Ep 47 - Ignite Preview

With Zoe Wilson heading off to Ignite and Microsoft 365 choosing the day of recording to have a bit of a wobble, Kevin McDonnell is joined by Sara Fennah to look ahead to Microsoft Ignite and attempt to work out what Microsoft might have in store for us. We pick through sessions covering Agent 365, Security and Compliance, Microsoft IQ, AI FinOps, local AI, Copilot extensibility and more, with just a little slightly irresponsible speculation about what those deliberately vague descriptions might really mean. Plus, Sara shares her practical advice for anyone attending Ignite in person: comfy shoes, sensible planning and, most importantly, talk to people! If near London, register now for Fly with Copilot: London on 7th Dec. Get over to Amsterdam for ESPC 2026 and don't forget your Christmas Ugly Sweaters. Join Garry in Leeds on 24th Nov with M365 North's Ignite Recap. Sessions Project Perception Roadmap: New Capabilities, Use Cases & What’s Next Prioritize and remediate your riskiest agents with Project Perception Find and fix code vulnerabilities faster with Codename MDASH MXC: Deploying Agents You Can Trust The next evolution of AI FinOps: From cost to value Plugins for Copilot: build once, govern once, use everywhere Observability at every layer for every role Manage and Secure your AI Agents at Enterprise Scale with Agent 365 Inside Look at Agent 365: Lessons from Microsoft’s Office of the CISO Agentify your business processes: the next era of business applications (the Jeff Teper session) Apps and agents: Business process transformation in Copilot Studio Automate the Follow-Through with Autopilot Agentic productivity with new Copilot capabilities in OneNote Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: modernize without rip and replace Build your IQ using your unique enterprise context with Microsoft IQ Full list here