The document summarizes a session on using agile techniques in Microsoft's patterns and practices (p&p) division. The session objectives are to learn how p&p uses agile processes across multiple projects, understand why agile is important and p&p's perspective, and learn how p&p scales agile in distributed teams. Key takeaways include understanding what techniques have worked well and justification for using them. The document then outlines p&p's agile practices, including customer engagement, planning, team formation, quality processes, and challenges of distributed teams.