At Microsoft Build, we came together to explore the next frontier: how developers will shape an agentic web. What felt different this year was gathering at a time of such exponential technological progress, making the power of community and the exchange of ideas more vital than ever. We’re reminded that in times of rapid change, […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.  […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]