Microsoft Ignite 2024

Nov 19, 2024 · 1h 16m · Chicago, Illinois

• Satya NadellaChairman and CEO, Microsoft

Nadella's Ignite 2024 keynote moved Copilot from assistant to agents: Copilot Actions, role-scoped agents in Microsoft 365 and autonomous agents in Dynamics 365, measured with Copilot Analytics. Azure AI Foundry unified Microsoft's AI development tools, and new silicon (an in-house security chip and DPU) and SQL Server in Fabric filled out the stack.

What it announced

• Zero Day Quest · MicrosoftHacking event with $4 million in rewardsAnnounced
• Copilot Actions · MicrosoftAutomate tasks from Copilot in Microsoft 365Announced
• Copilot Analytics · MicrosoftMeasure Copilot impact and ROIAnnounced
• Windows 365 Link · MicrosoftCloud PC device, April 2025Coming
• Azure Integrated HSM · MicrosoftFirst in-house security chipAnnounced
• Azure Boost DPU · MicrosoftFirst in-house DPUAnnounced
• Azure HBv5 · MicrosoftHPC VMs co-engineered with AMDAnnounced
• SQL Server in Microsoft Fabric · MicrosoftOperational database natively in FabricAnnounced
• Azure AI Foundry and Agent Service · MicrosoftUnified AI app platform and agent serviceAnnounced