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This morning, Microsoft Ignite 2022 kicked off – Microsoft’s IT Professional, Architect & Developer’s conference – and if you’re interested in knowing what what’s going on, you can start with https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/.

(Reminder: Microsoft Ignite is completely free for remote participants! You do need to register first however at https://register.ignite.microsoft.com/)

SURFACE EVENT:
We also had a special “Microsoft Surface Launch – Oct 2022” event this morning at 7:00AM (PST).

We announced 3 new devices for professionals and a variety of technologies never before seen! If you’d like to see that event in full, check out https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/event.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS:
If you’re interested in all of Microsoft announcements, check out the following:

• Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Main Site
  https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2022/
• Microsoft Ignite 2022 – "Book of News": (“All Microsoft’s announcements”)
  https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2022-book-of-news/

RECOMMENDED SESSIONS:
If you’re interested in the sessions: 

Microsoft Ignite 2022 session lists: ("What you should check out")

• Complete Microsoft Ignite Session Catalog here.
• Power Platform featured sessions here.
• Power BI featured sessions (and announcements) here.
• Security & Compliance featured sessions here.
• Identity featured sessions here.
• Teams & Collaboration sessions here. (Blog post here)
• Endpoint Management sessions here.
• Windows featured sessions here.
• Azure Network Security sessions here.
• Viva, Syntex, SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, Stream, Project here.
• Microsoft 365 administration here.
• Azure App Innovation here.
• Modern Infrastructure (On-prem & Azure, File Services, IIS, etc.) here.
• Azure Infrastructure here.
• Government centric sessions here.
• Surface & Devices sessions here.
• MSIX App Packaging here.
• Power Automate & Automation here.
• Windows 365 specific sessions here.
• Dynamics 365 "Into Focus" session here.
• Industry-focused sessions – including on-demand Government sessions – here.