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Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI
Discover how Azure is advancing cloud-native infrastructure to help organizations build, run, and optimize applications and agents at scale. -
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms
We’re building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. -
Infrastructure for the frontier era: Scaling intelligence through open industry collaboration
AI is reaching such a pivotal moment, and the focus is shifting from building larger frontier models to intelligence that delivers practical impact. -
Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture
Maia 300 operates as a single platform to meet the demands of cloud-scale agentic inference. -
AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations
The opportunity is bigger than making individual tasks faster. -
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms
We’re proud to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms. -
Responsible infrastructure at hyperscale: Managing the full lifecycle of Azure hardware
Microsoft is advancing Azure cloud infrastructure with more efficient systems and Circular Centers that extend the useful life of datacenter hardware. -
Your architecture diagram is not your resilience
For years, resilience was something you set up once. -
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure
Gartner highlighted Microsoft’s unified single-product architecture, flexibility across hyperconverged and disaggregated architectures, and more. -
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. -
The Economics of Agent Optimization: How AI agent governance controls cost and proves ROI
This blog post is the fourth and final installment of The Economics of Agent Optimization, which shares the strategies, capabilities, and proof points that can help you optimize agent costs and run AI as a managed investment system on Microsoft Foundry.
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