Introducing the Llama 4 herd in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks

By Dustin Ward

We are excited to share the first models in the Llama 4 herd are available today in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks, which enables people to build more personalized multimodal experiences. These models from Meta are designed to seamlessly integrate text and vision tokens into a unified model backbone. This innovative approach allows developers…

New capabilities in Azure AI Foundry to build advanced agentic applications 

By Dustin Ward

Every era has its inflection points—moments when niche technologies suddenly become foundational. Today, AI stands on the brink of a similar leap, evolving from assistants awaiting instruction to agents capable of serving as workplace teammates. At Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, we’re not simply celebrating our history—we’re laying the groundwork for tomorrow’s digital economy with Azure AI…

Meet the AWS News Blog team!

By Dustin Ward

Now that Jeff Barr has retired from the AWS News Blog as of December last year, the AWS News Blog team will keep sharing the most important and impactful AWS product launches the moment they become available. I want to quote Jeff’s last comment on the future of the News Blog again: Going forward, the…