Microsoft is a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Application Platform

By Dustin Ward

We are excited to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platform. Microsoft Azure’s comprehensive cloud application platform spans Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Functions to support application modernization and AI application innovation, with seamless integration with Azure AI, Azure databases, and…

Azure at GitHub Universe: New tools to help simplify AI app development

By Dustin Ward

AI has reset our expectations of what technology can achieve. From transforming how we explore the cosmos to enabling doctors to provide personalized care and making business functions operate more intelligently, it all comes down to you—the developer—to turn this potential into reality. As developers, you’re experiencing a dramatic shift in what you build and…

Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Today we are announcing the general availability of the new Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines (VMs). These VMs run on Microsoft’s first 64-bit Arm-based Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, which has been fully designed in-house. They represent a significant milestone in our journey in designing and building out our cloud infrastructure, with optimization and customization across…

Microsoft and Oracle enhance Oracle Database@Azure with data and AI integration 

By Dustin Ward

This blog is co-authored by Kambiz Aghili, Vice President, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Multicloud, Oracle. One year ago, Microsoft and Oracle built upon our multi-year partnership by announcing a first of its kind solution—Oracle Database@Azure—to offer Oracle Database services running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) inside Microsoft Azure datacenters. This gives customers the ability to run or…

Azure Public IPs are now zone-redundant by default

By Dustin Ward

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Azure Public IPs are zone-redundant by default. This means that unless you specifically select a single zone when deploying your Microsoft Azure Standard Public IPs, they will be zone-redundant—without any extra steps on your part. Yes, automatically. If you don’t select a zone for your Standard Public IPs…

Build AI-enabled applications with Azure AI and NVIDIA

By Dustin Ward

Learn how Azure AI, combined with NVIDIA AI, can help you create innovative and intelligent solutions using your preferred tools and workflows. An explosion of interest in generative AI across many industries has sparked, a direct result of the collaboration of Microsoft and NVIDIA and the breakthrough technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT. As a result, artificial…