In our fast-paced digital economy, software development companies—technology-led businesses that build, operate, and sell their own software—are at the forefront of shaping what’s next. With deep technical expertise and modern engineering practices, these companies are key players in driving AI innovation across industries. As businesses look to modernize their apps, migrate to the cloud, and […]
Archives for May 2025
Agentic DevOps: Evolving software development with GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Azure
GitHub Copilot has a new coding agent—and it’s ready to join your team. From planning to production, the entire software development lifecycle is being reimagined through intelligent agents—with you at the helm. At Microsoft Build 2025, we’re diving into the seismic shift happening in software development—and unveiling the future we’ll build together. Get started with […]
Powering the next AI frontier with Microsoft Fabric and the Azure data portfolio
The emergence of an entirely new type of organization—reconstructed with AI—was uncovered in Microsoft’s latest annual Work Trend Index report. These frontier firms are building agent assistants, creating hybrid human and agent teams, and even establishing entire teams of agents directed by humans. As more organizations begin their journey to this next frontier, agents will […]
Azure AI Foundry: Your AI App and agent factory
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, […]
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 […]