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- Nov 17, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Nov 20, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Microsoft Ignite 2026 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco
- Microsoft Ignite 2026 runs 17-20 November 2026 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with badge pick-up and pre-day sessions and labs on Monday 16 November[1]
- The conference fills Moscone North, South and West, and can also be attended digitally[2]
- Microsoft pitches it at business leaders, security leaders, IT pros, developers and partners, with keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs and onsite certifications[1]
- Session tracks include agentic business applications, the agent platform, cloud and AI platform, Copilot, data and AI, Frontier Transformation, Microsoft IQ, security and the Windows ecosystem[1]
- Featured speakers include chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, commercial business CEO Judson Althoff, Cloud + AI chief Scott Guthrie, Charles Lamanna and Azure CTO Mark Russinovich[1]
- Microsoft announced during Ignite 2025 that the conference would return to San Francisco in 2026 as part of a multiyear commitment to the city; the 2025 edition drew 20,000 attendees and an estimated $68 million in economic impact[4]
- Mayor Daniel Lurie said Ignite's return adds to 36 major events at the Moscone Center in 2026, while some past attendees raised concerns online about Moscone logistics and travel[3][4]
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- [1]75%ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/homeignite.microsoft.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Nov 17, 2026 ✓· Ends Nov 20, 2026 ✓· 38% of score
Microsoft's Ignite site reads "Nov 17-20, 2026 San Francisco, Moscone[2] Center"; its agenda ("Agenda: November 16-20") adds badge pick-up and pre-day sessions on Monday 16 November, so the conference itself is 17-20 November, all day.
- [2]90%Microsoft Ignite 2026 | Moscone Centermoscone.com· Added Sep 23, 2026· 38% of score
The Moscone Center's own event listing gives Microsoft[1] Ignite 2026 as November 17 - November 20, 2026 in Moscone North, South and West, in person with a digital attendance option.
- [3]72%Microsoft Ignite 2026 Returns to San Francisco - But Not Everyone's Thrilleductoday.com· Published Nov 28, 2025· 12% of score
UC Today confirms Ignite's return to San Francisco in 2026, quotes Judson Althoff and Mayor Lurie, and reports attendee concerns about Moscone[2] logistics and travel.
- [4]85%Microsoft's Ignite conference will return to S.F. in 2026 in win for city's tourism industrysfchronicle.com· Published Nov 20, 2025· 12% of score
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Microsoft's[1] decision, announced during Ignite 2025, to bring Ignite back to San Francisco in 2026 as a multiyear commitment, with 20,000 attendees and an estimated $68 million in economic impact from the 2025 edition.
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