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,…

Unlock what’s next: Microsoft at Red Hat Summit 2025

By Dustin Ward

As the tech world eagerly anticipates Red Hat Summit 2025, Microsoft is proud to announce its role as a platinum sponsor at the event. Red Hat Summit is a premier enterprise open source event for IT professionals to learn, collaborate, and innovate on technologies from the datacenter and public cloud to edge and beyond. This…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2025 

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 it’s being spent, 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.  Manage your cloud…

Tired of all the restarts? Get hotpatching for Windows Server

By Dustin Ward

Hotpatching for Windows Server 2025, made available in preview in 2024, will become generally available as a subscription service on July 1st, 2025. One of the key updates in the latest release of Windows Server 2025 is the addition of hybrid and multicloud capabilities, aligned with Azure’s adaptive cloud approach. With hotpatching, we are taking what was previously an Azure-only capability and now making it available…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—March 2025

By Dustin Ward

In this article Optimizing AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) costs  AWS (Azure Web Services) connector deprecation Exchange of Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned Reservations Help shape the future of cost reporting Documentation updates What’s next for Cost Management? Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—February 2025

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 it’s being spent, 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…