Compute

We continue to find ways to make Azure a better value for our customers. Azure Managed Disks, a new disk service launched in Feb ’17, simplifies the management and scaling of Virtual Machines (VM).

We’ve recently made it much easier to monitor microservices and containerized applications using Azure Application Insights.

More and more enterprise customers are realizing the benefits of moving their core business applications to the cloud. Many have moved beyond the conversation of “why cloud” to “which cloud provider.” Customers want the assurance of performance, privacy and scale for their mission critical applications.

Today at Microsoft Build 2017, we are delighted to announce the public preview of a new way to obtain and consume Azure compute at a much lower price using Azure Batch – low-priority VMs.

I’m always amazed by the mind-blowing visual effects in today’s movies, but I know rendering these effects is one of the most complex aspects of a cinematic production.

Last year we introduced our first GPU offering powered by NVIDIA’s Tesla-based GPUs and we have seen an amazing customer response.

Today, we are announcing the general availability of the new, simplified Azure management libraries for .

For Microsoft Azure, we have a long standing promise of making our prices comparable with AWS on commodity services such as compute, storage, and bandwidth.

Today, I’ll be talking to a global community of attendees at the 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S.

Last November we introduced Microsoft’s Project Olympus – our next generation cloud hardware design and a new model for open source hardware development. Today, I’m excited to address the 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) U.S.

Announcing Azure Storage Client Library for JavaScript

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of the vm, acs, storage and network commands in Azure CLI 2.0. These commands provide a rich interface for a large array of use cases, from disk and extension management to container cluster creation.