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Discover how Microsoft Azure empowers IT implementers with the tools and insights to configure, maintain, and enhance system performance, ensuring seamless integration and management of cloud solutions.

- Announcements
- Nov 6
- 5 min read
The new era of Azure Ultra Disk: Experience the next generation of mission-critical block storage
Since its launch at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Azure Ultra Disk has powered some of the world’s most demanding applications and workloads.

- Announcements
- Oct 23
- 3 min read
Fully managed cloud-to-cloud transfers with Azure Storage Mover
Move data from Files Shares and NAS Storage into Azure Object and File storage with minimal disruption.

- Announcements
- Oct 22
- 3 min read
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
We’re proud that Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure.

- Thought leadership
- Oct 21
- 5 min read
The Signals Loop: Fine-tuning for world-class AI apps and agents
Autonomous workflows, powered by real-time feedback and continuous learning, are becoming essential for productivity and decision-making.

- Announcements
- Oct 16
- 6 min read
From queries to conversations: Unlock insights about your data using Azure Storage Discovery—now generally available
We are excited to announce the general availability of Azure Storage Discovery.

- Thought leadership
- Oct 13
- 7 min read
Accelerating open-source infrastructure development for frontier AI at scale
Microsoft is contributing new standards across power, cooling, sustainability, security, networking, and fleet resiliency to advance innovation.

- Announcements
- Oct 9
- 3 min read
Microsoft Azure delivers the first large scale cluster with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 for OpenAI workloads
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.

- Thought leadership
- Sep 24
- 6 min read
Agent Factory: Designing the open agentic web stack
Unlock enterprise value with an open, secure, and interoperable AI agent ecosystem.

- Thought leadership
- Sep 23
- 4 min read
How Azure Cobalt 100 VMs are powering real-world solutions, delivering performance and efficiency results
Cobalt 100 systems are designed to deliver high performance, energy efficiency, and cost effectiveness for a wide range of workloads.

- Announcements
- Sep 15
- 5 min read
Accelerating AI and databases with Azure Container Storage, now 7 times faster and open source
The next major release of Azure Container Storage delivers up to 7 times higher IOPS and 4 times less latency compared to previous versions.

- Thought leadership
- Sep 10
- 4 min read
Agent Factory: Connecting agents, apps, and data with new open standards like MCP and A2A
The real power of agents comes from their ability to connect to each other, to enterprise data, and to the systems where work gets done.

- Announcements
- Sep 5
- 2 min read
Azure mandatory multifactor authentication: Phase 2 starting in October 2025
Microsoft Azure is announcing the start of Phase 2 multifactor authentication enforcement at the Azure Resource Manager layer, starting October 1, 2025.
