Takeaway: Azure Failure Prediction and Detection (AFPD) is Microsoft Azure’s end-to-end system aiming to catch hardware failures before they interrupt a workload, not after. Across the Azure fleet, AFPD has improved the prevention of hardware-related…
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The agentic launches that stayed with me last week had nothing to do with how capable a model is. They were about reach. AWS Step Functions, which already orchestrates over 220 AWS services, can now…
Organizations running regulated and security-sensitive workloads need trusted evidence of which authenticated users performed management operations on their hardware security modules (HSMs), what actions they took, and when. Today, we are announcing Hardware Audit Logging…
A model can reason about a task. Completing that task takes more: the right context, tools, execution environment, and controls, and an agent loop that brings them together. Microsoft’s unified harness strategy brings a shared…
Turn subsurface uncertainty into decision-ready insight Drilling campaigns are among the most expensive and operationally complex activities in the energy industry. Rigs, crews, equipment, and logistics are scheduled months in advance, leaving little room for…