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- Announcements
- Nov 18
- 12 min read
Microsoft Databases and Microsoft Fabric: Your unified and AI-powered data estate
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.
- Announcements
- Nov 18
- 9 min read
Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2025: All the intelligent cloud news explained
This week at Microsoft Ignite 2025, Azure introduces solutions that address your technology strategy questions with innovations designed for this very inflection point.
- Announcements
- Nov 12
- 6 min read
Infinite scale: The architecture behind the Azure AI superfactory
Today, we are unveiling the next Fairwater site of Azure AI datacenters in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Announcements
- Nov 4
- 3 min read
Powering Distributed AI/ML at Scale with Azure and Anyscale
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.
- Announcements
- Nov 3
- 5 min read
Enhancing software supply chain security with Microsoft’s Signing Transparency
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.
- Announcements
- Oct 6
- 4 min read
Unleash your creativity at scale: Azure AI Foundry’s multimodal revolution
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.
- Events
- Sep 16
- 10 min read
FabCon Vienna: Build data-rich agents on an enterprise-ready foundation
Learn about the new features and enhancements announced for Microsoft Fabric at FabCon Vienna 2025
- Announcements
- Aug 21
- 6 min read
Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms for a second year in a row, and the furthest to the right in Completeness of Vision.
- Announcements
- Aug 6
- 6 min read
Introducing Azure Storage Discovery: Transform data management with storage insights
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Storage Discovery, a fully managed service that provides you enterprise-wide visibility into your Azure Blob Storage data estate.
- Best practices
- Jul 15
- 5 min read
Databricks runs best on Azure
Choosing Azure Databricks can streamline your entire data lifecycle within a single, scalable environment.
- Announcements
- Jun 3
- 4 min read
All the Azure news you don’t want to miss from Microsoft Build 2025
We’ve pulled together the top 25 announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 across the Azure business—spanning Azure AI Foundry, Azure infrastructure, Azure app platform, Azure databases and Microsoft Fabric, and our GitHub family.
- Announcements
- May 20
- 9 min read
Announcing new innovations for SAP on Microsoft Cloud
This week at SAP Sapphire 2025 we are excited to share several new announcements and key strategic updates from Microsoft and SAP for our joint customers.