Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms
Microsoft is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms, recognizing Microsoft Sovereign Cloud leadership in evolving sovereignty needs.
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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Building sovereign AI at the edge: Microsoft and Armada collaborate to deliver Azure Local on Galleon modular datacenters
Explore how Microsoft and Armada bring sovereign AI to the edge with Azure Local, enabling secure, resilient workloads in disconnected and regulated environments. -
AI for nuclear energy: Powering an intelligent, resilient future
To break the infrastructure bottleneck and shift the industry from ambition to delivery, Microsoft is announcing an AI for nuclear collaboration with NVIDIA, to provide end-to-end tools that streamline permitting, accelerate design, and optimize operations across the industry. -
FabCon and SQLCon 2026: Unifying databases and Fabric on a single data platform
We’re bring attendees together to share real experiences and solve challenges side-by-side. -
Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC: New solutions for Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI infrastructure and Physical AI
Microsoft combines accelerated computing with cloud scale engineering to bring advanced AI capabilities to our customers. -
Many agents, one team: Scaling modernization on Azure
We’re announcing the first agentic end-to-end modernization solution that brings IT and developers into a single, connected workflow. -
Introducing Fireworks AI on Microsoft Foundry: Bringing high performance, low latency open model inference to Azure
We’re announcing the public preview of Fireworks AI on Microsoft Foundry, bringing high‑performance open model inference into Azure. -
Introducing GPT-5.4 in Microsoft Foundry
Today, we’re announcing OpenAI’s GPT‑5.4 to be generally available soon in Microsoft Foundry: a model designed to help organizations move from planning work to reliably completing it in production environments. -
Unlocking document understanding with Mistral Document AI in Microsoft Foundry
Enterprises today face a familiar yet formidable challenge: mountains of documents -contracts, invoices, reports, forms – remain locked in unstructured formats. -
Instant access incremental snapshots: Restore without waiting
Today, we’re excited to introduce instant access support for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disk, delivering an industry-leading snapshot experience where creation, disk restore, and production-ready performance all happen instantly. -
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity, and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud’s expansion of capabilities includes Azure Local disconnected operations, Microsoft 365 Local disconnected, and Microsoft Foundry addition of large model and modern infrastructure capabilities. -
Introducing Budget Bytes: Build powerful AI apps for under $25
Budget Bytes is a new series is designed to inspire developers to build affordable, production-quality AI applications on Azure with a budget of $25 or less.
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