Introducing Claude Opus 4.5 in Microsoft Foundry
Announcing Anthropic’s newest model, Claude Opus 4.5, in Microsoft Foundry. Opus 4.5 is now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry, GitHub Copilot paid plans, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
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Microsoft Databases and Microsoft Fabric: Your unified and AI-powered data estate
Today, I’m thrilled to announce the next generation of Microsoft’s databases: SQL Server 2025, Azure Document DB, Azure Horizon DB, and Fabric Databases, each redesigned to meet the demands of AI.
Azure at Microsoft Ignite 2025: All the intelligent cloud news explained
This week at Microsoft Ignite 2025, Azure introduces solutions that address your technology strategy questions with innovations designed for this very inflection point.
Microsoft Foundry: Scale innovation on a modular, interoperable, and secure agent stack
Agents are reshaping software. No longer mere assistants, they are becoming dynamic collaborators layered within our everyday tools.
Introducing Anthropic’s Claude models in Microsoft Foundry: Bringing Frontier intelligence to Azure
Microsoft Foundry already offers the widest selection of models of any cloud and with today’s partnership announcement with Anthropic, we’re proud that Azure is now the only cloud providing access to both Claude and GPT frontier models to customers on one platform.
Infinite scale: The architecture behind the Azure AI superfactory
Today, we are unveiling the next Fairwater site of Azure AI datacenters in Atlanta, Georgia.
The new era of Azure Ultra Disk: Experience the next generation of mission-critical block storage
Since its launch at Microsoft Ignite 2019, Azure Ultra Disk has powered some of the world’s most demanding applications and workloads.
Driving ROI with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath: Intelligent agents in real-world healthcare workflows
Automate healthcare workflows with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver real ROI across patient care.
Microsoft strengthens sovereign cloud capabilities with new services
We continue to adapt our sovereignty approach—innovating to meet customer needs and regulatory requirements within our Sovereign Public Cloud and Sovereign Private Cloud.
Powering Distributed AI/ML at Scale with Azure and Anyscale
The path from prototype to production for AI/ML workloads is rarely straightforward. As data pipelines expand and model complexity grows, teams can find themselves spending more time orchestrating distributed compute than building the intelligence that powers their products.
Enhancing software supply chain security with Microsoft’s Signing Transparency
Microsoft is announcing the preview of Signing Transparency to address software supply chain threats that traditional code signing alone cannot fully prevent, building on the Zero Trust principle of “never trust, always verify.
GitHub Universe 2025: Where developer innovation took center stage
At GitHub Universe 2025, the theme was clear: the ability to see, steer, and build across agents will bring the greatest impact.