As generative AI transforms applications into dynamic, reasoning-driven systems, traditional observability tools fall short—Microsoft is redefining what it means to monitor AI and agents at scale. Unveiled at Microsoft Ignite, Azure Monitor and AI Foundry deliver a unified observability solution for GenAI agents, featuring the AI Agent Overview Dashboard, AI-Tailored Trace Views, and Low-Code GenAI Agent Monitoring across infrastructure and application. Built on open standards OpenTelemetry, this approach eliminates vendor lock-in and empowers enterprises to govern AI workloads with the same operational discipline applied to traditional software—ensuring quality, compliance, and cost efficiency at every layer. Learn more: https://msft.it/6053QNDNl #Microsoft #Azure #MicrosoftFoundry #MicrosoftIgnite

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, Azure Storage and migration solutions showcased how organizations can move, modernize, and scale data with confidence. This sizzle video highlights the breadth of Azure Storage and migration solutions, from large-scale data movement to performance-driven storage for AI, analytics, and mission-critical workloads. It captures how Azure helps customers simplify migrations, optimize cost and performance, and unlock innovation once data lands in the cloud. Whether you’re modernizing infrastructure, preparing data for AI, or building resilient cloud architectures, Azure Storage provides the foundation to move faster and operate at scale. Watch the related Ignite sessions: Advanced capabilities and innovation of Azure Storage solutions | BRK159: https://msft.it/6056tfSM4 Running AI on Azure Storage: Fast, secure, and scalable | BRK174: https://msft.it/6057tfSMf Driving efficiency and cost optimization for Azure IaaS deployments | BRK176: https://msft.it/6058tfSMA Azure IaaS best practices to enhance performance and scale | BRK173: https://msft.it/6059tfSM7 #Microsoft #MicrosoftIgnite #AzureStorage

In this interview, Yuemin Lu discusses how Ultra Disk continues to evolve to meet the demands of modern workloads—delivering ultra-low latency, high IOPS, and improved price-to-performance for mission-critical applications and AI-driven platforms. The conversation highlights why Ultra Disk is a key foundation for customers running performance-sensitive and data-intensive workloads at scale. Learn more about the next generation of Azure Ultra Disk: https://msft.it/6058tfQbw Explore customer stories: ServiceNow: https://msft.it/6059tfQbb BlackRock: https://msft.it/6050tfQbj Watch the related Ignite sessions Advanced capabilities and innovation of Azure Storage solutions | BRK159: https://msft.it/6051tfQbd Running AI on Azure Storage: Fast, secure, and scalable | BRK174: https://msft.it/6052tfQbe Driving efficiency and cost optimization for Azure IaaS deployments | BRK176: https://msft.it/6053tfQb5 Azure IaaS best practices to enhance performance and scale | BRK173: https://msft.it/6054tfQbg #MicrosoftIgnite #AzureStorage #AzureMigration

At Microsoft Ignite, Lissa Kurnik spoke with Dan Kogan from Pure Storage about how Pure Storage and Microsoft Azure collaborate to deliver modern, high-performance storage solutions. This interview explores how Azure Storage helps organizations modernize data environments while reducing the complexity traditionally associated with large-scale migrations. Pure Storage shares how customers are streamlining their journey to Azure, minimizing disruption, and creating a foundation for long-term innovation. Together, Pure Storage and Azure are helping enterprises move faster, migrate smarter, and modernize with confidence. #AzureStorage #PureStorage #MicrosoftIgnite

At Microsoft Ignite, Lissa Kurnik spoke with Tyler White from ServiceNow about how ServiceNow leverages Azure Ultra Disk to power performance-intensive, mission-critical workloads. In this conversation, we dive into why Azure Ultra Disk is a strong fit for ServiceNow’s global platform—delivering ultra-low latency, high IOPS, and predictable performance at scale. The discussion also highlights how recent Azure Ultra Disk innovations are improving price-to-performance, helping customers optimize cost without compromising reliability. This partnership showcases how Azure Storage enables enterprise platforms like ServiceNow to scale confidently while supporting demanding transactional and data-driven workloads. Learn more about the next-generation of Azure Ultra Disk: https://msft.it/6053t7sa5 Read the ServiceNow customer story: https://msft.it/6054t7sag #AzureUltraDisk #AzureStorage #ServiceNow

At Microsoft Ignite, Lissa Kurnik connected with Rachna Lalwani from Dell Technologies to discuss how Dell and Microsoft Azure are partnering to deliver scalable, high-performance storage solutions for enterprise workloads. In this conversation, we hear from Dell on how close collaboration with customers and Azure Storage is shaping the next wave of infrastructure innovation—from modern data platforms to performance-driven cloud architectures. The discussion highlights how Azure enables enterprises to innovate faster while staying grounded in real customer needs, operational simplicity, and scalable design. Whether you’re modernizing legacy environments, optimizing cost and performance, or building a foundation for AI and analytics, this conversation highlights how Dell and Azure Storage work together to meet enterprise needs—today and how we're innovating together for tomorrow. #AzureStorage #MicrosoftIgnite #DellTechnologies

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, Yuemin Lu and Ali Jamil discuss the AI evolution and what it takes to stay ahead of the curve. This conversation explores how infrastructure, data, and storage must evolve to support the next generation of AI; from high-performance storage to scalable data platforms that can keep pace with rapidly advancing models. Yuemin and Ali share perspectives on how Azure is innovating to enable customers to build, train, and run AI workloads efficiently and responsibly. If you’re thinking about what’s next for AI and the data foundations required to support it, this interview offers a forward-looking view into where the cloud storage industry is headed. Watch the related Ignite sessions: Advanced capabilities and innovation of Azure Storage solutions | BRK159: https://msft.it/6053t7Sfv Running AI on Azure Storage: Fast, secure, and scalable | BRK174: https://msft.it/6054t7Sfa Driving efficiency and cost optimization for Azure IaaS deployments | BRK176: https://msft.it/6055t7Sfx Azure IaaS best practices to enhance performance and scale | BRK173: https://msft.it/6056t7SfI #MicrosoftIgnite #AzureStorage #AzureMigration

Work IQ is the intelligence layer behind Microsoft 365 Copilot that enables AI to understand work signals, memory, and organizational context. In this post, we break down the Work IQ architecture and explain why it changes how enterprise AI and agents are built. #WorkIQ #MicrosoftCopilot #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftIgnite #M365MVP #EnterpriseAI #CopilotArchitecture #MicrosoftGraph #WorkSignals #ModernWork

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It's always hard to sit down and fully absorb the information you get at a conference like Microsoft Ignite. You spend a week living in and around the tech world, just trying to drink in everything and interact with as many people as possible. I'm still doing more than a little digesting about what all of these announcements last week have meant, but I'm excited about quite a few of them, especially on the data platform side.

Microsoft's handling of the peaceful protest at the #MicrosoftIgnite conference has raised concerns about human rights and corporate accountability. Protestors were assaulted by private security force...