With more computing environments moving to the cloud, the need for stronger cloud security has never been greater. But what constitutes effective cloud security, and what best practices should you be following? While Microsoft Azure delivers unmatched built-in security, it is important that you understand the breadth of security controls and take advantage of them […]
Azure Security Expert Series: Learn best practices and Customer Lockbox general availability
With more computing environments moving to the cloud, the need for stronger cloud security has never been greater. But what constitutes effective cloud security, and what best practices should you be following? While Microsoft Azure delivers unmatched built-in security, it is important that you understand the breadth of security controls and take advantage of them […]
New to Azure? Follow these easy steps to get started
Today, many organizations are leveraging digital transformation to deliver their applications and services in the cloud. At Microsoft Build 2019, we announced the general availability of Azure Quickstart Center and received positive feedback from customers. Azure Quickstart Center brings together the step-by-step guidance you need to easily create cloud workloads. The power to easily set […]
Microsoft positioned as a leader in the Forrester WaveTM: Database-as-a-service
We’re excited to share that Forrester has named Microsoft as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Database-as-a-service, Q2 2019. This decision is based on their evaluation of Azure relational and non-relational databases. We believe Microsoft’s position as a leader is further underscored by its standing in the recent Q1 2019 NoSQL Forrester WaveTM. Database-as-a-service has […]
Gartner names Microsoft a leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise iPaaS
Microsoft accelerates application development with Azure Integration Services Personal computers revolutionized the way work was done. New software unlocked unprecedented levels of productivity, and for a time, business flourished. As the personal computer exploded in popularity, more and more software was created. For the individual, this was a golden age. For the enterprise, this was […]
Azure HC-series Virtual Machines cross 20,000 cores for HPC workloads
New HPC-targeted cloud virtual machines Azure HC-series Virtual Machines are now generally available in the West US 2 and East US regions. HC-series virtual machines (VMs) are optimized for the most at-scale, computationally intensive HPC applications. For this class of workload, HC-series VMs are the most performant, scalable, and price-performant ever launched on Azure or […]
Introducing next generation reading with Immersive Reader, a new Azure Cognitive Service
This blog post was authored by Tina Coll, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Azure Marketing. Today, we’re unveiling the preview of Immersive Reader, a new Azure Cognitive Service in the Language category. Developers can now use this service to embed inclusive capabilities into their apps for enhancing text reading and comprehension for users regardless of age […]
Virtual machine scale set insights from Azure Monitor
In October 2018 we announced the public preview of Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines (VMs). At that time, we included support for monitoring your virtual machine scale sets from the at scale view under Azure Monitor. Today we are announcing the public preview of monitoring your Windows and Linux VM scale sets from within the scale […]
First Microsoft cloud regions in Middle East now available
This blog post was co-authored by Paul Lorimer, Distinguished Engineer, Office 365. Azure and Office 365 generally available today, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform available by end of 2019 Today, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 are taking a major step together to help support the digital transformation of our customers. Both Azure and Office […]
Using Azure Search custom skills to create personalized job recommendations
This blog post was co-authored by Kabir Khan, Software Engineer II , Learning Engineering Research and Developement. The Microsoft Worldwide Learning Innovation lab is an idea incubation lab within Microsoft that focuses on developing personalized learning and career experiences. One of the recent experiences that the lab developed focused on offering skills-based personalized job recommendations. […]