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Reflecting on 2023—Azure Storage

The beginning of a new year often prompts reflection along with planning for the future. At the forefront of our priorities lies the commitment to enhance the Azure platform and its ecosystem, fuel groundbreaking AI solutions, and facilitate seamless migrations to the cloud. We achieve this through purpose-built storage solutions…

Microsoft Cost Management updates—January 2024

Whether you’re a new student, or part of a thriving startup or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft…

Harmonizing AI-enhanced physical and cloud operations 

Azure’s adaptive cloud approach builds on our work with Azure Arc to make it easier for customers to accelerate their adoption of cloud innovation throughout their entire IT estate. In my last blog, I talked about how our adaptive cloud approach unifies siloed teams, distributed sites, and sprawling systems with…

How H&R Block is using Azure OpenAI Service to bring ease to American taxpayers this season

In 2023, we saw generative AI usher in a wave of new innovations, from Microsoft Copilot to the “last song” from The Beatles to helping rural India farmers gain easier access to government services. These AI innovations are now starting to show up in our everyday lives and have a…

What’s new in Azure Data, AI, & Digital Applications: Modernize your data estate, build intelligent apps, and apply AI solutions

I write this blog each month to help navigate through the intense pace of news and innovation we’re releasing for customers. And what a year we’ve had! We witnessed incredible advances at breathtaking speed as AI reshaped what’s possible across industries, organizations, and our day-to-day lives. Personally, I’m loving the…

Key customer benefits of the Microsoft and MongoDB expanded partnership

This post was co-authored by Patrick McCluskey, Vice President at MongoDB. As we welcome the era of AI, it’s important to remember that data is the fuel that powers AI. With this understanding, it’s clear why our goal is to make Azure the best destination for data. In Azure, customers…

Microsoft Cost Management—2023 year in review

Even if you are remotely following the updates in the technology sector or just keeping track of recent events, you have heard about AI and its potential to change our interactions with systems and simplify our everyday tasks. Microsoft has been at the forefront of this technological revolution, announcing Copilot…

Microsoft and Oracle announce that Oracle Database@Azure is now generally available

This blog is co-authored by Ravi Turlapati, Head of Strategic Products and Growth, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The Microsoft and Oracle partnership is focused on giving customers choice and removing the hurdles faced when migrating mission-critical workloads to the public cloud where they can access the rich set of technology needed…

Microsoft is a leader in the 2023 IDC MarketScape for AI Governance Platforms

AI is transforming every industry, enabling new levels of productivity, efficiency, and innovation. AI governance is not only a matter of compliance and risk management, but also a strategic advantage and a source of trust to accelerate returns on AI investment. We are excited to announce that Microsoft is recognized…

Future proof—Navigating risk management with Azure OpenAI Service

Risk management is a systematic—and necessary—process designed to identify, assess, prioritize, and minimize the impact of uncertain events on an organization. Worldwide end-user spending on security and risk management is projected to total USD215 billion in 2024, an increase of 14.3 percent from 2023, according to new forecast from Gartner,…