Microsoft named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Sovereign Cloud Platforms

Digital sovereignty is no longer a niche requirement. For organizations operating across borders, regulated industries, and complex supply chains, sovereignty is now table stakes for cloud strategy. That’s why we’re pleased that Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave TM: Sovereign Cloud Platforms, Q2 2026 – an evaluation that assessed the most […]
How Drasi used GitHub Copilot to find documentation bugs

For early-stage open-source projects, the “Getting started” guide is often the first real interaction a developer has with the project. If a command fails, an output doesn’t match, or a step is unclear, most users won’t file a bug report—they will just move on. Drasi, a CNCF sandbox project that detects changes in your data […]
Cloud Cost Optimization: How to maximize ROI from AI, manage costs, and unlock real business value

In this article Why ROI from AI is now a top business priority AI cost management: Strategic considerations Usage patterns are variable AI workloads tend to rely on specialized infrastructure AI initiatives frequently span teams and stages AI cost optimization vs. cloud cost optimization: Why they’re different Connecting AI cost optimization to AI business value […]
Azure IaaS: Keep critical applications running with built-in resiliency at scale

Disruption should not be treated as an edge case. It is a reality organizations must be prepared to navigate. That preparation starts with resiliency as a core design principle, not an afterthought. Businesses depend on a broad set of applications to run daily operations, from essential internal systems to mission-critical workloads. And across that landscape, […]
Building sovereign AI at the edge: Microsoft and Armada collaborate to deliver Azure Local on Galleon modular datacenters

As governments and regulated industries continue their digital transformation, one requirement consistently rises to the top: the ability to run mission critical workloads where data originates, while maintaining sovereignty, resilience, and control. Build sovereign edge solutions with Azure Local Today, I am pleased to announce a collaboration between Microsoft and Armada to deliver a practical […]
Navigating digital sovereignty at the frontier of transformation

Digital sovereignty is no longer a theoretical debate or a narrow compliance exercise. For leaders across governments, regulated industries, and critical infrastructure sectors, it has become a practical leadership discipline grounded in risk management, continuity planning, and long-term accountability. Over the past several years, we have seen customer concerns evolve materially. Early conversations focused primarily […]
Microsoft named a Leader in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

Enterprise digital transformation is entering a new phase. The challenge is no longer just connecting systems. It is about making those systems intelligent, able to reason, respond, and act in real time across the business. As AI moves from experimentation into production, a clear pattern is emerging. Models and agents do not create value on […]
AI for nuclear energy: Powering an intelligent, resilient future

The world is racing to meet a historic surge in power demand with an infrastructure pipeline built for the analog age. Driven by the exponential expansion of digital technologies and the reindustrialization of supply chains, the mandate for always-on, carbon-free power is urgent and absolute. Nuclear energy is the essential backbone for this future, but […]
What’s new with Microsoft in open-source and Kubernetes at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026

There’s a pattern in how complex technology matures. Early on, teams make their own choices: different tools, different abstractions, different ways of reasoning about failure. It looks like flexibility but at scale it reveals itself as fragmentation. The fix is never just more capability; it’s shared operational philosophy. Kubernetes proved this. It didn’t just answer […]
Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next across the Microsoft databases portfolio. This year is especially meaningful, as it marks the return of a Microsoft‑led SQL community event, while also […]