Microsoft Ignite 2020: Empowering the technical community to help customers innovate and rebuild in a changing world(Aug 6, 2020)

Because the world is in unchartered territory with COVID-19 impacting people, organizations and economies this year, we’re excited to announce that we’ve pivoted Microsoft Ignite from a week-long, in-person event to two global events that are free, 48-hour digital gatherings. The first event is Sept.

22-24,and registration will open on Sept.3

We’ll be adding a second Microsoft Ignite in early 2021 to create an additional opportunity to connect with our technical communities, and to share the latest product developments.

We’ve learned from the global digital events we’ve held this year that we now have the opportunity to bring the whole global community together in one place to create a truly worldwide event. 

 For this reason, we’re not going to be holding Microsoft Ignite Tour events in different cities around the world this year; instead Microsoft Ignite will bring all global participants together and include the opportunity for local community meetups, will have language localization, and participants will also be able to get skill building with Microsoft Learn and certifications.

Finally, I want to clarify that the second Microsoft Ignite event to be held early next year will not replace Microsoft Build. 

We’ll continue to host Microsoft Build as the forum for our developer communities to come together