Achieving AI readiness through comprehensive modernization

By Dustin Ward

Generative AI is sending shockwaves through the business world, due in no small part to powerful tools that are transforming how we live and work. As with prior massive paradigm shifts, successful businesses must adapt for the future.  When businesses infuse cutting-edge innovations like AI into their operations, it can drive sustainable, long-term growth, futureproof…

Unlocking next-generation AI capabilities with healthcare AI models

By Dustin Ward

Learn more about how Microsoft is enhancing healthcare with data and responsible AI. Read the latest Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare announcements.  Existing language models have revolutionized how we interact and use powerful AI models for text-based use cases in healthcare. But the practice of modern medicine is chiefly multimodal. Effectively assessing the complete picture of…

Drasi: Microsoft’s newest open-source project simplifies change detection and reaction in complex systems

By Dustin Ward

Drasi is a new data processing system that simplifies detecting critical events within complex infrastructures and taking immediate action tuned to business objectives. Developers and software architects can leverage its capabilities across event-driven scenarios, whether working on Internet of Things (IoT) integrations, enhancing security protocols, or managing sophisticated applications. The Microsoft Azure Incubations team is…

Microsoft launches latest Azure virtual machines optimized for AI supercomputing, the ND H200 v5 series 

By Dustin Ward

The need for scalable and high-performance infrastructure continues to grow exponentially as the AI landscape advances. Our customers rely on Azure AI infrastructure to develop innovative AI-driven solutions, which is why we are delivering new cloud-based AI-supercomputing clusters built with Azure ND H200 v5 series virtual machines (VMs) today. These VMs are now generally available…

Announcing new products and features for Azure OpenAI Service including GPT-4o-Realtime-Preview with audio and speech capabilities

By Dustin Ward

We are thrilled to announce the public preview of GPT-4o-Realtime-Preview for audio and speech, a major enhancement to Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service that adds advanced voice capabilities and expands GPT-4o’s multimodal offerings. This milestone further solidifies Azure’s leadership in AI, especially in the realm of speech technology. Azure’s legacy in this space has been long-established…