Microsoft Ignite 2026 Focuses on AI Agents and Cloud Security
- Microsoft Ignite 2026 brings together IT administrators, developers, and decision-makers in a hybrid format at San Francisco's Moscone Center and online, where artificial intelligence agents take center stage...
- The conference focuses heavily on designing, integrating, and securing AI agents for enterprise business applications.
- Endpoint management and protection form a core pillar of enterprise AI readiness at the conference.
Microsoft Ignite 2026 brings together IT administrators, developers, and decision-makers in a hybrid format at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and online, where artificial intelligence agents take center stage across cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and endpoint management. The annual event opens with a keynote at the Chase Center before moving into technical sessions, hands-on labs, and certification exams.
AI Agents and Cloud Architecture at Moscone Center
The conference focuses heavily on designing, integrating, and securing AI agents for enterprise business applications. Sessions cover Microsoft Copilot, cloud and data platforms, cybersecurity, and the Windows environment. Attendees can visit the Hub to explore partner stands, attend brief presentations, and complete Microsoft certification exams on-site.
Cloud-Native Endpoint Security and Intune Innovations
Endpoint management and protection form a core pillar of enterprise AI readiness at the conference. Microsoft Intune sessions guide administrators through provisioning, security baselines, app governance, updates, and fast recovery in cloud-native environments. Jason Roszak, VP, Product Management, Microsoft Intune, and Eugenie Burrage, Director, Product Marketing, Microsoft Intune, outline how Intune translates digital estate insights into automated policies.
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Sangeetha Visweswaran, VP of Engineering, Microsoft Intune, Alemeshet Alemu, Partner Director of Engineering, Microsoft Intune, and Ankur Goyal, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Intune, demonstrate how AI-powered threat context helps IT teams assess misconfigurations and prioritize risk beyond traditional security operations centers. Hands-on labs led by Rob York, David Guyer, and Heena Macwan, Principal Product Managers, Microsoft Intune; Jessica Yang, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Intune; and Ahmed Ghaddah, Product Manager, Windows, give administrators practical experience with modern policy enforcement and endpoint remediation.
Operational Scaling and Production Deployment
As agents enter production, IT departments face new visibility and governance requirements. Daniel Ballard, Principal Product Manager, Windows, and Jessica Yang, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Intune, lead sessions on tracking active agents, monitoring resource access, and auditing modifications through an integrated stack of Windows, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Purview.
Swapna Medi, Principal Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft Intune, and Lorena Mora, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Security, lead labs focused on configuring endpoint security policies, checking device posture, and remediating vulnerabilities using Defender telemetry combined with Intune. These sessions establish the operational boundaries required as organizations scale artificial intelligence adoption across Windows, macOS, and mobile fleets.