Wow, can you all believe it? We’re nearing the end of the year already. Next thing you know, AWS re:Invent will be here! This is our biggest event that takes place every year in Las Vegas from December 1st to December 5th where we reveal and release many of the things that we’ve been working…
An image of part of the Microsoft Marketplace digital dashboard.A new breed of industry-leading company is taking shape — Frontier Firms. These organizations blend human ambition with AI-powered technology to reshape how innovation is scaled, work is orchestrated and value is created. They’re accelerating AI transformation to enrich employee experiences, reinvent customer engagement, reshape business…
This blog is a wrap-up post in a blog series called Agent Factory which shares best practices, design patterns, and tools to help guide you through adopting and building agentic AI. The rise of AI agents—autonomous software entities acting on behalf of users and organizations—marks a transformative moment for enterprise technology. But as we’ve explored throughout this…
Azure Cobalt 100 is our in-house, custom-built, Arm-based cloud CPU powering general compute workloads in the cloud. Cobalt 100 systems are designed to deliver high performance, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness for a wide range of workloads. Cobalt 100 systems have been live for nearly a year and now available in 29 Microsoft datacenter regions…
Every organization has an innovation agenda. Whether it’s building AI-native applications, creating more engaging customer experiences, or unlocking new efficiencies—ambition is never the problem. But for many teams, it’s their technical debt that stands in the way. Legacy systems, outdated codebases, and fragmented infrastructure slow progress and drain resources. In fact, over 37% of application portfolios require modernization today—and that number will remain high over the…
Today, I’m excited to announce the Nova Act extension — a tool that streamlines the path to build browser automation agents without leaving your IDE. The Nova Act extension integrates directly into IDEs like Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Kiro, and Cursor, helping you to create web-based automation agents using natural language with the Nova…