In a recent study, Microsoft surveyed over 2,000 IT professionals across ten countries on their tech readiness for and adoption of AI as well as their concerns and challenges along the way.
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Today, we’re announcing the unification of our enterprise maps offerings under Microsoft Azure Maps. This enables our customers to accelerate innovation by leveraging other Microsoft Azure cloud services while retaining many familiar features from Bing Maps for Enterprise.
The post Azure Maps: Reimagining location services with cloud and AI innovation appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

As AI continues to transform industries, Microsoft is expanding its global cloud infrastructure to meet the needs of developers and customers everywhere.
The post Unleashing innovation: The new era of compute powering Azure AI solutions appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

What was once a distant promise is now manifesting—and not only through the type of apps that are possible, but how you can build them. With Azure, we’re meeting you where you are today—and paving the way to where you’re going. So let’s jump right into some of what you’ll learn over the next few days. Welcome to Build 2024!
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At Microsoft Build 2024, we are excited to add new models to the Phi-3 family of small, open models developed by Microsoft.
The post New models added to the Phi-3 family, available on Microsoft Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

With Microsoft Build 2024 right around the corner, I am excited to share how the Microsoft commercial marketplace is extending innovation. As we enter the era of AI, I’m seeing developers utilize the marketplace to use cutting-edge AI tools that accelerate adoption of next-gen solutions for their organizations.
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Microsoft is thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship model on Azure AI. This groundbreaking multimodal model integrates text, vision, and audio capabilities, setting a new standard for generative and conversational AI experiences.
The post Introducing GPT-4o: OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft recently launched two accelerators for industrial transformation: Azure’s adaptive cloud approach and Azure IoT Operations. These accelerators will be on display at Hannover Messe 2024 from April 22 to April 26, 2024.
The post Azure IoT’s industrial transformation strategy on display at Hannover Messe 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Today, we’ll build on our resilience blog post series by going further in sharing how workload identities gain resilience from the regionally isolated authentication endpoints as well as from the backup authentication system.
The post Microsoft Entra resilience update: Workload identity authentication appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft has put together several resources to help you get started. Whether you are ready to build your own copilot or you’re at the very beginning of your learning journey, read on to find the best and free resources from Microsoft on generative AI training.
The post AI study guide: The no-cost tools from Microsoft to jump start your generative AI journey appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Product level simulation models are routinely used in day-to-day decision making on design, reliability, and product features. Microsoft Azure HPC plays a vital role in enabling this vision for the Microsoft Surface team.
The post Azure high-performance computing leads to developing amazing products at Microsoft Surface appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We're always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Cost Management can help you better understand where you're accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less.
The post Microsoft Cost Management updates—March 2024  appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Amidst the swiftly changing digital landscape, Malaysia stands out as a dynamic force capturing global attention. This nation—enriched by its diverse population comprised of Malays, Indians, Chinese, and more—is home to people and companies that have adeptly embraced innovative technologies, ensuring the benefits extend to all, not just the tech-savvy elite.
The post Cloud Cultures, Part 6: Accelerating collective growth in Malaysia appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Within Azure for Operators, we are taking advantage of the significant investments Microsoft has made and its expertise in programming foundation models by developing technical solutions that will give our customers a competitive advantage.
The post Empowering operators through generative AI technologies with Azure for Operators appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are introducing RESIN, an end-to-end memory leak detection service designed to holistically address memory leaks in large cloud infrastructure.
The post Advancing memory leak detection with AIOps—introducing RESIN appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

At the Migrate to Innovate digital event, you’ll learn how Azure provides an optimized platform to fully embrace AI while addressing your most pressing business priorities by maximizing ROI, performance, and resilience.
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Our job at Microsoft is to help you understand how the AI era can benefit your organization and trust the AI solutions you deploy are done so safely and responsibly. On that note, here’s a look at some of the innovations and updates we’ve announced recently. 
The post What’s new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Helping you navigate the fast pace of change appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Learn what’s coming next in Windows Server 2025, get best practices for security and identity, and hear tips for cloud migration and hybrid cloud management. 
The post Maximize your business potential: Migrate your Windows Server to Azure with expert resources appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft and Red Hat commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic ImpactTM (TEI) study of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure, based on interviews with customers who have migrated their RHEL workloads to Azure. Using the data derived from these interviews, Forrester analysts created a 'composite organization' representative of actual customers and their economic realities. 
The post The business impact of migrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

At Microsoft, our commitment to empowering developers and advancing technology remains steadfast. We understand the importance of open-source projects in driving innovation, which is why we actively support and contribute to initiatives like Redis.
The post Redis license update: What you need to know appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

The Microsoft Azure Container Networking team is excited to announce Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that helps with DevOps and SecOps related networking cases for your Kubernetes clusters.
The post Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

At NVIDIA GTC, Microsoft and NVIDIA are announcing new offerings across a breadth of solution areas from leading AI infrastructure to new platform integrations, and industry breakthroughs. The news expands our long-standing collaboration, which paved the way for revolutionary AI innovations that customers are now bringing to fruition.
The post Microsoft and NVIDIA partnership continues to deliver on the promise of AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

At Microsoft, we’ve experienced firsthand the benefits of Microsoft Dev Box for the developer experience, and we’re not alone. Take a look at the benchmark report Assessing Microsoft Dev Box Cloud-Based Developer Workstations, conducted by GigaOm.
The post Study showcases how Microsoft Dev Box impacts developer productivity appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Whether you're a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you're spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. 
The post Microsoft Cost Management updates—February 2024 appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

The new era of AI is one of the most exciting shifts of our generation. We, along with other leaders are seeing this impact take shape across individuals, entire teams, and every industry.
The post Foster a more data-driven culture with generative AI in Microsoft Fabric appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure AI offers an industry-leading portfolio of AI services to help customers make sense of their voice data. Our speech-to-text service in particular offers a variety of differentiated features through Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Speech.
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We’re thrilled to announce that Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service. It’s the sixth time in a row that we’ve been recognized.
The post Microsoft named a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service  appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Today, we are announcing a multi-year partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI. We are fueled by a steadfast dedication to innovation and practical applications, bridging the gap between pioneering research and real-world solutions.
The post Microsoft and Mistral AI announce new partnership to accelerate AI innovation and introduce Mistral Large first on Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Advancements in generative AI continue to accelerate the pace of industry transformation, with telecommunications emerging as a leader AI adoption. In this blog, I will share a number of exciting updates about our Azure for Operators portfolio of cloud-based solutions that enable operators to drive innovation and efficiency in the network.
The post Modernizing and monetizing telecom networks with AI-powered Azure for Operators appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Join Microsoft at the NVIDIA GTC AI Conference March 18–21 at booth #1108 in San Jose, CA (or virtually) to discover how these cutting-edge Azure AI services and supercomputing infrastructure in the cloud can help power your AI transformation.
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Microsoft Azure Chaos Studio solution helps you measure, understand, improve, and maintain the resilience of your application through hypothesis-driven chaos experiments.
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Demand for cloud infrastructure continues to grow as organizations focus on migrating to the cloud and building new solutions that take advantage of AI.
The post Microsoft supports cloud infrastructure demand in Europe appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

The joint solution of GitHub and Azure, combined with the power of Visual Studio, can create order for previously staggered workflows and delayed deployments.
The post Streamline workflows with DevOps solutions from GitHub and Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are announcing the preview of Azure Storage Actions, a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management tasks for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage.
The post Introducing Azure Storage Actions: Serverless storage data management appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

As part of our Fabric Community Hub—a virtual hangout for Fabric users to connect with community members, ask questions, and learn—we’ve developed the Fabric Career Hub. It’s your all-in-one repository for Fabric know-how, featuring every learning resource we have to help you ditch the data silos, streamline your workflows, and unleash the hidden potential of your information.
The post Dive into the future of cloud analytics with the Fabric Career Hub appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Over the past three years, Microsoft and VMware have worked together closely to deliver our Azure VMware Solution (AVS) to customers in more than 30 Azure regions around the globe.
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We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Elastic SAN, the industry’s first fully-managed and cloud-native SAN offering that simplifies deploying, scaling, managing, and configuring a SAN in the cloud.
The post Azure Elastic SAN efficiently migrates SAN to the cloud—now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

2023 was an emblematic year of growth for storage and data services with AI at the top of mind for many customers. Azure customers’ overall data estate continued to grow, powered by the emergence of new workloads and access patterns.
The post Reflecting on 2023—Azure Storage appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are now in the second year of the era of AI. The first year was full of excitement and experimentation, giving all of us a glimpse into the powerful potential of AI to revolutionize experiences for customers, improve employee productivity, and ignite a sense of wonder.
The post What’s new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Are you ready to go from GenAI experimentation to solutions deployed at scale? appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Organizations of all sizes are embracing cloud computing to enhance their operations, optimize resource utilization, and gain a competitive edge. However, navigating the complexities of cloud adoption and ensuring optimal performance can be a daunting task. This is where the Azure Enablement Show steps in, providing valuable resources for businesses seeking to unlock the full potential of cloud computing.
The post Elevate Azure expertise with new AI and optimization video episodes appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

In our LLMOps blog series, we’ve explored various dimensions of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their responsible use in AI operations. Elevating our discussion, we now introduce the LLMOps maturity model, a vital compass for business leaders.
The post Achieve generative AI operational excellence with the LLMOps maturity model appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

As organizations prepare for peak events and unforeseen challenges, performance testing stands as a beacon, guiding them toward reliable, high-performance systems that can weather the storm of user demands.
The post Advancing application reliability with performance testing in Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

As the holiday season of 2023 unfolded, it brought not only cheer and celebration but also a surge in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This year's trends in DDoS attacks reveal a complex and evolving threat landscape.
The post Unwrapping the 2023 holiday season: A deep dive into Azure’s DDoS attack landscape appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

By purchasing third-party solutions through Microsoft Azure, customers can maximize investments while balance costs with fast, click-to-deploy, solutions that are validated for compatibility with Microsoft applications for virtually any cloud scenario.
The post Microsoft named a Leader in cloud and applications-centric marketplaces: IDC MarketScape appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

At the Developer Experience Lab, a joint Microsoft and GitHub research initiative, we saw this play out globally during the pandemic which led us to a revelation: the best way to help developers achieve more is not by expecting more, but by improving their experience.
The post Quantifying the impact of developer experience appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We’re honored to announce that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management*. We believe that this recognition validates our end-to-end approach for developing and deploying enterprise-grade, cloud-native apps that run on Azure, in datacenters, or at the edge.
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To support customers in getting the most from their cloud portfolio, Microsoft works with partners such as Dynatrace, an analytics and automation platform powered by causal AI, and recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™.
The post Dynatrace and the Microsoft commercial marketplace: AI-powered cloud transformation appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

This month, I’m pleased to expand this blog’s scope and bring in what’s new for digital applications for a holistic look at everything we’re delivering to help customers modernize their data estate, build intelligent applications, and apply AI technologies to help achieve their business goals.
The post What’s new in Azure Data, AI, & Digital Applications: Modernize your data estate, build intelligent apps, and apply AI solutions appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft has been at the forefront of this technological revolution, announcing Copilot for Azure, M365, GitHub, and more. We, in Microsoft Cost Management, are also always looking for ways to simplify your FinOps practice so that you can stay focused on your business goals.
The post Microsoft Cost Management—2023 year in review appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower everyone to achieve more, and we know that our customers like using MongoDB to build applications. In year one of our strategic partnership, we collaborated with MongoDB to make it even easier for our joint customers to do more with Microsoft services and MongoDB Atlas on Azure.
The post Key customer benefits of the Microsoft and MongoDB expanded partnership appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Azure is recognized as a leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape for AI Governance Platforms. IDC looked at AI governance platforms that ensure AI and machine learning lifecycle governance, collaborative risk management, and regulatory excellence for AI.
The post Microsoft is a leader in the 2023 IDC MarketScape for AI Governance Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Copilot—powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service—allows you to simplify how you design, operate, optimize, and troubleshoot apps and infrastructure from cloud to edge.
The post Azure OpenAI Service powers the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are excited to share that Oracle Database@Azure is generally available in the Azure United States East region, with more regions coming in 2024. You can now use Oracle database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) hardware deployed in Azure data centers.
The post Microsoft and Oracle announce that Oracle Database@Azure is now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

As customers and partners have adopted and experimented with the Azure Space portfolio, new and interesting use cases are emerging that illustrate what’s possible. Today, we are excited to share some of those customer stories, along with updates for Azure Orbital Ground Station, Azure Orbital’s software development kit, and Microsoft Planetary Computer.
The post Create new ways to serve your mission with Microsoft Azure Space appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We’re dedicated to documenting and sharing our learnings and best practices with the developer community so they can make responsible AI implementation practical for their organizations.
The post Infuse responsible AI tools and practices in your LLMOps appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are honored to be recognized by Gartner® as a leader in Completeness of Vision in the recently published 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services (SCPS). In the report, Gartner applauds Microsoft’s investment across all areas of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS as Azure leads in Completeness of Vision and delivers strong ability to execute.
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Companies around the world are using AI to understand potential threats, make informed decisions, and take actions to avoid or reduce risk.
The post Future proof—Navigating risk management with Azure OpenAI Service appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.