Software development is undergoing a transformation. In the old world, building software was a long relay—weeks to plan, months to build, and quarters to launch. In the new world, AI-powered tools turn ideas into prototypes in hours and production solutions in days. To achieve this, developers need an end-to-end platform that seamlessly connects code, collaboration, […]
Archives for 2025
Announcing new fine-tuning models and techniques in Azure AI Foundry
Today, we’re excited to announce three major enhancements to model fine-tuning in Azure AI Foundry—Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) with o4-mini (coming soon), Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) for the GPT-4.1-nano and Llama 4 Scout model (available now). These updates reflect our continued commitment to empowering organizations with tools to build highly customized, domain-adapted AI systems for real-world impact. […]
Key network security takeaways from RSAC 2025
Themes on display at the conference reflected the cybersecurity industry’s effort to streamline security operations while adapting to emerging technologies and threats.
One year of Phi: Small language models making big leaps in AI
A new era of AI One year ago, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers with the release of Phi-3 on Azure AI Foundry, leveraging research on SLMs to expand the range of efficient AI models and tools available to customers. Today, we are excited to introduce Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning—marking a new era […]
Adaptability by design: Unifying cloud and edge infrastructure trends
Adaptability isn’t an option. It’s the strategy. Every day, we engage with organizations navigating growing business complexity across industries, geographies, and regulatory environments. From global manufacturers modernizing plants to financial institutions re-architecting for resilience, we are seeing the same pattern: ambitions are moving faster than traditional architectures can respond to. Organizations must also contend with […]
Azure AI Foundry: Your GPS for the changing AI landscape
I spent most of the last decade in the Midwest (hello, Chicagoland!) but now live in the Seattle area and work at the Microsoft campus in Redmond. Before moving here, I’d visited the Redmond campus dozens of times as a Microsoft partner and customer, but had only basic airport-campus-hotel-restaurant navigation skills. Relocating a family of […]
Accelerate AI innovation and business transformation: Scaling AI transformation with strategic cloud partnership
Modern innovation is how companies differentiate, and AI is the prime example In a world where technology evolves at breakneck speed, it’s astonishing to realize that many businesses still rely on systems built decades ago. Imagine this: 220 billion lines of COBOL code are still running in production today, powering critical operations in industries ranging […]
5 insights from the front lines of the platform shift
What do leaders in sports and entertainment, healthcare, consulting, and financial services have in common? First, they’re using data, AI, and cloud technologies in ways that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago. And they’re sharing their experiences from the front lines of the AI platform shift in our new Azure podcast, Leading […]
Upskill your team on Azure Databricks with an on-demand webinar and Microsoft Learn
In a data-driven world, you need an efficient way to harness your data for actionable insights and gain a competitive edge. Azure Databricks is a powerful, unified analytics and AI platform that streamlines the entire AI project lifecycle—from rapid experimentation to production deployment. By consolidating data ingestion, transformation, and model tracking in one environment, Azure […]
Azure Files: More performance, more control, more value for your file data
Businesses of all sizes are facing the challenge of increasing data volumes and the critical need for efficient, scalable, and cost-effective file storage solutions. At Azure Storage, we deeply understand these demands. That’s why we continue to innovate within Azure Files, our fully managed file share service in the cloud. Azure Files manages hundreds of […]