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Graphic reads, Microsoft Sovereign Cloud: A continuum of control

Announcements October 20 7 min read

Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice

Across conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on the most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require.

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Announcements October 19 6 min read

Designing for sovereign AI: A shared foundation from edge to cloud

A flexible sovereign architecture allows organizations to place each workload in the right environment, apply the controls it requires, and maintain consistency.

October 16 4 min read

Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deployments

The growing AI landscape is giving enterprises more choice in how they build, customize, and deploy increasingly capable models.

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Thought leadership October 15 6 min read

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.

Graphic reads, Virtualization, without silos, with Azure

Thought leadership October 14 2 min read

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.

Announcements October 13 6 min read

Advancing hardware security with open-source Integrated HSM technology

Explore how Microsoft is advancing hardware security through open-source Integrated HSM technology, collaboration, and cryptographic key protection.

Thought leadership October 13 6 min read

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.

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Thought leadership October 12 7 min read

Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture

Maia 300 operates as a single platform to meet the demands of cloud-scale agentic inference.

Thought leadership October 7 7 min read

AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations

The opportunity is bigger than making individual tasks faster.

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Thought leadership October 6 5 min read

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.

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Thought leadership September 30 3 min read

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.

Announcements September 29 3 min read

SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available

With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement.

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