Announcing Phi-3 fine-tuning, new generative AI models, and other Azure AI updates to empower organizations to customize and scale AI applications

By Dustin Ward

AI is transforming every industry and creating new opportunities for innovation and growth. But, developing and deploying AI applications at scale requires a robust and flexible platform that can handle the complex and diverse needs of modern enterprises and allow them to create solutions grounded in their organizational data. That’s why we are excited to…

Harnessing the full power of AI in the cloud: The economic impact of migrating to Azure for AI readiness

By Dustin Ward

As the digital landscape rapidly evolves, AI stands at the forefront, driving significant innovation across industries. However, to fully harness the power of AI, businesses must be AI-ready; this means having defined use-cases for their AI apps, being equipped with modernized databases that seamlessly integrate with AI models, and most importantly, having the right infrastructure…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—June 2024

By Dustin Ward

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.  We’re always looking…

OpenAI’s fastest model, GPT-4o mini is now available on Azure AI

By Dustin Ward

We are also announcing safety features by default for GPT-4o mini, expanded data residency and service availability, plus performance upgrades to Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. GPT-4o mini allows customers to deliver stunning applications at a lower cost with blazing speed. GPT-4o mini is significantly smarter than GPT-3.5 Turbo—scoring 82% on Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding…

Latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Azure Managed Disks

By Dustin Ward

We are excited to share the latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra disks, the next generation of Azure disk storage. We have enhanced the backup and disaster recovery experience for Pv2 and Ultra disks to help you protect your workloads with ease. In addition, we have improved the security measures for Virtual…

Enable location analytics with Azure Maps

By Dustin Ward

Imagine unlocking a treasure trove of insights from your existing data sets, that makes you look at the physical world differently. That’s what location analytics enables. Any data that has a geographic aspect to it is often called “location data” and is already present in about 80% of enterprise data. It is generated from customer…