By Pavan Davuluri, President, Windows + Devices
Publication Date: 2025-11-18 16:03:00
Welcome to the new frontier
Every year at Microsoft Ignite, we are reminded of the extraordinary community that powers the world’s organizations. Whether you’re an IT professional, developer or business decision-maker, your work drives how people connect, create and achieve. This week marks 40 years of Windows—a legacy of innovation that has shaped work for decades. Now, we’re building on that foundation to reimagine Windows for what’s next.
Last year at Ignite, we introduced the “Era of AI.” This year, we’re evolving Windows to empower people to easily, securely and confidently leverage the full power of AI. Whether it’s incorporating AI tools in their workflow or choosing to use AI agents to perform tasks on their behalf, Windows is becoming the canvas for AI—embedding intelligence into the system, silicon and hardware, so organizations can move from experimentation to execution at scale. And, with leading AI innovation from first and…