AI

This week at SAP Sapphire 2025 we are excited to share several new announcements and key strategic updates from Microsoft and SAP for our joint customers.

To help these AI agents become even more powerful and handle more complex tasks, they need state-of-the-art models, integrated tools, and built-in governance. At Microsoft Build 2025, we’re unveiling 10 innovations in Azure AI Foundry to make this possible.

Microsoft continues to add to the conversation by unveiling its newest models, Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning.

To better understand how infrastructure strategies are evolving, we commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a global study of over 600 cloud and edge decision-makers.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of GPT-image-1, the latest and most advanced image generation model, now available on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

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We are thrilled to announce the availability of the latest iterations in the o* reasoning series: o3 and o4-mini models on the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

We are excited to share the launch of the next generation of the GPT-4o model series with GPT-4.1, 4.1-mini, and 4.1-nano to Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

Read how healthcare providers are streamlining tasks, accelerating research, and improving patient care with Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Foundry.

Azure AI Foundry’s latest innovations empower businesses to optimize AI investments and differentiate in a competitive landscape. New tools like Azure AI Agent Service and Microsoft Fabric data agents enhance operational efficiency, while NVIDIA NIM microservices boost performance and cost optimization.

In collaboration with Microsoft and NVIDIA, we’ve integrated NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA AgentIQ toolkit into Azure AI Foundry—unlocking unprecedented efficiency, performance, and cost optimization for your AI projects.

AI agents are transforming industries by automating workflows, enhancing productivity, and enabling intelligent decision-making. Businesses are leveraging AI agents to process insurance claims, manage IT service desks, optimize supply chain logistics, and even assist healthcare professionals in analyzing medical records.