Microsoft joins the FinOps Foundation

By Dustin Ward

In today’s economic times, the criticality of cost efficiency is at an all-time high. Organizations need high-quality guidance backed by products and services that help you achieve and maintain that efficiency. This is a large part of what we do today within the Cost Management team and the larger Commerce organization here at Microsoft. In…

Microsoft and NVIDIA experts talk AI infrastructure

By Dustin Ward

This post has been co-authored by Sheila Mueller, Senior GBB HPC+AI Specialist, Microsoft; Gabrielle Davelaar, Senior GBB AI Specialist, Microsoft; Gabriel Sallah, Senior HPC Specialist, Microsoft; Annamalai Chockalingam, Product Marketing Manager, NVIDIA; J Kent Altena, Principal GBB HPC+AI Specialist, Microsoft; Dr. Lukasz Miroslaw, Senior HPC Specialist, Microsoft; Uttara Kumar, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NVIDIA; Sooyoung…

Secure your application traffic with Application Gateway mTLS

By Dustin Ward

I am happy to share that Azure Application Gateway now supports mutual transport layer security (mTLS) and online certificate status protocol (OCSP). This was one of the key questions from our customers as they were looking for more secure communication options for the cloud workloads. Here, I cover what mTLS is, how it works, when…

Tune in today: Learn Live experts are ready to accelerate your skilling

By Dustin Ward

There is a treasure trove of information available at Microsoft Learn, including self-paced lessons, assessments, and certifications waiting to be explored—for every skill level. Whether you’re kicking off your IT career or a seasoned pro looking to master new skills to stay competitive, anyone can get blocked on their path to educational growth. That’s where…