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.
Developers
Fuel your development journey with cutting-edge tools and insights that cater specifically to the needs of developers, enhancing productivity and innovation.
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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. -
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. -
Microsoft Cost Management updates—July & August 2025
You need to know what you’re spending, where your money is being spent, and how to plan for the future. -
Agent Factory: From prototype to production—developer tools and rapid agent development
It’s no longer whether you can build an agent—it’s how fast and seamlessly you can go from idea to enterprise-ready deployment. -
Agent Factory: Top 5 agent observability best practices for reliable AI
Ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of AI agents is critical. -
Transforming scientific discovery with Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA
Scientific innovation speeds up with Azure’s cloud and NVIDIA’s GPUs—see how researchers are transforming discovery. -
Protecting Azure Infrastructure from silicon to systems
At Microsoft, secure design begins at the foundation of our computing stack—the silicon level—and extends through every layer of the cloud. -
Microsoft’s open source journey: From 20,000 lines of Linux code to AI at global scale
From Linux kernel code to AI at scale, discover Microsoft’s open source evolution and impact. -
Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms for a second year in a row, and the furthest to the right in Completeness of Vision. -
GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here
Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. -
OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry
With the launch of OpenAI’s gpt‑oss models—its first open-weight release since GPT‑2—we’re giving developers and enterprises unprecedented ability to run, adapt, and deploy OpenAI models entirely on their own terms.
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