Developer tools

Unlock faster, efficient reasoning with Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning—optimized for edge, mobile, and real-time applications.

This year, at Microsoft Build, we introduced new AI tools and capabilities designed to empower every software developer to become an AI developer.

Agentic DevOps is the next evolution in the software development lifecycle. Read how these AI agents help developers accelerate delivery and stay focused on high-impact work while remaining in control of the process.

To help these AI agents become even more powerful and handle more complex tasks, they need state-of-the-art models, integrated tools, and built-in governance. At Microsoft Build 2025, we’re unveiling 10 innovations in Azure AI Foundry to make this possible.

We are excited to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platform. In this report, Gartner placed Microsoft furthest in Completeness of Vision.

We are excited to announce the general availability of the new Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines (VMs). These VMs run on Microsoft’s first fully custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU and represent a significant milestone in our end-to-end approach to building cloud infrastructure.

Together with Oracle, we’re announcing upgrades to Oracle Database@Azure, giving customers the ability to run or build new cloud applications that combine Oracle Database services with native Microsoft Azure services and benefit from extremely low latency and high performance.

Announcing that Azure Public IPs are zone-redundant by default. Yes, automatically.

Microsoft and NVIDIA have launched a collaborative resource for developers and organizations to experience the better together benefits.

At Microsoft, we’ve experienced firsthand the benefits of Microsoft Dev Box for the developer experience, and we’re not alone. Take a look at the benchmark report Assessing Microsoft Dev Box Cloud-Based Developer Workstations, conducted by GigaOm.

Microsoft’s assessments empower businesses to take control of their cloud journey, gain valuable insights into their IT environments, and make informed decisions that drive innovation and growth.

The joint solution of GitHub and Azure, combined with the power of Visual Studio, can create order for previously staggered workflows and delayed deployments.