Introducing Fireworks AI on Microsoft Foundry: Bringing high performance, low latency open model inference to Azure
Across industries, organizations are increasingly standardizing on open models to gain greater control over performance, cost, customization, and the security and compliance required for enterprise deployment. Open models give teams the flexibility to choose the right architecture for each workload and avoid lock‑in to a single model provider as their needs evolve. Explore models on […]
Unpacking your top questions on agentic AI: The Shift podcast
Every day in the hallways at Microsoft, I hear product teams discussing where agents are headed and how software is forever changed. Many of us come into the office more now, and I didn’t realize how much I missed the in-between moments where natural chat gives us energy—coffee and hot takes on the way to […]
The economics of enterprise AI: What the Forrester TEI study reveals about Microsoft Foundry
Leaders are chasing the AI frontier, reimagining business systems as human-led and agent-operated. To do this, customers are on the hunt for smarter models, more capable agents, and market-ready solutions to operationalize AI workflows. When Forrester modeled the economics of enterprise AI with Microsoft Foundry, the biggest driver behind the 327% ROI over three years1 […]
Introducing GPT-5.4 in Microsoft Foundry
Built for Reliable AI Production: Stronger reasoning, dependable execution, and agentic workflows at scaleToday, we’re announcing OpenAI’s GPT‑5.4 to be generally available soon in Microsoft Foundry: a model designed to help organizations move from planning work to reliably completing it in production environments. As AI agents are applied to longer, more complex workflows; consistency and […]
Azure IaaS series: Explore new resources for building a stronger, more efficient infrastructure
Why a modern cloud infrastructure foundation is critical to your business Infrastructure has always been foundational to running business-critical cloud workloads; but today, it has become a strategic driver of innovation, resilience, and growth. As organizations accelerate digital transformation, infrastructure decisions increasingly shape how quickly teams can adopt AI, how reliably applications operate at global […]
Unlocking document understanding with Mistral Document AI in Microsoft Foundry
Enterprises today face a familiar yet formidable challenge: mountains of documents -contracts, invoices, reports, forms – remain locked in unstructured formats. Traditional OCR (optical character recognition) captures text, but often struggles with context, layout complexity, or multilingual content. The result? Slow workflows, error-prone manual reviews, and missed insights. Enter mistral-document-ai-2512 in Microsoft Foundry. This new […]
Instant access incremental snapshots: Restore without waiting
Today, we’re excited to introduce instant access support for incremental snapshots of Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra Disk, delivering an industry-leading snapshot experience where creation, disk restore, and production-ready performance all happen instantly. Instant access snapshots of Pv2 and Ultra Disk are usable immediately upon creation, allowing you to restore new disks without waiting […]
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity, and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected
As digital sovereignty becomes a strategic requirement, organizations are rethinking how they deploy critical infrastructure and AI capabilities under tighter regulatory expectations and higher risk conditions. Microsoft’s approach to sovereignty is grounded in enabling enterprises, public sectors, and regulated industries to participate in the digital economy securely, independently, and on their own terms. The Microsoft […]
Introducing Budget Bytes: Build powerful AI apps for under $25
When developers hear “cloud” and “AI,” their first thought is often about cost. “How much will this cost me to learn? Can I build something meaningful without racking up a surprise bill?” Budget Bytes is a new series is designed to inspire developers to build affordable, production-quality AI applications on Azure with a budget of […]
Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Microsoft Foundry-Frontier Performance for Scale
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is available today in Microsoft Foundry, and it is designed for teams who want frontier performance across coding, agents, and professional work at scale.Last week, we took a major step forward with the availability of Claude Opus 4.6 in Microsoft Foundry, bringing frontier AI capable of deep reasoning, agentic workflows, and complex […]