Microsoft Ignite has kicked off, with a raft of announcements attendees can sink their teeth into over the coming days.
With the company investing billions into AI infrastructure, it’s no wonder it featured heavily in its messaging. Yet, other big announcements stood out alongside it, with new launches and features focusing on Azure AI Foundry, data layer, MCP open standards, and security and governance.
However, David Dogon, AI Product Director at Orderfox Schweiz AG, told UC Today that the real standout has been the announcements on agents:
“The story at Ignite is very clear: this is the year agents go from buzzword to enterprise runtime,”
UC Today is covering the top news and analysis throughout the event below.
Teams Takes Back Seat at Ignite —But Strengthens its AI Orchestration Role
Teams had minimal visibility at Microsoft Ignite 2025, with analysts noting “very little Teams news” beyond quirky updates like branded reactions. However, the platform’s most significant update positions it as an intelligent orchestration hub: MCP integration now allows Teams channel agents to collaborate with third-party applications and AI agents. This tackles enterprise data silos by letting Teams agents coordinate workflows across tools like Jira and Asana without leaving the platform.
With 320 million monthly active users, Teams is evolving from a communication tool to the core workspace where human and AI agent workflows intersect.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 and its positioning of Teams here!
Microsoft Pivots to AI Governance at Ignite 2025
Microsoft shifted its AI narrative from feature-driven innovation to governance, compliance, and risk management at Ignite 2025. The move aligns with enterprise buyer data showing security and compliance intent up 8-11% while device categories decline 10-15%. New tools include Agent 365, Entra Agent ID, Purview DSPM, and Foundry Control Plane—designed to automate workflows with built-in auditability.
However, gaps remain: ROI messaging still emphasizes productivity over risk reduction, and deploying 30+ agent variants increases governance complexity rather than reducing it.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 strategic focus here!
Microsoft Unveils AI Agents Across Security, Identity, and Compliance
Microsoft launched autonomous AI agents across Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview, designed to automate enterprise workflows and enhance security operations.
Key features include Security Copilot agents for automated alert triage and natural-language threat hunting, Entra Agent ID for managing agent identities and access controls, Intune Copilot agents for policy configuration and device management, Purview data security agents for compliance and alert prioritization, and a centralized Security Dashboard for AI that consolidates AI posture and risk insights. The updates emphasize governance-first deployment to balance automation efficiency with increased attack surface management.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 AI agent updates here!
Teams Agents to Connect with Third-Party Apps and AI Agents via Model Context Protocol
Microsoft Teams agents can now integrate with AI agents and external platforms like GitHub, Asana, and Jira through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Key features include cross-platform coordination and automated multi-step workflows spanning multiple apps. With MCP integration, the update breaks down data silos, enabling Teams agents to retrieve information and orchestrate actions across an organization’s entire software ecosystem without manual platform switching.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 Teams updates here!
Microsoft Makes Major Security Moves with Defender for Cloud Updates
Microsoft unveiled comprehensive security updates to Defender for Cloud, integrating with GitHub Advanced Security, extending coverage to serverless environments, and introducing unified AI agent posture management.
Key features include code-to-runtime security workflows with AI-driven remediation, serverless posture management for Azure Functions and AWS Lambda, unified multicloud security across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, AI agent threat protection across Microsoft 365, and Predictive Shielding that automatically hardens potential attack paths using threat intelligence. The updates shift security from fragmented tooling to an integrated, proactive defense model.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 security updates here!
Teams Admin Agent Automates IT Workflows
Microsoft introduced the Teams Admin Agent, a specialized tool that automates IT administrative tasks within the Teams admin center.
Key features include autonomous workflow execution for meeting monitoring and user provisioning.
Find the full story on all the latest Microsoft Ignite 2025 Teams updates here!
You can find out more about all of the major CX announcements from Ignite 2025 by checking out our sister site, CX Today.
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