Empowering ISVs to build and sell with the Microsoft Cloud

By Dustin Ward

Today, we are hosting our first-ever Marketplace Summit and giving every ISV and software as a service (SaaS) provider a virtual front-row seat to learn how to maximize marketplace opportunity and do more with less. While we enter uncertain economic times, cloud budgets remain durable and SaaS retains its growth trajectory as customers look to…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—October 2022

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. We’re always looking for ways to…

Delivering consistency and transparency for cloud hardware security

By Dustin Ward

This post was co-authored by Mark Russinovich, CTO and Technical Fellow, Azure, and Bryan Kelly, Partner Architect, Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure. When it comes to building the Microsoft Cloud, our work to standardize designs for systems, boards, racks, and other parts of our datacenter infrastructure is paramount to facilitating forward progress and innovation across…

How Microsoft Azure helps drive agility and optimization for your business

By Dustin Ward

Welcome to Microsoft Ignite! I’m incredibly inspired by this global community and how you’ve navigated your organizations through significant changes over the past few years. In a world where business leaders are feeling the pressure to do more with less, organizations of all sizes and industries are increasingly embracing cloud technologies as the path toward…