We report magnesium-catalyzed cross-dehydrocoupling of Si鈥揌 and N鈥揌 bonds to give Si鈥揘 bonds and H2. A number of silazanes are accessible using this method, as well as silylamines from NH3 and silylhydrazines from N2H4. Kinetic studies of the overall catalytic cycle and a stoichiometric Si鈥揘 bond-forming reaction suggest nucleophilic attack by a magnesium amide as the turnover-limiting step.