Microsoft Build 2026
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Microsoft Build 2026 | Satya Nadella Opening KeynoteJun 2, 2026 · 2h 23m · Satya NadellaMicrosoft Build 2026 moved to San Francisco and introduced Microsoft IQ, Work IQ, the MAI model family and Majorana 2 as the developer platform for the agentic era.
- 1Build 2026 relocated from Seattle to San Francisco for the first time, running June 2-5, 2026.
- 2Microsoft IQ, a new context layer grounding agents in enterprise and world knowledge, is GA.
- 3Work IQ APIs became generally available June 16, giving agents programmatic access to workplace context.
- 4Microsoft Scout, a personal always-on agent built on OpenClaw and Work IQ, launched for Frontier customers.
- 5MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft AI's first in-house reasoning model, is in private preview on Foundry.
- 6Agent 365 for local agents extends Entra, Defender and Purview to govern agents anywhere they run.
- 7Microsoft Discovery, the agentic science platform, is now generally available.
- 8Majorana 2, Microsoft's quantum chip, hit a 20-second average qubit lifetime with a path to a million qubits.
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Microsoft IQContext layer grounding agents in enterprise and world knowledge | GA |
| Work IQ APIsProgrammatic access to workplace intelligence, GA June 16 | Coming |
| Microsoft ScoutPersonal always-on work agent, available to Frontier customers | Announced |
| MAI-Thinking-1Microsoft AI's first reasoning model, private preview on Foundry | Preview |
| MAI-Image-2.5Microsoft's first text-to-image and image-to-image models | Announced |
| Agent 365 for local agentsExtends Entra, Defender, Purview to govern local agents | Announced |
| Microsoft DiscoveryAgentic AI platform for the full science workflow | GA |
| Majorana 2Next-gen quantum chip, 1000x more reliable qubit lifetime | Announced |
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