All the Azure news you don’t want to miss from Microsoft Build 2025

By Dustin Ward

At Microsoft Build, we came together to explore the next frontier: how developers will shape an agentic web. What felt different this year was gathering at a time of such exponential technological progress, making the power of community and the exchange of ideas more vital than ever. We’re reminded that in times of rapid change,…

Announcing new innovations for SAP on Microsoft Cloud

By Dustin Ward

This week at SAP Sapphire 2025 we are excited to share several new announcements and key strategic updates from Microsoft and SAP for our joint customers, built on the foundation of our 30 years of partnership to help thousands of joint customers accelerate their business transformation. Innovate in the cloud faster We are committed to…

Azure AI Foundry: Your AI App and agent factory

By Dustin Ward

Software development is undergoing a transformation. In the old world, building software was a long relay—weeks to plan, months to build, and quarters to launch. In the new world, AI-powered tools turn ideas into prototypes in hours and production solutions in days. To achieve this, developers need an end-to-end platform that seamlessly connects code, collaboration,…

One year of Phi: Small language models making big leaps in AI

By Dustin Ward

A new era of AI  One year ago, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers with the release of Phi-3 on Azure AI Foundry, leveraging research on SLMs to expand the range of efficient AI models and tools available to customers.  Today, we are excited to introduce Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning—marking a new era…

Adaptability by design: Unifying cloud and edge infrastructure trends 

By Dustin Ward

Adaptability isn’t an option. It’s the strategy. Every day, we engage with organizations navigating growing business complexity across industries, geographies, and regulatory environments. From global manufacturers modernizing plants to financial institutions re-architecting for resilience, we are seeing the same pattern: ambitions are moving faster than traditional architectures can respond to.  Organizations must also contend with…

Unveiling GPT-image-1: Rising to new heights with image generation in Azure AI Foundry

By Dustin Ward

We are thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-image-1, the latest and most advanced image generation model, coming soon to eligible customers on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. This groundbreaking model sets a new standard in generating high-quality images, solving complex prompts, and offering zero-shot capabilities in various scenarios. Build custom generative AI solutions That’s enough…