Microsoft Ignite 2025 Recap

Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco was a pivotal moment for Cloudiway this year. Having a dedicated booth allowed us to connect with an incredibly engaged community of IT professionals, partners, and customers focused on Microsoft 365 migration and modernization challenges.

A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Visitors and Partners

The entire Cloudiway team wants to warmly thank everyone who stopped by our booth during the event. Whether it was in-depth technical discussions, experience sharing, or casual conversations - every exchange was extremely valuable to us.

We also want to extend our gratitude to our technology partners and integrators who took the time to visit us. Their trust and field feedback play a key role in the evolution of our platform and services.

Microsoft Ignite 2025 by the Numbers

Over 20,000 in-person attendees, 200,000+ online registrations, and 400+ sessions, demos, and expert-led labs from Microsoft and partners.

Conversations That Shape Our Roadmap

Ignite was an opportunity to confront our solutions with organizations' real-world projects: mergers and acquisitions, tenant-to-tenant migrations, hybrid coexistence, and collaborative environment modernization.

This concrete feedback confirms the importance of migration tools that are robust, automated, and capable of integrating into a rapidly evolving Microsoft landscape.

Conversations around governance challenges, security, and FinOps management of cloud environments also reinforced our vision: a migration and transformation platform that doesn't just move data, but supports the overall digital strategy.

Microsoft's Strategic Vision: Copilot and AI Agents

This edition of Ignite clearly highlighted Microsoft's ambition to make Copilot and AI agents central to the user experience. From productivity tools to tenant administration, AI is becoming a cornerstone of the Microsoft 365 and Azure strategy.

For migration and transformation projects, this means two things:

Target environments are becoming smarter, more integrated, but also more complex to prepare and govern
Migrated data must be clean, well-structured, and properly secured for Copilot and AI agents to deliver their full value

AI and Copilot visualization representing Microsoft's AI-first strategy — Microsoft's AI-first strategy with Copilot is transforming how organizations work

Key Microsoft Ignite 2025 Announcements

Here are the major announcements from Ignite 2025 that will impact Microsoft 365 environments and migration strategies:

Work IQ: The Intelligence Layer

Work IQ is the new intelligence layer that enables Microsoft 365 Copilot to understand how you work, who you collaborate with, and the content you engage with. It connects to your emails, files, meetings, and chats to provide contextual insights and predict next best actions.

Agent Mode in Office Apps

Microsoft introduced Agent Mode with specialized agents inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. AI no longer simply generates content on demand - it now collaborates iteratively with users to create high-quality documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Agent 365 & Agent Factory

Agent 365 enables organizations to observe, manage, and secure AI agents across platforms. Agent Factory helps build and deploy agents anywhere with a single metered plan - no upfront licensing required.

Windows 365 for Agents

A new type of Windows 365 cloud PC optimized for running "computer use" AI agents in a secure environment.

Copilot Price Reduction

Starting December 1, 2025, Microsoft 365 Copilot for Business will cost $21 per user/month (down from $30), making AI adoption more accessible.

What This Means for Migrations

With AI agents becoming central to Microsoft 365, ensuring clean, well-governed data during migrations is more critical than ever. Proper data preparation directly impacts Copilot's effectiveness in your target tenant.

A New Cloudiway Product Coming Soon

These insights confirm the direction we've taken at Cloudiway: putting AI at the service of migration, analysis, and governance of collaborative environments.

In the coming weeks, we will announce a new product designed to better prepare, manage, and optimize your cloud transformations in a world where Copilot and AI agents are omnipresent.

Stay connected: this launch will mark an important milestone in how migrations are conceived and executed in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Once again, thank you all for your trust and for the quality of exchanges during Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What was announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025?

Microsoft Ignite 2025 featured major announcements around Copilot and AI agents, including Work IQ (the intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 Copilot), Agent Mode in Office apps, Agent 365 for managing AI agents, Windows 365 for Agents, and a price reduction for Microsoft 365 Copilot to $21/user/month starting December 2025.

Where was Microsoft Ignite 2025 held?

Microsoft Ignite 2025 was held from November 18-21, 2025 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center and Chase Center, with over 20,000 in-person attendees and more than 200,000 registered online participants.

How does AI impact Microsoft 365 migrations?

With Copilot and AI agents becoming central to Microsoft 365, target environments are becoming more intelligent but also more complex to prepare and govern. Migrated data must be clean, well-structured, and properly secured for Copilot and AI agents to deliver their full value.

What is Work IQ in Microsoft 365 Copilot?

Work IQ is the intelligence layer that enables Microsoft 365 Copilot to understand how you work, who you work with, and the content you collaborate on. It connects to company knowledge in emails, files, meetings and chats to make connections, unlock insights and predict next best actions.