IT decision makers

Securing your resources is important, which is why we’ve made it even simpler for you to do. Azure Security Center is now generally available in the subscription experience.

Keep current on what’s happening in Azure, including what’s now in preview, generally available, news & updates, and more.

Azure Service Fabric is a highly-scalable distributed systems platform to build and manage scalable microservices and container-based applications for Windows and Linux.

Today we are kicking-off Microsoft Inspire 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is an event I look forward to every year. This year however is a special year to celebrate the momentum we have with our partners for Microsoft Azure Stack.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform for enterprises of all sizes. Today we announced significant query performance improvements for Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) customers enabled through enhancements in the distributed query execution layer.

I’m excited to announce some new capabilities added to Azure Maps.

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.

Today we are excited to announce that Azure SQL Data Warehouse has set new performance benchmarks for cloud data warehousing by delivering at least 2x faster query performance compared to before.

Organizations around the world are gearing up for a future powered by the intelligent cloud and AI.

Enterprises are rapidly embracing public cloud to take advantage of the scale, agility and economic benefits.

Just a few months back, I wrote about how we are helping companies move to the cloud with a flexible hybrid approach and cost-effective path to Azure.

Last year at Ignite, I talked to you about the preview of Azure Data Box, a ruggedized, portable, and simple way to move large datasets into Azure.