Meet Brain: The AI system behind Azure reliability

By Dustin Ward

In this article How Azure’s AI-powered reliability intelligence system works Why Brain is needed What is Brain? Azure’s centralized AIOps for cloud reliability Foundations of Azure’s digital twin for cloud health What it means to operate against a cloud intelligence system The future of agentic AI and cloud operations What’s next for Azure reliability and…

Build AI apps with Azure Cosmos DB: Key trends from Cosmos Conf 2026

By Dustin Ward

Every year, Azure Cosmos DB Conf offers a window into how modern applications are built—not in theory, but in production at global scale. This year, the key theme from Cosmos Conf was clear: AI is not just another workload. It is fundamentally reshaping how applications—and data platforms—are built. In the opening keynote, VP of Azure…