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Get Ready for Microsoft Ignite 2025 – Frontier Solutions in Action
Microsoft is preparing to bring together its partner ecosystem at Ignite 2025 with an agenda built around four pillars: improving employee experience, reinventing business processes, deepening customer connections and driving industry innovation. Driven by the acceleration of AI and cloud adoption, the event aims to help partners build differentiation, scale go-to-market (GTM) practices and evolve the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program. Keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs and networking events are structured to support technical, sales and strategic roles. The partner-centric programming features hundreds of sessions spanning topics such as Copilot and agentic AI, Azure and data modernization, unified security operations and industry-specific growth strategies. To make the most of it, partners are encouraged to register (in-person or digital), plan their personal agenda, secure sessions early and define follow-up actions for their business.
What's new for partners in 2025 includes expanded partner benefits, skilling resources, and marketplace opportunities—most notably a unified partner marketplace with a dedicated category for AI apps and agents. A large focus for future developments to be discussed at Ignite will be on building AI-first capability throughout the ecosystem as well as expanding opportunity and simplifying engagement. The new Copilot for Business aims to position Microsoft as a leader in AI business solutions. Additionally, Microsoft Agent Factory will aim to allow organizations to move from experimentation to execution faster. Ignite partner-focused sessions can be joined virtually and are listed here.
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Posted by Redmond Channel Partner magazine staff on November 18, 2025