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May 13, 2019
The world of data changes at a rapid pace, with more and more data being projected to be stored and processed at the edge.
Monday, May 20, 2019
News and updates from Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure portal updates, and Azure Cosmos DB.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Unlocking new possibilities with Window Server containers and Azure Kubernetes Service.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Optimizing compute resource allocation to achieve performance goals while controlling costs can be a challenging balance to strike especially for database workloads with complex usage patterns. SQL Database serverless automatically scales compute based on workload demand and bills for compute used per second.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
We are excited to announce the preview of the autoscale feature for Azure HDInsight. This feature enables enterprises to become more productive and cost-efficient by automatically scaling clusters up or down based on the load or a customized schedule.
Monday, May 20, 2019
News and updates from Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure portal updates, and Azure Cosmos DB.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Unlocking new possibilities with Window Server containers and Azure Kubernetes Service.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Optimizing compute resource allocation to achieve performance goals while controlling costs can be a challenging balance to strike especially for database workloads with complex usage patterns. SQL Database serverless automatically scales compute based on workload demand and bills for compute used per second.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 22 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Conversational experiences have become the norm, whether you’re looking to track a package or to find out a store’s hours of operation. At Microsoft Build 2019, we highlighted a few customers who are building such conversational experiences using the Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service to transform their customer experience.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
This post is part of a 2-part series about how organizations are using Azure Cosmos DB to meet real world needs, and the difference it’s making to them. In this post, we’ll examine additional implementation details and the outcomes resulting from the team’s efforts.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
This post is part of a 2-part series about how organizations are using Azure Cosmos DB to meet real world needs, and the difference it’s making to them.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
This month is packed with updates on the Azure portal, including enhancements to the user experience, resource configuration, management tools and more.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
At Microsoft Build 2019 we announced exciting new capabilities, including the introduction of real-time operational analytics using new native support for Apache Spark and a new Jupyter notebook experience for all Azure Cosmos DB APIs. We believe these capabilities help our customers easily build globally distributed apps at Cosmos scale.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
AI is fueling the next wave of transformative innovations that will change the world. With Azure AI, our goal is to empower organizations to apply AI across the spectrum of their business to engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products. To make this a reality, we have three guiding investment principles.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Offering serverless Kubernetes has been key part of our vision to make Kubernetes simpler for everyone – by providing an end-to-end experience optimized for developer productivity on top of an enterprise-grade platform with hardened security and layers of isolation. We are working closely with the community on open source projects that make Kubernetes easier for everyone, wherever they run it.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated our Cognitive Services terms for customer data.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Digital disruption has created unlimited potential for companies to embrace data as a competitive advantage for their business. As a result, analytics continues to be a key priority for enterprises. When it comes to analytics, customers tell us that they need a solution that provides them with the best price, performance, security, and privacy, as well as a system that can easily deliver powerful insights across the organization. Azure has them covered.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
As the amount of data stored and queried continues to rise, it becomes increasingly important to have the most price-performant data warehouse. While we’re excited about being the industry leader in both of Gigaom’s TPC-H and TPC-DS benchmark reports, we don’t plan to stop innovating on behalf of our customers.
Monday, May 6, 2019
In today’s data-driven world, driving digital transformation increasingly depends on our ability to manage massive amounts of data and harness its potential. Developers who are building intelligent and immersive applications should not have to be constrained by resource limitations that ultimately impact their customers’ experience.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
It’s incredible how much and how rapidly technology evolves. Microsoft’s server technology is no exception. We entered the 2008 release cycle with a shift from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, the early days of server virtualization and advanced analytics.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
We are at an incredibly exciting technology inflection point. The virtually limitless computing power of the cloud, combined with increasingly connected and perceptive devices at the edge of the network, create possibilities we could only have dreamed of just a few years ago – possibilities made up of millions of connected devices, infinite data, and the ability to create truly immersive multi-sense, multidevice experiences.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
In a rapidly globalizing digital world, business processes touch multiple organizations and great sums are spent managing workflows that cross trust boundaries. As digital transformation expands beyond the walls of one company and into processes shared with suppliers, partners, and customers, the importance of trust grows with it.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Azure Functions constantly innovates so that you can achieve more with serverless applications, enabling developers to overcome common serverless challenges through a productive, event-driven programming model.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
AI is fueling the next wave of transformative innovations that will change the world. With Azure AI, our goal is to empower organizations to apply AI across the spectrum of their business to engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products. To make this a reality, we have three guiding investment principles.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
We understand that the commitments we make about data are essential for any organization. To give customers more control, we’ve updated our Cognitive Services terms for customer data.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
This month is packed with updates on the Azure portal, including enhancements to the user experience, resource configuration, management tools and more.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
It’s incredible how much and how rapidly technology evolves. Microsoft’s server technology is no exception. We entered the 2008 release cycle with a shift from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, the early days of server virtualization and advanced analytics.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Today we are announcing Azure DevOps. Working with our customers and developers around the world, it’s clear DevOps has become increasingly critical to a team’s success.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Offering serverless Kubernetes has been key part of our vision to make Kubernetes simpler for everyone – by providing an end-to-end experience optimized for developer productivity on top of an enterprise-grade platform with hardened security and layers of isolation. We are working closely with the community on open source projects that make Kubernetes easier for everyone, wherever they run it.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Network security solutions can be delivered as appliances on premises, as Network Virtual Appliances (NVAs) that run in the cloud or as a cloud native offering (known as firewall-as-a-service).
Monday, April 8, 2019
We all want the truth. To properly assess your cloud analytics provider, ask them about the only three things that matter: independent benchmark results, company-wide access to insights, and security & privacy.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
In a rapidly globalizing digital world, business processes touch multiple organizations and great sums are spent managing workflows that cross trust boundaries. As digital transformation expands beyond the walls of one company and into processes shared with suppliers, partners, and customers, the importance of trust grows with it.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Serverless and PaaS are all about unleashing developer productivity by reducing the management burden and allowing you to focus on what matters most, your application logic.
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