Modernize your data with Azure Storage: Plan and migrate with confidence

By Dustin Ward

Enterprise storage migrations are rarely just about copying data. They are about protecting business continuity, maintaining performance, managing cost, and giving teams confidence when terabytes or petabytes of data sit at the heart of critical applications. That confidence is difficult to build when migration planning is fragmented. Many organizations still rely on a patchwork of scripts, third-party tools, and…

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…

Azure IaaS: Defense in depth built on secure-by-design principles

By Dustin Ward

In this article Defense in depth as a system Secure by design: Engineering security into the platform Hardware and host-level trust Virtual machine-layer trust Secure by default: Protection enabled without friction Secure defaults across networking Encryption and data protection by default Compute protection defaults Secure in operation: Continuous protection at runtime Monitoring, detection, and signal…

Many agents, one team: Scaling modernization on Azure

By Dustin Ward

Announcing new agents for modernization that are built to scale and designed for control. When you watch a live broadcast—like the Olympics Games or a major sporting event—you aren’t thinking about the coordination behind it. You simply experience the event. Out of sight, specialized teams synchronize cameras, replays, data, and commentary in real time. When…

Many agents, one team: Scaling modernization on Azure

By Dustin Ward

Announcing new agents for modernization that are built to scale and designed for control. When you watch a live broadcast—like the Olympics Games or a major sporting event—you aren’t thinking about the coordination behind it. You simply experience the event. Out of sight, specialized teams synchronize cameras, replays, data, and commentary in real time. When…