Microsoft Build
Microsoft · 3 keynotes · 2024, 2025, 2026 · mostly AI coding and Agents · 24 announcements
Year by year
Key themes and the top highlight of each edition| Year | Keynote | Key themes | Top highlight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Satya NadellaJun 2, 2026 · 2h 23m · videoAgents, AI codingBuild 2026 relocated from Seattle to San Francisco for the first time, running June 2-5, 2026. | Agents, AI coding | Build 2026 relocated from Seattle to San Francisco for the first time, running June 2-5, 2026. |
| 2025 | Satya NadellaMay 19, 2025 · 1h 59m · videoAgents, AI coding, Open sourceSatya Nadella framed the event around building an open agentic web at scale. | Agents, AI coding, Open source | Satya Nadella framed the event around building an open agentic web at scale. |
| 2024 | Satya NadellaMay 21, 2024 · 53m · videoPlatforms, AI coding, ModelsThe Windows Copilot Runtime makes Windows a platform for AI apps, with 40 plus on-device models available out of the box | Platforms, AI coding, Models | The Windows Copilot Runtime makes Windows a platform for AI apps, with 40 plus on-device models available out of the box |
Announcements
24 announcements
| Announcement | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft IQContext layer grounding agents in enterprise and world knowledgeBuild 2026 | GA | Build 2026 |
| Work IQ APIsProgrammatic access to workplace intelligence, GA June 16Build 2026 | Coming | Build 2026 |
| Microsoft ScoutPersonal always-on work agent, available to Frontier customersBuild 2026 | Announced | Build 2026 |
| MAI-Thinking-1Microsoft AI's first reasoning model, private preview on FoundryBuild 2026 | Preview | Build 2026 |
| MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft's first text-to-image and image-to-image modelsBuild 2026 | Announced | Build 2026 |
| Agent 365 for local agentsExtends Entra, Defender, Purview to govern local agentsBuild 2026 | Announced | Build 2026 |
| Microsoft DiscoveryAgentic AI platform for the full science workflowBuild 2026 | GA | Build 2026 |
| Majorana 2Next-gen quantum chip, 1000x more reliable qubit lifetimeBuild 2026 | Announced | Build 2026 |
| GitHub Copilot coding agentAsynchronous agentic coding partner built into GitHubBuild 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| Windows AI FoundryUnified platform for the AI developer lifecycle on WindowsBuild 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| Azure AI Foundry Agent ServiceOrchestrates multi-agent workflows; Semantic Kernel + AutoGen in one SDKBuild 2025 | GA | Build 2025 |
| Microsoft Entra Agent IDAssigns unique identities to agents to prevent agent sprawlBuild 2025 | Preview | Build 2025 |
| Model Context Protocol supportFirst-party MCP support across GitHub, Foundry, Copilot Studio, Windows 11Build 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| NLWebOpen project giving websites a conversational, MCP-native interfaceBuild 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| Microsoft DiscoveryAgentic AI platform for accelerating scientific R&DBuild 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot TuningLow-code agent creation using a company's own dataBuild 2025 | Announced | Build 2025 |
| Windows Copilot RuntimeOn-device models and APIs for Windows AI appsBuild 2024 | Announced | Build 2024 |
| PyTorch and WebNN on DirectMLDeveloper previewBuild 2024 | Preview | Build 2024 |
| GPT-4o on Azure OpenAI ServiceOpenAI's multimodal model on AzureBuild 2024 | GA | Build 2024 |
| Phi-3 Vision and new Phi-3 modelsSmall language modelsBuild 2024 | Announced | Build 2024 |
| Azure AI StudioEnd-to-end environment to build and fine-tune AI appsBuild 2024 | GA | Build 2024 |
| Real-Time Intelligence in FabricStreaming and event analytics in FabricBuild 2024 | Preview | Build 2024 |
| GitHub Copilot ExtensionsThird-party tools inside GitHub CopilotBuild 2024 | Preview | Build 2024 |
| Team CopilotCopilot as a team assistant, preview later in 2024Build 2024 | Coming | Build 2024 |
About and year over year
Sources: official keynote videos, their captions and the hosts' recaps, summarized by AI; watch the source for exact wording. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.