What customers value most in Microsoft Databases—from reliability to AI readiness

By Dustin Ward

In this article What customers consistently value Turning customer feedback into innovation Thank you to our customers and community Every day, customers trust Microsoft Databases to power their most critical applications, business processes, and AI-powered experiences. Continuous customer feedback provides valuable insights into how these technologies perform in production and where we should continue investing.…

AT&T and Microsoft scale trillion-token workloads with Microsoft Foundry and AMD

By Dustin Ward

First-of-its-kind telecom AI deployment Telecommunications organizations are increasingly looking to AI to help teams navigate highly specialized domains, but generic models often lack the industry-specific knowledge needed to understand telecom networks, standards, and operations. To address that gap, AT&T created their Open Telco (OTel) models, the next generation of telecom-focused AI designed to bring deeper…

Azure Databricks delivers proven business value

By Dustin Ward

Microsoft Azure Databricks delivers the first-party advantage of Databricks on Microsoft—and for customers, that advantage shows up as real, measurable value. It is the same Databricks platform your teams already know, co-engineered with Microsoft and delivered as a native Azure service, so it fits naturally into the Microsoft tools, identity, and governance your organization already…

Built to bounce back: How Azure resiliency evolved

By Dustin Ward

In this article Resiliency as a shared responsibility, not a handoff Platform foundations that reflect reality: zones, regions, and sovereignty Azure features and capabilities strengthen resiliency outcomes Bridging intent to execution through experiences on Azure How you can build Resilience in Azure Azure Essentials Resiliency in the cloud is often described in terms of availability,…

External key management for Azure Managed HSM is now in public preview

By Dustin Ward

Azure Key Vault Managed Hardware Security Module (HSM) provides strong sovereignty over your encryption keys. Keys are generated and stored in a single-tenant, FIPS 140-3 Level 3 HSM that only you control: Microsoft has no access to your key material, and you govern who can use each key. For most organizations, including those with stringent…