New capabilities in Azure AI Foundry to build advanced agentic applications 

By Dustin Ward

Every era has its inflection points—moments when niche technologies suddenly become foundational. Today, AI stands on the brink of a similar leap, evolving from assistants awaiting instruction to agents capable of serving as workplace teammates. At Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, we’re not simply celebrating our history—we’re laying the groundwork for tomorrow’s digital economy with Azure AI…

Meet the AWS News Blog team!

By Dustin Ward

Now that Jeff Barr has retired from the AWS News Blog as of December last year, the AWS News Blog team will keep sharing the most important and impactful AWS product launches the moment they become available. I want to quote Jeff’s last comment on the future of the News Blog again: Going forward, the…

Accelerate operational analytics with Amazon Q Developer in Amazon OpenSearch Service

By Dustin Ward

Today, I’m happy to announce Amazon Q Developer support for Amazon OpenSearch Service, providing AI-assisted capabilities to help you investigate and visualize operational data. Amazon Q Developer enhances the OpenSearch Service experience by reducing the learning curve for query languages, visualization tools, and alerting features. The new capabilities complement existing dashboards and visualizations by enabling…