Hybrid + multicloud

As 2018 comes to an end, I look at the technology landscape. I look at the kinds of hybrid scenarios our customers are developing.

We’re continuing to focus on delivering the innovations our government customers and partners have requested. In this blog, you’ll find a brief summary of our recent announcements from late summer and early fall for your reference.

For the past 25 years, companies of every size have trusted Windows Server and SQL Server to run their business-critical workloads. In fact, more than 70 percent of on-premises server workloads today run on Windows Server.

Over the past week, I visited customers and partners in Europe who want to bring cloud services to datacenters and edge locations to deliver new hybrid cloud solutions.

Today we’re excited to share the first release candidate (RC) of Azure DevOps Server 2019. Azure DevOps Server 2019 delivers the codebase of Microsoft Azure DevOps while being optimized for customers who prefer to self-host.

This blog post is a part of our security series for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month where we discuss how federal CIOs can best prepare for a cloud environment that works securely with your on-premises datacenters.

To further advance inquiry and discovery at the edge, today we are announcing Microsoft is donating cloud hardware and services to Carnegie Mellon University’s Living Edge Laboratory.

On behalf of the Azure Stack team, I would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Ignite 2018 attendees for the overwhelming response to our series of Azure Stack, Azure Data Box, and Avere sessions.

Azure Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region protecting customers’ applications and data from datacenter-level failures.

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

As the security solutions get better at detecting attacks, attackers are increasingly employing stealthier methods to avoid detection.

It has been an incredible year for Azure confidential computing, working with partners and customers, that has culminated in our confidential computing offerings becoming publicly available.