Editor's note
This year's Microsoft Ignite conference ran from Nov. 14 to 17 in Seattle.
The show was available both in person and online with more than 500 sessions scheduled across eight topic areas. Microsoft planned to make most of these sessions available virtually for free. CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders delivered keynotes on the company's AI initiatives across its product portfolio in productivity, security, data analytics and the cloud.
Microsoft's focus is on AI and how the technology can help customers work more efficiently, reduce costs and improve security for its customers. The company's investments in OpenAI will manifest in upcoming products, such as Security Copilot, which integrates with existing Microsoft security tools and third-party products to assist security teams.
Get all the latest news and analysis from the show in this conference guide.
1News from Microsoft Ignite 2023 in Seattle
Explore this section for information about new products, updates to existing offerings and other highlights from this year's conference.
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Microsoft Ignite updates pave the way for GenAI innovation
Microsoft's latest products and updates to existing platforms center on using artificial intelligence to improve productivity. Read Now
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Microsoft adds AI tools for Copilot in Teams, collaboration
New generative AI capabilities enhance real-time meeting notetaking by identifying each speaker and enabling users to convert meeting discussion points into whiteboard formats. Read Now
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Copilot generative AI comes to Dynamics 365 Field Service
Aimed at improving frontline worker performance, Copilot GenAI capabilities will be integrated into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service, providing access to critical job data. Read Now
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Microsoft launches custom AI, server chips for Azure
Maia is for AI inferencing, while the Arm-based Cobalt is for general-purpose computing. The chips could compete with AMD, Nvidia and Intel offerings eventually. Read Now
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Microsoft ignites chip journey with AI accelerators
The company used its annual Ignite conference to showcase the work it is doing to optimise AI and make more energy-efficient hardware Read Now
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Microsoft expands AI reach with Azure AI studio, genAI tools
Microsoft's new platform is a studio for building, exploring and testing models. The tech giant is also incorporating Dall-E 3, GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 Turbo within Azure AI. Read Now
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Microsoft Ignite highlights future of AI, customer success
Advancements in AI will affect businesses and customers alike. Learn about the future of AI from Microsoft Ignite's Analyst Day, and how it will affect CX and app development. Read Now
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Microsoft adds more AI tools to Copilot for Sales, Service
The new capabilities let sales and service teams access customer information from apps such as a knowledge base or CRM system using natural language prompts in Microsoft platforms. Read Now
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Microsoft launches Fabric, adds Copilot for the new platform
The suite unites Power BI, Azure Synapse Analytics and Data Factory in an integrated environment to better enable data management and analysis, including developing AI models. Read Now
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What IT admins and office workers get in MS 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365's Copilot assistive AI features come with a big price tag, but experts are bullish that they could return the investment to users -- and more. Read Now
2Catch up on all the pre-show news
While AI initiatives were a priority for Microsoft this year, the company continued its longstanding practice of forging business partnerships and expanding its cloud-based offerings to sway potential customers. Learn about Microsoft's priorities in the last several months from the following articles.
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Oracle databases in OCI now run on Microsoft Azure
A new partnership between two enterprise technology giants adds Oracle's hardware and software for Microsoft Azure customers, as former rivals unite to compete against AWS. Read Now
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Microsoft releases Sales Copilot, teases Insights tools
The tech giant released generative AI-supported functions for sellers to generate text and summaries, and unveiled new Dynamics 365 Customer Insights tools for marketers. Read Now
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Microsoft partners focus on IT cost optimization, migration
While AI was the main attraction at Microsoft Inspire, the company's partners are also busy taming infrastructure costs, helping clients modernize and managing cloud migrations. Read Now
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Microsoft 365 backup, archive cloud services due in 2024
A highly adopted SaaS package in the enterprise will gain cloud-native data backup and archival services sold by Microsoft itself in Q4 2024, with new APIs for third-party tools. Read Now
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Microsoft pushes to dominate in AI race
The cloud platform provider revealed an expanded plugin ecosystem and an updated ChatGPT, while forging a key strategic partnership with AI vendor Nvidia. Read Now