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Claude Opus 4.6: Anthropic’s powerful model for coding, agents, and enterprise workflows is now available in Microsoft Foundry

by Steve Sweetman

<p>With Claude Opus 4.6 now available in Microsoft Foundry, developers can delegate complex tasks end‑to‑end and trust the AI to execute independently in production.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/claude-opus-4-6-anthropics-powerful-model-for-coding-agents-and-enterprise-workflows-is-now-available-in-microsoft-foundry-on-azure/">Claude Opus 4.6: Anthropic&#8217;s powerful model for coding, agents, and enterprise workflows is now available in Microsoft Foundry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Enhanced storage resiliency with Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service

by Raji Easwaran

<p>Data resiliency is no longer optional—it is the foundation that keeps mission‑critical applications running, teams productive, and compliance intact. Organizations must ensure continuous data availability and zero data loss to meet stringent regulatory and audit standards.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enhanced-storage-resiliency-with-azure-netapp-files-elastic-zone-redundant-service/">Enhanced storage resiliency with Azure NetApp Files Elastic zone-redundant service </a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Maia 200: The AI accelerator built for inference

by Scott Guthrie

<p>Today, we’re proud to introduce Maia 200, a breakthrough inference accelerator engineered to dramatically improve the economics of AI token generation.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/01/26/maia-200-the-ai-accelerator-built-for-inference/">Maia 200: The AI accelerator built for inference</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage in 2026

by Aung Oo and Maneesh Sah

<p>2025 was a pivotal year in Azure Storage, and we’re heading into 2026 with a clear focus on helping customers turn AI into real impact.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/beyond-boundaries-the-future-of-azure-storage-in-2026/">Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage in 2026</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms

by Herain Oberoi and Don Scott

<p>Microsoft is honored to be named a Leader in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms, highlighting our commitment to making AI innovation safe, responsible, and enterprise-ready.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/01/14/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-idc-marketscape-for-unified-ai-governance-platforms/">Microsoft named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Chart your AI and agent strategy with Microsoft Marketplace

by Cyril Belikoff

<p>A new category of organization is emerging that embeds AI across every layer of their operations—accelerating delivery, scaling efficiently, and unlocking new business potential.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/design-your-ai-and-agent-strategy-with-microsoft-marketplace/">Chart your AI and agent strategy with Microsoft Marketplace</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers

by Steve Sweetman

<p>We’re excited to announce that Anthropic has added new tools, connectors, and skills that allow Claude in Microsoft Foundry to bring advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpose built for healthcare and life sciences industries.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/healthcare/2026/01/11/bridging-the-gap-between-ai-and-medicine-claude-in-microsoft-foundry-advances-capabilities-for-healthcare-and-life-sciences-customers/">Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments

by Rani Borkar

<p>CES 2026 showcases the arrival of the NVIDIA Rubin Platform, along with Azure’s proven readiness for deployment.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsofts-strategic-ai-datacenter-planning-enables-seamless-large-scale-nvidia-rubin-deployments/">Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms

by Don Scott

<p>We believe this recognition shows our commitment to pioneering agent frameworks, orchestration, and enterprise-grade governance.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-ai-application-development-platforms/">Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data

by Aung Oo

<p>Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-storage-innovations-unlocking-the-future-of-data/">Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI

by Naomi Moneypenny

<p>Discover GPT‑5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—the next standard for enterprise AI. Learn how advanced reasoning, agentic execution, and compliance-ready features empower developers and technical leaders.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-gpt-5-2-in-microsoft-foundry-the-new-standard-for-enterprise-ai/">Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Actioning agentic AI: 5 ways to build with news from Microsoft Ignite 2025

by Natalie Wossene

<p>Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric. Over 20,000 attendees gathered in San Francisco, with 200,000 digital participants joining us to explore the future of cloud and AI.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/actioning-agentic-ai-5-ways-to-build-with-news-from-microsoft-ignite-2025/">Actioning agentic AI: 5 ways to build with news from Microsoft Ignite 2025</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in the United States

by Omar Khan

<p>Today, we are sharing progress on our infrastructure expansions across the United States that are supporting the tremendous growth in customer demand for cloud and AI services.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsofts-commitment-to-supporting-cloud-infrastructure-demand-in-the-united-states/">Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in the United States</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads

by Steve Sweetman

<p>Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-mistral-large-3-in-microsoft-foundry-open-capable-and-ready-for-production-workloads/">Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability

by Narayan Annamalai

<p>The cloud landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the exponential growth of AI workloads.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-networking-updates-on-security-reliability-and-high-availability/">Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure

by Douglas Phillips

<p>We are extending Azure public regions with options that adapt to our customers’ evolving business requirements without forcing trade-offs.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-options-for-ai-powered-innovation-resiliency-and-control-with-microsoft-azure/">New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership

by Brendan Burns

<p>A decade-long partnership between Microsoft and Red Hat has redefined what open innovation means, empowering customers with flexible, secure, and scalable solutions across the cloud.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a-decade-of-open-innovation-celebrating-10-years-of-microsoft-and-red-hat-partnership/">A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Claude Opus 4.5 in Microsoft Foundry

by Yina Arenas

<p>Announcing Anthropic's newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, in Microsoft Foundry. Opus 4.5 is now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry, GitHub Copilot paid plans, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-claude-opus-4-5-in-microsoft-foundry/">Introducing Claude Opus 4.5 in Microsoft Foundry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2025: All the intelligent cloud news explained

by Jessica Hawk

<p>This week at Microsoft Ignite 2025, Azure introduces solutions that address your technology strategy questions with innovations designed for this very inflection point.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-at-microsoft-ignite-2025-all-the-intelligent-cloud-news-explained/">Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2025: All the intelligent cloud news explained</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft Foundry: Scale innovation on a modular, interoperable, and secure agent stack

by Asha Sharma

<p>Agents are reshaping software. No longer mere assistants, they are becoming dynamic collaborators layered within our everyday tools.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-foundry-scale-innovation-on-a-modular-interoperable-and-secure-agent-stack/">Microsoft Foundry: Scale innovation on a modular, interoperable, and secure agent stack</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Announcing Azure Copilot agents and AI infrastructure innovations

by Jeremy Winter

<p>Learn about the new AI features and products In Azure announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025 to help modernize your cloud infrastructure.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-copilot-agents-and-ai-infrastructure-innovations/">Announcing Azure Copilot agents and AI infrastructure innovations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft Databases and Microsoft Fabric: Your unified and AI-powered data estate

by Arun Ulagaratchagan

<p>Today, I’m thrilled to announce the next generation of Microsoft’s databases: SQL Server 2025, Azure Document DB, Azure Horizon DB, and Fabric Databases, each redesigned to meet the demands of AI.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-databases-and-microsoft-fabric-your-unified-and-ai-powered-data-estate/">Microsoft Databases and Microsoft Fabric: Your unified and AI-powered data estate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Anthropic’s Claude models in Microsoft Foundry: Bringing Frontier intelligence to Azure

by Asha Sharma

<p>Microsoft Foundry already offers the widest selection of models of any cloud and with today’s partnership announcement with Anthropic, we’re proud that Azure is now the only cloud providing access to both Claude and GPT frontier models to customers on one platform.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-anthropics-claude-models-in-microsoft-foundry-bringing-frontier-intelligence-to-azure/">Introducing Anthropic&#8217;s Claude models in Microsoft Foundry: Bringing Frontier intelligence to Azure</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Securing our future: November 2025 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative

by Charlie Bell

<p>When we launched the Secure Future Initiative, our mission was clear: accelerate innovation, strengthen resilience, and lead the industry toward a safer digital future.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/11/10/securing-our-future-november-2025-progress-report-on-microsofts-secure-future-initiative/">Securing our future: November 2025 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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The new era of Azure Ultra Disk: Experience the next generation of mission-critical block storage

by Aung Oo

<p>Since its launch at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Azure Ultra Disk has powered some of the world's most demanding applications and workloads.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-new-era-of-azure-ultra-disk-experience-the-next-generation-of-mission-critical-block-storage/">The new era of Azure Ultra Disk: Experience the next generation of mission-critical block storage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Driving ROI with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath: Intelligent agents in real-world healthcare workflows

by Marco Casalaina

<p>Automate healthcare workflows with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver real ROI across patient care.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/driving-roi-with-azure-ai-foundry-and-uipath-intelligent-agents-in-real-world-healthcare-workflows/">Driving ROI with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath: Intelligent agents in real-world healthcare workflows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft strengthens sovereign cloud capabilities with new services

by Douglas Phillips

<p>We continue to adapt our sovereignty approach—innovating to meet customer needs and regulatory requirements within our Sovereign Public Cloud and Sovereign Private Cloud. We are announcing a new wave of capabilities, building upon our digital sovereignty controls, to deliver advanced AI and scale, strengthened by our ecosystem of specialized in-country partner experts.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-strengthens-sovereign-cloud-capabilities-with-new-services/">Microsoft strengthens sovereign cloud capabilities with new services</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Powering Distributed AI/ML at Scale with Azure and Anyscale

by Brendan Burns

<p>The path from prototype to production for AI/ML workloads is rarely straightforward. As data pipelines expand and model complexity grows, teams can find themselves spending more time orchestrating distributed compute than building the intelligence that powers their products. Scaling from a laptop experiment to a production-grade workload still feels like reinventing the wheel. What if scaling AI workloads felt as natural as writing in Python itself? That’s the idea behind Ray, the open-source distributed computing framework born at UC Berkeley’s RISELab, and now, it’s coming to Azure in a whole new way.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/powering-distributed-aiml-at-scale-with-azure-and-anyscale/">Powering Distributed AI/ML at Scale with Azure and Anyscale</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Enhancing software supply chain security with Microsoft’s Signing Transparency

by Mark Russinovich

<p>Microsoft is announcing the preview of Signing Transparency to address software supply chain threats that traditional code signing alone cannot fully prevent, building on the Zero Trust principle of “never trust, always verify.” Signing Transparency uses an append-only log to verifiably record each signature, with keys protected in a secure confidential computing enclave.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enhancing-software-supply-chain-security-with-microsofts-signing-transparency/">Enhancing software supply chain security with Microsoft&#8217;s Signing Transparency</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Resiliency in the cloud—empowered by shared responsibility and Azure Essentials

by Cyril Belikoff

<p>Empowering organizations to shape the future of cloud with resilient, always-on solutions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/resiliency-in-the-cloud-empowered-by-shared-responsibility-and-azure-essentials/">Resiliency in the cloud—empowered by shared responsibility and Azure Essentials</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial IoT Platforms

by Michael MacKenzie

<p>Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms, highlighting its commitment to delivering intelligent, secure, and scalable industrial solutions with Azure. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-global-industrial-iot-platforms/">Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial IoT Platforms </a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Agent Factory: Creating a blueprint for safe and secure AI agents

by Yina Arenas

<p>Azure AI Foundry brings together security, safety, and governance in a layered process enterprises can follow to build trust in their agents.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/agent-factory-creating-a-blueprint-for-safe-and-secure-ai-agents/">Agent Factory: Creating a blueprint for safe and secure AI agents</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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How Azure Cobalt 100 VMs are powering real-world solutions, delivering performance and efficiency results

by Omar Khan, Rani Borkar and Arun Kishan

<p>Cobalt 100 systems are designed to deliver high performance, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness for a wide range of workloads.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/how-azure-cobalt-100-vms-are-powering-real-world-solutions-delivering-performance-and-efficiency-results/">How Azure Cobalt 100 VMs are powering real-world solutions, delivering performance and efficiency results</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Accelerate migration and modernization with agentic AI

by Amanda Silver and Ashish Babbar

<p>At the Migrate and Modernize Summit, we’re announcing a comprehensive set of agentic AI solutions and offerings to accelerate transformation and reduce friction.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerate-migration-and-modernization-with-agentic-ai/">Accelerate migration and modernization with agentic AI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace.

by Alysa Taylor

<p>A new breed of industry-leading company is taking shape — Frontier Firms. These organizations blend human ambition with AI-powered technology to reshape how innovation is scaled, work is orchestrated and value is created. They’re accelerating AI transformation to enrich employee experiences, reinvent customer engagement, reshape business processes and unlock creativity and innovation.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/25/introducing-microsoft-marketplace-thousands-of-solutions-millions-of-customers-one-marketplace/">Introducing Microsoft Marketplace — Thousands of solutions. Millions of customers. One Marketplace.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter

by Scott Guthrie

<p>Today in Wisconsin we introduced Fairwater, our newest US AI datacenter, the largest and most sophisticated AI factory we’ve built yet. In addition to our Fairwater datacenter in Wisconsin, we also have multiple identical Fairwater datacenters under construction in other locations across the US.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/18/inside-the-worlds-most-powerful-ai-datacenter/">Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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GitHub Universe 2025: Where developer innovation took center stage

by Jessica Hawk

<p>At GitHub Universe 2025, the theme was clear: the ability to see, steer, and build across agents will bring the greatest impact.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/github-universe-2025-where-developer-innovation-took-center-stage/">GitHub Universe 2025: Where developer innovation took center stage</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Agent HQ: Any agent, any way you work

by Kyle Daigle

<p>At Universe 2025, GitHub’s next evolution introduces a single, unified workflow for developers to be able to orchestrate any agent, any time, anywhere.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/welcome-home-agents/?utm_source=MSFT-day1-blog&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=universe25">Introducing Agent HQ: Any agent, any way you work</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Building the future together: Microsoft and NVIDIA announce AI advancements at GTC DC

by Omar Khan

<p>New offerings in Azure AI Foundry give businesses an enterprise-grade platform to build, deploy, and scale AI applications and agents.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-the-future-together-microsoft-and-nvidia-announce-ai-advancements-at-gtc-dc/">Building the future together: Microsoft and NVIDIA announce AI advancements at GTC DC</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure

by Dean Paron

<p>We’re proud that Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure/">Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Fully managed cloud-to-cloud transfers with Azure Storage Mover

by Aung Oo

<p>Move data from Files Shares and NAS Storage into Azure Object and File storage with minimal disruption.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fully-managed-cloud-to-cloud-transfers-with-azure-storage-mover/">Fully managed cloud-to-cloud transfers with Azure Storage Mover</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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The Signals Loop: Fine-tuning for world-class AI apps and agents

by Asha Sharma and Rolf Harms

<p>Autonomous workflows, powered by real-time feedback and continuous learning, are becoming essential for productivity and decision-making.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-signals-loop-fine-tuning-for-world-class-ai-apps-and-agents/">The Signals Loop: Fine-tuning for world-class AI apps and agents </a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Innovation spotlight: How 3 customers are driving change with migration to Azure SQL

by Debbi Lyons

<p>Learn how Microsoft Azure SQL Managed Instance helps organizations move from legacy constraints to a scalable and secure AI-ready foundation.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/blog/2025/10/20/innovation-spotlight-how-3-customers-are-driving-change-with-migration-to-azure-sql/">Innovation spotlight: How 3 customers are driving change with migration to Azure SQL</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework

by Yina Arenas

<p>Microsoft Agent Framework, now in public preview, and new capabilities in Azure AI Foundry make it easier for developers to build, observe, and govern multi-agent systems.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-agent-framework/">Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Grok 4 is now available in Azure AI Foundry: Unlock frontier intelligence and business-ready capabilities

by The Azure AI Foundry Team

<p>Microsoft has collaborated closely with xAI to bring Grok 4, their most advanced model, to Azure AI Foundry—delivering powerful reasoning within a platform designed for business-ready safety and control.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/grok-4-is-now-available-in-azure-ai-foundry-unlock-frontier-intelligence-and-business-ready-capabilities/">Grok 4 is now available in Azure AI Foundry: Unlock frontier intelligence and business-ready capabilities</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Sora 2 now available in Azure AI Foundry

by Steve Sweetman and Naomi Moneypenny

<p>Turning imagination into reality has never been more possible—or more powerful—than it is today. With OpenAI’s Sora 2 now in public preview in Azure AI Foundry, organizations of all sizes can harness this advanced multimodal video generation model to accelerate innovation, drive engagement, and transform how ideas become compelling visual stories.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sora-2-now-available-in-azure-ai-foundry/">Sora 2 now available in Azure AI Foundry</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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FYAI: Why developers will lead AI transformation across the enterprise

by Toby Bowers

<p>Discover how developers are unlocking AI's full potential by using copilots and agents to reshape customer experiences and streamline operations.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2025/10/13/fyai-why-developers-will-lead-ai-transformation-across-the-enterprise/">FYAI: Why developers will lead AI transformation across the enterprise</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Unleash your creativity at scale: Azure AI Foundry’s multimodal revolution

by Steve Sweetman and Naomi Moneypenny

<p>Imagine a platform where every developer can unlock the full spectrum of AI: text, images, audio, and video. This OpenAI DevDay, Azure AI Foundry is making that vision real. With today’s launch of OpenAI GPT-image-1-mini, GPT-realtime-mini, and GPT-audio-mini, plus major safety upgrades to GPT-5, you now have the ultimate toolkit to create, experiment, and scale multimodal solutions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unleash-your-creativity-at-scale-azure-ai-foundrys-multimodal-revolution/">Unleash your creativity at scale: Azure AI Foundry’s multimodal revolution</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Oracle Database@Azure offers new features, regions, and programs to unlock data and AI innovation

by Brett Tanzer

<p>Oracle Database@Azure adds new AI-ready features, expands to 33 regions, and launches new partner and migration programs</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/oracle-databaseazure-offers-new-features-regions-and-programs-to-unlock-data-and-ai-innovation/">Oracle Database@Azure offers new features, regions, and programs to unlock data and AI innovation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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From queries to conversations: Unlock insights about your data using Azure Storage Discovery—now generally available

by Maneesh Sah

<p>We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Discovery.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/from-queries-to-conversations-unlock-insights-about-your-data-using-azure-storage-discovery-now-generally-available/">From queries to conversations: Unlock insights about your data using Azure Storage Discovery—now generally available</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in Asia

by Omar Khan

<p>Microsoft is expanding its cloud infrastructure across Asia to help organizations scale with secure, AI-ready services. Learn more.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsofts-commitment-to-supporting-cloud-infrastructure-demand-in-asia/">Microsoft&#8217;s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in Asia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Microsoft Azure delivers the first large scale cluster with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 for OpenAI workloads

by Rani Borkar and Nidhi Chappell

<p>Microsoft delivers the first at-scale production cluster with more than 4,600 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, featuring NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs connected through the next-generation NVIDIA InfiniBand network. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-azure-delivers-the-first-large-scale-cluster-with-nvidia-gb300-nvl72-for-openai-workloads/">Microsoft Azure delivers the first large scale cluster with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 for OpenAI workloads</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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Accelerating open-source infrastructure development for frontier AI at scale

by Rani Borkar and Saurabh Dighe

<p>Microsoft is contributing new standards across power, cooling, sustainability, security, networking, and fleet resiliency to advance innovation.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/accelerating-open-source-infrastructure-development-for-frontier-ai-at-scale/">Accelerating open-source infrastructure development for frontier AI at scale</a> appeared first on <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog">Microsoft Azure Blog</a>.</p>

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