New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs deliver 50% performance improvement, fully optimized for modern agentic AI workloads

By Dustin Ward

In this article Building on the success of Cobalt 100 VMs What’s new in Cobalt 200 Arm-based VMs Industry partners and customer adoption Developer ecosystem and Arm compatibility Microsoft services powered by Cobalt 200 VMs VM families and specifications The next chapter in Azure’s custom silicon journey Additional resources As organizations increasingly embrace the agentic…

Powering multi-cluster workloads with seamless cross‑cluster networking for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

By Dustin Ward

In this article The challenge of multi-cluster networking Our vision: Multi-cluster management with seamless networking Strategic resilience with cross-cluster networking Getting started with cross-cluster networking Documentation and resources As organizations modernize their application portfolios, we are witnessing a fundamental shift in how cloud-native infrastructure is architected. No longer is the question “How do we scale…

Red Hat Summit 2026: Platform modernization and AI on Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift

By Dustin Ward

At Red Hat Summit 2026, Microsoft and Red Hat highlight how Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift supports modernization and production AI workloads—helping organizations move from AI pilots to production systems with consistent governance, security, and scale. Explore Microsoft and Red Hat’s platform modernization Red Hat Ecosystem Innovation Award for Platform Modernization Microsoft was recognized as…

Scaling cloud and AI: Microsoft Azure’s commitment to Europe’s digital future

By Dustin Ward

Customer demand for cloud and AI is accelerating worldwide, and this demand has been particularly strong in Europe. Public sector customers like Manchester City Council are using Microsoft 365 Copilot to streamline operations and improve citizen services, while companies like Inriver use Microsoft Foundry to transform product information management. These innovations are powered by Microsoft…

A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership

By Dustin Ward

Ten years ago, Microsoft and Red Hat began a partnership grounded in open source and enterprise cloud innovation. This year, we celebrate a decade of collaboration. Our journey together has helped customers accelerate hybrid cloud transformation, empower developers to innovate, and strengthen the open source community to drive modern application innovation​. Accelerate modernization with Azure…