Innovating in line with the European Union’s AI Act 

By Dustin Ward

As our Microsoft AI Tour reached Brussels, Paris, and Berlin toward the end of last year, we met with European organizations that were energized by the possibilities of our latest AI technologies and engaged in deployment projects. They were also alert to the fact that 2025 is the year that key obligations under the European Union’s AI…

Azure Storage—A look back and a look forward

By Dustin Ward

Last January, we shared our reflection of 2023 and outlook for 2024—and what a year it has been! Microsoft has been at the forefront of groundbreaking AI solutions, empowering end customers, developers and IT Professionals in the cloud while accelerating enterprise migrations to Azure. Azure Storage has evolved to bolster the evolution of Microsoft AI…

Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region

By Dustin Ward

In February 2024, we announced plans to expand Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure in Mexico. Today, I’m excited to announce the general availability of the AWS Mexico (Central) Region with three Availability Zones and API code mx-central-1. This new AWS Region is the first AWS infrastructure Region in Mexico and adds to our growing presence…

Boost processing performance by combining AI models

By Dustin Ward

Leveraging the strengths of different AI models and bringing them together into a single application can be a great strategy to help you meet your performance objectives. This approach harnesses the power of multiple AI systems to improve accuracy and reliability in complex scenarios. In the Microsoft model catalog, there are more than 1,800 AI…

Announcing the new AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region

By Dustin Ward

Today, we’re pleased to announce that the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region is now generally available with three Availability Zones and API name ap-southeast-7. The AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region is the first infrastructure Region in Thailand and the fourteenth Region in Asia Pacific, joining existing Regions in Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mumbai,…