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,…

Powering the next AI frontier with Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data portfolio 

By Dustin Ward

The emergence of an entirely new type of organization—reconstructed with AI—was uncovered in Microsoft’s latest annual Work Trend Index report. These frontier firms are building agent assistants, creating hybrid human and agent teams, and even establishing entire teams of agents directed by humans. As more organizations begin their journey to this next frontier, agents will…

Transforming R&D with agentic AI: Introducing Microsoft Discovery

By Dustin Ward

We are announcing a new enterprise agentic platform called Microsoft Discovery to accelerate research and development (R&D) at Microsoft Build 2025. Our goal is to bring the power of AI to scientists and engineers to transform the entire discovery process—from advanced knowledge reasoning and hypothesis formulation to experimental simulation and iterative learning. Microsoft Discovery enables…

Announcing new fine-tuning models and techniques in Azure AI Foundry

By Dustin Ward

Today, we’re excited to announce three major enhancements to model fine-tuning in Azure AI Foundry—Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) with o4-mini (coming soon), Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) for the GPT-4.1-nano and Llama 4 Scout model (available now). These updates reflect our continued commitment to empowering organizations with tools to build highly customized, domain-adapted AI systems for real-world impact. …

Microsoft’s Virtual Datacenter Tour opens a door to the cloud

By Dustin Ward

Imagine stepping into a realm where the cloud meets cutting-edge technology, revealing the inner workings behind servers, fiber optic network cables, operations, physical datacenter buildings, and the most advanced AI infrastructure. This is Microsoft’s Virtual Datacenter Tour, where customers can explore the infrastructure and datacenter design that powers over 60 datacenter regions and 300 plus…