Ignite 2026
Microsoft Ignite 2026
Microsoft's annual conference for enterprise IT, covering Azure, security and AI services.
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Runs the same week as SC26 in Chicago.
About Ignite 2026
Microsoft Ignite runs November 17–20, 2026 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with 15,000–20,000 attendees. It is Microsoft's main technical conference for enterprise customers and partners, and the venue for Azure infrastructure, AI and storage announcements.
Who should attend
Attendees include enterprise IT decision makers, Azure architects and members of the Microsoft partner ecosystem.
Why it matters
Azure's AI infrastructure roadmap is set out here, and its choices about accelerated compute and storage services influence enterprise architecture broadly. The event is a reliable indicator of how hyperscale AI capacity is being packaged for mainstream enterprise use.