Enhancing Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine lifecycle
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Announcements
Stay informed with the latest breakthroughs and innovations in cloud technology, directly from the experts at Microsoft Azure. Our announcements section is your go-to source for new features and pathways to empower your digital transformation.
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Ship agents faster with expanded model choice, voice agents, and continuous optimization
The best model for your business will keep changing. -
Designing agent-first platforms: What changes when agents do the work
The organizations pulling ahead are not simply adding AI to what they already have. -
GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna: For production agents in Microsoft Foundry
Explore GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and GPT-6 Luna in Microsoft Foundry, with scalable model options for production AI agents, complex workflows, and high-volume tasks. -
Claude Opus 5.5 comes to Microsoft Foundry for long-running coding and knowledge work
AI models are increasingly taking on work that extends far beyond a single prompt: building a feature across a codebase, investigating a complex issue, synthesizing hundreds of pages of information, or working through a multi-step business process. -
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
Microsoft was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management. -
GPT-6 Astra: Frontier intelligence for work, now generally available in Microsoft Foundry
GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s newest frontier model, begins rolling out today through the Microsoft Foundry Limited Access Program, with availability expanding to participating customers over the coming days. -
Introducing Azure Multicloud Interconnect for AWS
Azure Multicloud Interconnect helps simplify private connectivity between Microsoft Azure and AWS, enabling organizations to support multicloud and AI workloads with a more streamlined, cloud-native networking experience. -
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI-Augmented Code Modernization Tools
GitHub Copilot and Azure are helping organizations modernize legacy applications, reduce technical debt, and prepare for AI innovation. -
GPT-5.6 now available in Microsoft Foundry
Introducing OpenAI’s latest frontier model series, the Asia Pacific Data Zone, and product agent capabilities, all generally available in Microsoft Foundry. -
Proving application resilience on Azure with Chaos Studio
Azure Chaos Studio helps organizations validate application resilience by simulating outages, failovers, network disruptions, and infrastructure failures before they impact production. -
Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available
Claude in Microsoft Foundry is now generally available, hosted on Azure, and running on NVIDIA GB300 Blackwell Ultra, giving teams a faster path from agent experimentation to production.
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