Azure AI Infra updates to power frontier and enterprise workloads | BRK179

As AI workloads grow, infrastructure must keep pace. This session covers Azure’s silicon-to-systems optimization, hardware-software codesign, and datacenter advances in cooling, power, network, and security. Learn about Azure’s latest AI infrastructure powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Superchips and Quantum-2 InfiniBand, including ND GB200/GB300 VMs with exascale performance and 860K+ tokens/sec on LLAMA 70B. We’ll also cover NC H100 and NC RTX Blackwell VMs for enterprise inferencing. To learn more, please check out these resources: * https://aka.ms/ignite25-plans-migrate 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: * Param Shah * Matt Vegas 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: This is one of many sessions from the Microsoft Ignite 2025 event. View even more sessions on-demand and learn about Microsoft Ignite at https://ignite.microsoft.com BRK179 | English (US) Breakout | Intermediate (200) #MSIgnite, #Migrateandmodernizeyourestate Chapters: 0:00 - Session format: discussion, demos, and Q&A 00:03:24 - Introduction to major announcements—Work IQ and new features 00:11:34 - Comparison between Work IQ and connectors as data access methods 00:16:03 - Demonstration of M365 Copilot mobile app and Work IQ interaction 00:23:21 - Demonstration: Creating a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model using Agent Mode in Excel 00:24:55 - Demonstration: Agent Mode in Word for automated content gathering and summarization 00:35:40 - Explanation of agent context transfer and industry state 00:36:16 - Integration of Anthropic models for improved agent orchestration 00:42:55 - Announcement of upcoming developer summit and closing remarks