Compliance Lead
• ✓Data Platform Engineer
• ✓Microsoft partner

If your organisation runs on Microsoft, Ignite is the four days that determine your next twelve months of platform planning — agent governance, Copilot licensing, Purview policy and Azure capacity commitments all get their direction set here. The concrete value for a CIO is decision support: labs and engineering office hours let your architects test whether an announced capability is production-ready or a preview with a long tail, before you build a budget around it. Send a small in-person team for the labs and briefings, and put everyone else on the free digital pass — the session replays and Book of News make that a genuinely workable split.

• ✓Four-day in-person programme at Moscone Center, 17-20 November 2026
• ✓Free digital experience streaming keynotes and selected sessions worldwide
• ✓Opening keynote plus product keynotes across AI, cloud, security and developer tooling
• ✓Hands-on, expert-led labs and Microsoft engineering office hours (400+ sessions, demos and labs at the 2025 edition)
• ✓AI agents and Copilot track — the 2025 edition launched Work IQ, Agent Mode in Office, Agent 365 and Windows 365 for Agents
• ✓Security and governance track covering Zero Trust, Baseline Security Mode, the Agent Dashboard and Microsoft Purview protections for AI
• ✓Developer track spanning Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot and Azure application platforms
• ✓Power Platform and Copilot Studio sessions on maker workspaces and agent governance
• ✓The Ignite Book of News published as the official index of every announcement, with keynote and breakout replays

• ★The single event where Microsoft's whole enterprise roadmap lands at once — Copilot, Azure, Security, Power Platform, Dynamics and developer tooling all announce in the same week, which no partner or analyst event replicates
• ★Direct access to Microsoft engineering: expert-led labs and office hours put you in front of the people who own the product, not the field sales organisation
• ★The Book of News is published as a single authoritative announcement index, so the news is verifiable rather than reconstructed from session decks
• ★Free digital experience with keynotes and a large share of sessions streamed, so a team can send one person in-person and still cover the catalogue
• ★Genuine scale for peer benchmarking — the 2025 edition ran 400-plus sessions, demos and labs to 20,000-plus in-person and 200,000-plus digital attendees

Microsoft has not published in-person pass pricing for the 2026 edition on ignite.microsoft.com as of early August 2026, and registration for the Moscone Center event opens closer to the show. The digital experience — keynotes and streamed sessions — is offered at no cost. Third-party listing sites are quoting an in-person figure; none of it is confirmed by Microsoft, so treat any number you see elsewhere as unverified until the official registration page opens. Microsoft partners have historically received discounted or complimentary passes through their partner agreements.

When is Microsoft Ignite 2026?

Microsoft Ignite 2026 takes place November 17–20, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

Where is Microsoft Ignite 2026 held?

Microsoft Ignite 2026 is held in San Francisco, California. The event format is hybrid.

How much does Microsoft Ignite 2026 cost?

Microsoft Ignite 2026 is mixed, with a free tier available. Microsoft has not published in-person pass pricing for the 2026 edition on ignite.microsoft.com as of early August 2026, and registration for the Moscone Center event opens closer to the show. The digital experience — keynotes and streamed sessions — is offered at no cost. Third-party listing sites are quoting an in-person figure; none of it is confirmed by Microsoft, so treat any number you see elsewhere as unverified until the official registration page opens. Microsoft partners have historically received discounted or complimentary passes through their partner agreements.

Who should attend Microsoft Ignite 2026?

Microsoft Ignite 2026 is aimed at Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, IT Administrator and Infrastructure Lead, Enterprise Architect, Software Developer, Security and Compliance Lead, Data Platform Engineer, Microsoft partner.

What topics does Microsoft Ignite 2026 cover?

Microsoft Ignite 2026 covers AI agents and agentic workflows, Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365, Azure cloud infrastructure, Enterprise security and Zero Trust, Data governance and Microsoft Purview, Developer tooling and GitHub Copilot, Power Platform and Copilot Studio, Industry AI transformation.

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