Azure reliability, resiliency, and recoverability: Build continuity by design

By Dustin Ward

Modern cloud systems are expected to deliver more than uptime. Customers expect consistent performance, the ability to withstand disruption, and confidence that recovery is predictable and intentional. In Azure, these expectations map the three distinct concepts: reliability, resiliency, and recoverability. Explore technical methodologies with Azure Essentials Reliability describes the degree to which a service or workload…

Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability

By Dustin Ward

Enabling the next wave of cloud transformation with Azure Networking The cloud landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the exponential growth of AI workloads and the need for seamless, secure, and high-performance connectivity. Azure Network services stand at the forefront of this transformation, delivering the hyperscale infrastructure, intelligent services, and resilient architecture…

Navigating the 2024 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense

By Dustin Ward

The 2024 holiday season revealed a complex and evolving threat landscape for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This year’s trends included advanced tactics such as an increase in DDoS-for-hire operations, the assembly of massive DDoS botnets by script kiddies, politically motivated attack campaigns, and the bypass of CDN (Content Delivery Network) protections among other evolving threats.…

Unlocking the future: Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability

By Dustin Ward

In an era defined by the transformative power of AI, industries are reimagining the possibilities of predictive analytics, automation, and real-time decision-making. AI is now ubiquitous, reshaping sectors from retail and finance to healthcare and biotechnology. While new applications harness AI’s potential, it’s the evolution of existing applications through generative AI methodologies that drives exponential…

Enterprise trust in Azure OpenAI Service strengthened with Data Zones 

By Dustin Ward

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, data privacy and security are paramount for enterprises. As organizations increasingly leverage AI to drive innovation, Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service offers robust enterprise controls that meet the highest standards of security and compliance. Built on Azure’s backbone, Azure OpenAI can integrate with your organization’s tools to help ensure you…

Azure Virtual WAN introduces its first SaaS offering

By Dustin Ward

Today we are excited to announce the preview of Palo Alto Networks Cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) for Azure, available as a software as a service (SaaS) offering in Azure Virtual WAN. Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN), networking as a service brings networking, security, and routing functionalities together to simplify networking in Azure. With ease of…