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Announcements, Compute, Virtual Machines

Published • 4 min read

Increase gaming performance with NGads V620-series virtual machines 

By Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Azure

The NGads V620 series has GPU, CPU, and memory resources that are balanced to generate and stream high-quality graphics for a high-performance, interactive gaming experience hosted in Azure. This allows online gaming providers the power and stability that they need while remaining cost conscious.

AI + Machine Learning, Announcements, Cost Management

Published • 8 min read

Microsoft Cost Management updates—May 2023 

By Program Manager, Azure Cost Management

May is all about cost optimization! From customizable right-sizing recommendations in Advisor to many updates to pricing experiences and the addition of cost recommendations in Azure Resource Graph for Azure Gov and Azure China clouds. Throw in 3 updated previews in Cost analysis, 6 new/updated ways to save, and a bunch of videos and docs and you’ve got a lot of catching up to do! Enjoy!

AI + Machine Learning, Announcements, Azure AI, Azure Container Apps, Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Dev Box

Published • 8 min read

Build next-generation, AI-powered applications on Microsoft Azure 

By Corporate Vice President Data, AI, and Digital Application Product Marketing 

Welcome to Microsoft Build 2023—the event where we celebrate the developer community. This year, we’ll dive deep into the latest technologies across application development and AI that are enabling the next wave of innovation.

Announcements, Azure Container Apps, Azure Container Storage, Azure Disk Storage, Azure Elastic SAN, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Container Services, Storage

Published • 4 min read

Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage—now in preview 

By General Manager, Azure Storage

Today, we are excited to announce the preview of Azure Container Storage, the industry’s first platform-managed container native storage service in the public cloud, providing end to end storage management and orchestration for stateful applications to run efficiently at scale on Azure.

Announcements, Networking, Security

Published • 3 min read

Optimize performance and strengthen security with Policy Analytics for Azure Firewall 

By Senior Product Manager, Azure Networking

Network security policies are a critical component of modern IT environments, especially with the increasing adoption of cloud workloads. As workloads move to the cloud, network security policies like Azure Firewall policies evolve and adapt to the changing demands of the infrastructure. These policies can be updated multiple times a week, making it challenging for IT…

AI + Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI Service, Cloud Services, Events, Partners, Security

Published • 3 min read

Microsoft Build 2023: Innovation through Microsoft commercial marketplace 

By Vice President Marketplace + ISV Journey

With Azure’s enterprise-grade security and built-in responsible AI, the rate of innovation is growing exponentially. As we look forward to Microsoft Build 2023, I am inspired by the innovation coming from our ISV partners and software as a service (SaaS) providers building on the Microsoft Cloud.

Announcements, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Security, Security

Published • 4 min read

Microsoft Azure security evolution: Embrace secure multitenancy, Confidential Compute, and Rust 

By Partner Software Architect, Azure Security

In this installment, we will introduce our game-changing bets that will enable us to deliver industry-leading security architectures with built-in security for years to come, ensuring a secure cloud experience for our customers.