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Microsoft open sources Retina: A cloud-native container networking observability platform 

The Microsoft Azure Container Networking team is excited to announce Retina, a cloud-native container networking observability platform that helps with DevOps and SecOps related networking cases for your Kubernetes clusters.

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Microsoft and NVIDIA partnership continues to deliver on the promise of AI 

At NVIDIA GTC, Microsoft and NVIDIA are announcing new offerings across a breadth of solution areas from leading AI infrastructure to new platform integrations, and industry breakthroughs. The news expands our long-standing collaboration, which paved the way for revolutionary AI innovations that customers are now bringing to fruition.

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Published • 7 min read

Study showcases how Microsoft Dev Box impacts developer productivity 

At Microsoft, we’ve experienced firsthand the benefits of Microsoft Dev Box for the developer experience, and we’re not alone. Take a look at the benchmark report Assessing Microsoft Dev Box Cloud-Based Developer Workstations, conducted by GigaOm.

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Microsoft Cost Management updates—February 2024 

Whether you’re a new student, 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 for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. 

February 2024 Microsoft Cost Management Updates

Accelerate your productivity with the Whisper model in Azure AI now generally available 

Azure AI offers an industry-leading portfolio of AI services to help customers make sense of their voice data. Our speech-to-text service in particular offers a variety of differentiated features through Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Speech.

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Microsoft named a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service  

We’re thrilled to announce that Microsoft has once again been named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service. It’s the sixth time in a row that we’ve been recognized.

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Published • 5 min read

Azure AI Health Bot helps create copilot experiences with healthcare safeguards 

With the Azure AI Health Bot infused with generative AI and healthcare safeguards, health organizations can build health data services, transform their medical professionals and patient experiences, discover new insights with the power of machine learning and AI, and manage protected health information (PHI) data with confidence.

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Modernize and build intelligent apps with support from Microsoft partner solutions 

Microsoft Azure brings together capabilities for modern app development, cloud-scale data, and leading generative AI in one place and customers are seeing great value using these services together.

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