Digital sovereignty is no longer a niche requirement. For organizations operating across borders, regulated industries, and complex supply chains, sovereignty is now table stakes for cloud strategy. That’s why we’re pleased that Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave TM: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026 – an evaluation that assessed the most…
For early-stage open-source projects, the “Getting started” guide is often the first real interaction a developer has with the project. If a command fails, an output doesn’t match, or a step is unclear, most users won’t file a bug report—they will just move on. Drasi, a CNCF sandbox project that detects changes in your data…
In this article Why ROI from AI is now a top business priority AI cost management: Strategic considerations Usage patterns are variable AI workloads tend to rely on specialized infrastructure AI initiatives frequently span teams and stages AI cost optimization vs. cloud cost optimization: Why they’re different Connecting AI cost optimization to AI business value…
This blog post is the second part of a blog series called Azure IaaS which will share best practices and guidance to help you build a trusted infrastructure platform—from performance, resiliency, and security to scalability and cost efficiency. Disruption should not be treated as an edge case. It is a reality organizations must be prepared to…
As governments and regulated industries continue their digital transformation, one requirement consistently rises to the top: the ability to run mission critical workloads where data originates, while maintaining sovereignty, resilience, and control. Build sovereign edge solutions with Azure Local Today, I am pleased to announce a collaboration between Microsoft and Armada to deliver a practical…
Digital sovereignty is no longer a theoretical debate or a narrow compliance exercise. For leaders across governments, regulated industries, and critical infrastructure sectors, it has become a practical leadership discipline grounded in risk management, continuity planning, and long-term accountability. Over the past several years, we have seen customer concerns evolve materially. Early conversations focused primarily…