Category: AI + Machine Learning • 4 min read
We are excited to introduce Phi-3, a family of small open models with the capability of 10 times larger models, developed by Microsoft and optimized for Azure AI.
Announcements, Azure Managed Applications, Storage
Published • 3 min read
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disk sizes of up to 32 TiB on Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD disk offerings. In addition, we support disk sizes up to 64 TiB on Ultra Disks in preview.
Compute, Container Services, Windows Virtual Desktop
Published • 12 min read
Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview on Azure; Azure Backup for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines now generally available; Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB is named a leader in the Forrester Wave: Big Data NoSQL; and much more.
Analytics, Azure Data Factory, How to
Published • 1 min read
Clean up files by built-in delete activity in Azure Data Factory
Announcements, Azure Blob Storage, Storage
Published • 2 min read
As enterprises accelerate cloud adoption and increasingly deploy performance sensitive cloud-native applications, we are excited to announce general availability of Azure Premium Blob Storage.
Azure IoT Central, How to, Internet of Things
Published • 1 min read
Since announcing the release of our Jobs feature during the IoT Central General Availability launch, we are excited to share how we are working to improve your device management workflow through…
Compute, Windows Virtual Desktop
Published • 1 min read
We recently shared the public preview of the Windows Virtual Desktop service on Azure.
Analytics, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Storage
Published • 2 min read
Learn the latest integration in Azure Data Factory with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Data Explorer which enables you to meet the advanced needs of your analytics workloads by leveraging these services.
Azure Compute, Azure Security Center, Compute, Events
Published • 3 min read
We are excited to join the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week to learn what’s new and share our work in Azure focused on enabling modern, global games via cloud and cloud-native technologies.
Azure Cosmos DB, Databases, Industry trends
Published • 3 min read
We’re excited to announce that Forrester has named Microsoft as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Big Data NoSQL based on their evaluation of Azure Cosmos DB. Forrester’s findings validate the exceptional market momentum of Azure Cosmos DB and how happy our customers are with the product.
AI + Machine Learning, Azure Machine Learning, Partners
Published • 2 min read
With ever-increasing data volume and latency requirements, GPUs have become an indispensable tool for doing machine learning (ML) at scale. This week, we are excited to announce two integrations that Microsoft and NVIDIA have built together to unlock industry-leading GPU acceleration for more developers and data scientists.