My recommended Microsoft Ignite 2025 sessions

I've looked through the session catalog and selected the sessions below. They don't have days and times because all the sessions listed will be recorded and be available to watch at any point post-Ignite. Perfect - you can still sleep AND catch up the latest news!

As usual, think I missed something? Let me know in the comments!

Cloud Native and Open Source sessions

• Scaling Kubernetes securely and reliably with AKS
• From zero to Kubernetes with AKS Automatic
• Fast and flexible inference on open-source AI models at scale
• Build mission-critical apps that scale with PostgreSQL on Azure
• Optimizing performance, deployments, and security for Linux on Azure
• Modernize Kubernetes with real-time visibility and control
• From VMs and containers to AI apps with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
• Build, modernize, and secure AKS workloads with Azure Linux
• Cloud Native Innovations with Mark Russinovich
• Kubernetes for the Rest of Us: Demystifying Cloud-Native for Windows Server admins

AI and app modernisation

• From legacy to modernizing .NET on Azure faster than ever
• AI-powered workflows with GitHub and Azure DevOps
• Secure, compliant, and fast with GitHub
• Inside Microsoft's AI transformation across the software lifecycle
• Reimagining software development with GitHub Copilot and AI agents
• Building Sustainable Software with Agentic DevOps on GitHub

Azure, infra and ops

• Azure Arc: Extending Azure for hybrid and multi-cloud management
• Build secure applications with Azure Policy and Service Groups
• Anatomy of an outage and evolving our cultures towards transparency

Assorted interesting topics

• AI for nurses: Restoring the human connection with Dragon Copilot
• Inside Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
• Scott & Mark learn to connect the dots

If I've missed anything you think should be in this list please leave a comment below and I'll look to add it!

Hope you have a great Ignite!

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