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Microsoft named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms

Microsoft is honored to be named a Leader in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms, highlighting our commitment to making AI innovation safe, responsible, and enterprise...

Security
Jan 14, 2026
Inside RedVDS: How a single virtual desktop provider fueled worldwide cybercriminal operations

Microsoft’s investigation into RedVDS services and infrastructure uncovered a global network of disparate cybercriminals purchasing and using to target multiple sectors. In collaboration with law e...

Security
Jan 14, 2026
How Microsoft builds privacy and security to work hand-in-hand

Learn how Microsoft unites privacy and security through advanced tools and global compliance to protect data and build trust.

The post Security
Jan 13, 2026

Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers

We’re excited to announce that Anthropic has added new tools, connectors, and skills that allow Claude in Microsoft Foundry to bring advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence pu...

Azure Blog
Jan 11, 2026
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Cosmos DB Mirroring with Private Endpoints

Available now in Public Preview, you can configure Azure Cosmos DB accounts with virtual networks or private endpoints to work with Microsoft Fabric mirroring. This feature allows you to preserve your...

Azure Updates
Jan 09, 2026
Global routing redundancy for mission-critical web applications

Learn how to develop highly resilient global web applications.

Azure Architecture
Jan 08, 2026
Explore the latest Microsoft Incident Response proactive services for enhanced resilience

The new proactive services from Microsoft Incident Response turn security uncertainty into readiness with expert‑led preparation and advanced intelligence.

The post Security
Jan 07, 2026

Use Azure Kubernetes Service to Host GPU-Based Workloads

Learn how to use Azure Kubernetes Service to host GPU-based workloads, including machine learning, deep learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.

Azure Architecture
Jan 07, 2026
Architectural Approaches for Messaging in Multitenant Solutions

Learn architectural approaches for messaging in multitenant solutions, including when to deploy shared, sharded, and dedicated messaging components.

Azure Architecture
Jan 06, 2026
Phishing actors exploit complex routing and misconfigurations to spoof domains

Threat actors are exploiting complex routing scenarios and misconfigured spoof protections to send spoofed phishing emails, crafted to appear as internally sent messages.

The post Security
Jan 06, 2026

Introducing the Microsoft Defender Experts Suite: Elevate your security with expert-led services

Announcing Microsoft Defender Experts Suite, a integrated set of expert-led services that helps security teams keep pace with modern cyberattacks.

The post Security
Jan 06, 2026

Stream Processing with Databricks

Learn how to create a four-stage, end-to-end stream processing pipeline in Azure by using Azure Databricks.

Azure Architecture
Jan 06, 2026
Web-Queue-Worker Architecture Style

Learn about the Web-Queue-Worker pattern. Discover benefits, challenges, and implementation by using Azure App Service, Azure Functions, and message queues.

Azure Architecture
Jan 06, 2026
Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments

CES 2026 showcases the arrival of the NVIDIA Rubin Platform, along with Azure’s proven readiness for deployment.

The post Azure Blog
Jan 05, 2026

Guidance for using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in a multitenant solution

Learn about the features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) that you can use when you work with multitenant systems. See guidance and examples for how to use AKS in a multitenant solution.

Azure Architecture
Jan 02, 2026
[Launched] Generally Available: Cloud-native apps on Kubernetes pricing calculator scenario

The new cloud-native apps on Kubernetes pricing calculator scenario allows teams to estimate the total cost of ownership for a production-ready AKS cluster with other key Azure services, including ...

Azure Updates
Dec 31, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Geo-Replication for Azure Service Bus Premium

The Geo-Replication feature for Azure Service Bus in the premium tier is now generally available. The Service Bus Geo-Replication feature is one of the options to insulate Azure Service Bus applica...

Azure Updates
Dec 31, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk is now available in Austria East and in a second Availability Zone in Japan West

Azure Premium SSD v2 is now available in Austria East and in a second Availability Zone in Japan West.  Azure Premium SSD v2, a next-generation general-purpose block storage solution, offers sub-milli...

Azure Updates
Dec 31, 2025
Retirement: Deprecation of Custom Resource Providers

In 2026, Azure Resource Manager will be deprecating the Custom Resource Provider (CuRP) service.We will retire the feature by October 31, 2026. We will be performing a scream test on October 27, 2025,...

Azure Updates
Dec 29, 2025
Failure mode analysis

Get information about doing a failure mode analysis (FMA) for cloud solutions that are based on Azure.

Azure Architecture
Dec 23, 2025
Build a Conversation Knowledge Mining Solution by using Azure AI Services

Learn how to design a scalable conversation analytics system that extracts insights from conversational data by using Azure AI services and Microsoft Foundry.

Azure Architecture
Dec 23, 2025
Generate Documents from Your Data

Learn how to build a simple system to generate documents. It combines retrieval, summarization, and generation to support faster document drafting by using AI.

Azure Architecture
Dec 23, 2025
Baseline Microsoft Foundry Chat Reference Architecture in an Azure Landing Zone

Learn about deploying the baseline Microsoft Foundry, Foundry Agent Service, Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, and Azure App Service chat architecture in an Azure landing zone.

Azure Architecture
Dec 19, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Blob-to-Blob migration made simple with Azure Storage Mover

Azure Storage Mover’s new Azure Blob container-to-container migration feature is now in Public Preview, empowering organizations to move data between two Blob containers within the same or different...

Azure Updates
Dec 18, 2025
Automate Document Classification in Azure

Learn how to use the durable functions feature of Azure Functions as an automated document processing pipeline to classify documents by type.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
Build and Deploy Custom Document Processing Models on Azure

Learn more about Azure options for orchestrating, storing, building, deploying, and using custom document processing models.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
Overview of Microsoft Machine Learning Products and Technologies

Compare options for building, deploying, and managing your machine learning models. Decide which Microsoft products to choose for your solution.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
Extract and Map Information from Unstructured Content

Learn how to build scalable systems for processing text, images, tables, and graphs with quality checks and human review for professional content workflows.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
Build a Multiple-Agent Workflow Automation Solution by using Microsoft Agent Framework

Learn how to design and deploy scalable multi‑agent automation infrastructure by using Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure Container Apps, and Azure AI services.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
AI Architecture Design

Get started with AI. Use high-level architectural types, see Azure AI platform offerings, and find customer success stories.

Azure Architecture
Dec 18, 2025
New Microsoft e-book: 3 reasons point solutions are holding you back

Explore the new Microsoft e-book on how a unified, AI-ready platform delivers speed, resilience, and measurable security gains.

The post Security
Dec 18, 2025

Design and Develop a RAG Solution

Learn about what to consider when you design a large language model RAG solution, including each step of the development process and how to evaluate those steps.

Azure Architecture
Dec 17, 2025
Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms

We believe this recognition shows our commitment to pioneering agent frameworks, orchestration, and enterprise-grade governance.

The post Azure Blog
Dec 17, 2025

[In preview] Public Preview: Service Bus SDK type bindings in Azure Functions for Node.js

Azure Functions triggers and bindings enable you to easily integrate event and data sources with function applications. Now that SDK type bindings support for Azure Blob Storage is available, we’...

Azure Updates
Dec 17, 2025
[Launched] Generally Avaailable: Azure SQL updates for early December 2025

In mid-December 2025, the following updates and enhancements were made to Azure SQL: Identify causes that auto-resume serverless workloads using Activity Log in Azure SQL Database to troubleshoot and...

Azure Updates
Dec 17, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Use Azure SRE Agent with Azure Cosmos DB

You can now simplify how you diagnose and resolve issues in your applications running on Azure Cosmos DB with the introduction of the Azure Cosmos DB Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Agent, built on...

Azure Updates
Dec 17, 2025
Analytics End-to-End with Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to use Microsoft data services to build a modern analytics platform capable of handling the most common data challenges in an organization.

Azure Architecture
Dec 17, 2025
Access Fabric: A modern approach to identity and network access

An Access Fabric is a unified access security solution that continuously decides who can access what, from where, and under what conditions—in real time.

The post Security
Dec 17, 2025

DR for Azure Data Platform - Architecture

Second article in a series covering disaster recovery for an Azure data platform

Azure Architecture
Dec 17, 2025
DR for Azure Data Platform - Scenario details

Third article in a series covering disaster recovery for an Azure data platform

Azure Architecture
Dec 17, 2025
Understand Data Models

Learn how to evaluate Azure data store models based on workload patterns, scale, consistency, and governance to guide service selection.

Azure Architecture
Dec 16, 2025
SaaS and Multitenant Solution Architecture

This guide provides an overview of the architectural content for software as a service (SaaS), startups, and multitenancy and guidance about how to architect multitenant solutions on Azure.

Azure Architecture
Dec 16, 2025
Azure updates for partners: December 2025

Organizations leading in AI make it foundational. They rethink processes and integrate new technologies from the start to improve efficiency.

The post Azure Blog
Dec 16, 2025

[In preview] Generally Available: Azure NetApp Files cross-zone-region replication (CZRR)

Cross-zone-region replication builds on the existing capabilities of cross-region replication and cross-zone replication. It enables you to replicate volumes across regions and across availability zon...

Azure Updates
Dec 16, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection

Azure NetApp Files advanced ransomware protection (ANF ARP) is now in Public Preview. ANF ARP is designed to help organizations proactively detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware threats on ...

Azure Updates
Dec 16, 2025
Guidance for using Azure Private Link service in a multitenant solution

This article describes the features of Azure Private Link that are useful when you work with multitenanted systems, and it provides links to guidance and examples.

Azure Architecture
Dec 16, 2025
Defending against the CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell) vulnerability in React Server Components

CVE-2025-55182 (also referred to as React2Shell and includes CVE-2025-66478, which was merged into it) is a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting React Ser...

Security
Dec 15, 2025
Microsoft named an overall leader in KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Generative AI Defense

Today, we are proud to share that Microsoft has been recognized as an overall leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Generative AI Defense.

The post Security
Dec 15, 2025

What’s new in Microsoft Copilot Studio: November 2025

November 2025 was a busy month for Microsoft Copilot Studio, marked by major announcements at Microsoft Ignite 2025 and a wave of new features now rolling out to makers.

The post Microsoft 365
Dec 15, 2025

Architectural Considerations for Identity in a Multitenant Solution

Learn about multitenant identity architecture with authentication, authorization, SSO, federation, and tenant isolation strategies for secure solutions.

Azure Architecture
Dec 15, 2025
Update: The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026.

The retirement date for default outbound access has been extended to March 31, 2026. This change aligns with the broader Azure Virtual Network (VNet) update and replaces the previously communicated Se...

Azure Updates
Dec 12, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Dashboard subscriptions now support Microsoft Teams

You can now receive insights where collaboration happens—in Microsoft Teams—with expanded dashboard subscription capabilities in Azure Databricks. This enhancement delivers timely, actionable data dir...

Azure Updates
Dec 11, 2025
Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI

Discover GPT‑5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—the next standard for enterprise AI. Learn how advanced reasoning, agentic execution, and compliance-ready features empower developers and technical leaders.

Azure Blog
Dec 11, 2025
Reliable Web App Pattern for .NET

Implement the Reliable Web App pattern for .NET. Migrate (replatform) web apps to the cloud with prescriptive architecture, code, and configuration guidance.

Azure Architecture
Dec 11, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation

Azure Sphere OS version 25.12 is now available for evaluation in the Retail Eval feed. Whilst this release encompasses no customer-facing changes, it represents significant under-the-hood build system...

Azure Updates
Dec 11, 2025
Available today: GPT-5.2 in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Today we’re excited to bring OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

The post Microsoft 365
Dec 11, 2025

Replicate Mainframe and Midrange Data to Azure by Using Qlik

Learn how to use Qlik Replicate to migrate mainframe and midrange systems to the cloud or extend those systems by using cloud applications.

Azure Architecture
Dec 11, 2025
Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data

Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you.

The post Azure Blog
Dec 11, 2025

Choose a batch processing technology

Compare technology choices for big data batch processing in Azure, including key selection criteria and a capability matrix.

Azure Architecture
Dec 10, 2025
Integrate IBM mainframe and midrange message queues with Azure

This example describes a data-first approach to middleware integration that enables IBM message queues (MQs).

Azure Architecture
Dec 10, 2025
Actioning agentic AI: 5 ways to build with news from Microsoft Ignite 2025

Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric. Over 20,000 attendees gathered in San Francisco, with 200,000 digital participants joining us to explore the future of cloud and AI.

The post

DevSecOps for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Learn how to use DevSecOps for IaC to more securely and efficiently deploy cloud infrastructure into a new Azure landing zone.

Azure Architecture
Dec 09, 2025
Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in the United States

Today, we are sharing progress on our infrastructure expansions across the United States that are supporting the tremendous growth in customer demand for cloud and AI services.

The post

[Launched] Generally Available: FIPS compliant mode for Application Gateway V2 SKUs

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 is a US government standard that defines minimum security requirements for cryptographic modules in information technology products and syste...

Azure Updates
Dec 09, 2025
Design to Support Foundation Model Life Cycles

Learn about how to manage both new model versions and retired model versions in your generative AI application infrastructure.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Use Azure Firewall to help protect an AKS cluster

Deploy an AKS cluster in a hub-and-spoke network topology by using Terraform and Azure DevOps. Help protect inbound and outbound traffic by using Azure Firewall.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
AKS baseline for multiregion clusters

Run Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster in multiple regions to achieve high availability.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Multiregion BCDR for Azure Virtual Desktop

Learn which options and scenarios are possible to design and implement an effective multi-region BCDR strategy for Azure Virtual Desktop.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Azure Local Baseline Reference Architecture

Learn how to design Azure Local for highly available virtualized and containerized workloads, focusing on reliability and security.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Compare Java application hosting options on Azure

Explore recommended strategies for hosting Java applications to Azure, including platform types and supportability.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Prevent IPv4 Exhaustion in Azure

Minimize private address space consumption when you build large networks in Azure. This article presents two methods to create more IPv4 address space.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Monitoring and diagnostics guidance

Learn how to track how users use your distributed applications and services, trace resource utilization, and monitor the health and performance.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
Google Cloud to Azure services comparison

Compare Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure services. Not every Google Cloud service or Azure service is listed, and not every matched service has exact feature parity.

Azure Architecture
Dec 08, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Zonal placement for Azure file shares Azure Files Premium LRS in select regions.

Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now GA in select regions! This capability gives you explicit control over zone locality by pinning storage accounts to a specific availability zone, enab...

Azure Updates
Dec 05, 2025
Caching guidance

Learn how caching can improve the performance and scalability of a system by copying frequently accessed data to fast storage close to the application.

Azure Architecture
Dec 05, 2025
Baseline architecture for an AKS cluster

Learn about the reference architecture for the recommended baseline infrastructure that deploys an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.

Azure Architecture
Dec 05, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Mistral Large 3 in Foundry

Mistral Large 3, a frontier-class open-weight model with Apache 2.0 licensing, is now available in Microsoft Foundry on Azure. This model delivers enterprise-grade reliability, long-context comprehens...

Azure Updates
Dec 04, 2025
[Launched] Generally Availaible: Azure MCP Server support for Azure confidential ledger

The Azure MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server provides a streamlined approach for managing Azure resources—including Azure confidential ledger—through natural language prompts. This feature allows u...

Azure Updates
Dec 04, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks

Serverless workspaces in Azure Databricks are now available in Public Preview, offering a fully managed workspace type that comes preconfigured with serverless compute and default storage to deliver a...

Azure Updates
Dec 04, 2025
Advancing Microsoft 365: New capabilities and pricing update

Today we are announcing expanded availability of AI, security, and management capabilities coming to Microsoft 365 offerings in 2026.

The post Microsoft 365
Dec 04, 2025

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Blob Storage SFTP - Resumable Uploads

Announcing the general availability of resumable uploads for Azure Storage Blob SFTP. In the event of a failed partial transfer, this new feature enables users to open the partial file and continue ...

Azure Updates
Dec 04, 2025
Retirement: Remove dependency on these Azure ML SDKs before June 30, 2026

On June 30, 2026, AzureML SDK V1 will reach end of life. The following SDKs which work in tandem with the AzureML SDK V1 will also be retired.  azureml-train-core  azureml-pipeline  azureml-pipeline-c...

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
Deploy Microservices to Azure Container Apps

Learn how to replatform and deploy existing Kubernetes microservice applications workloads to run in Azure Container Apps.

Azure Architecture
Dec 03, 2025
Choose an Azure Service for Vector Search

Learn how to use this information to decide which Azure service for vector search best suits your application.

Azure Architecture
Dec 03, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in Belgium Central

Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in the Belgium Central Azure region. Learn more.

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Update pg_squeeze to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Now you can upgrade the pg_squeeze extension to version 1.9.1 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Learn more.

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: The ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Now you can install the ip4r extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. Ip4r provides efficient storage and indexing functionality for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and ranges. Learn more.

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: The credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

Now you can install the credcheck extension in Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server. The credcheck extension helps you to enforce password and credential validation policies directly within...

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Load Balancer bandwidth metrics now support Protocol dimension

Bandwidth metrics for Azure Load Balancer are now published with metric dimension Protocol. When retrieving or viewing Byte, Packet, and SYN Count metrics in the Azure portal, you will now see the ...

Azure Updates
Dec 03, 2025
New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure

We are extending Azure public regions with options that adapt to our customers’ evolving business requirements without forcing trade-offs.

The post Azure Blog
Dec 03, 2025

Enterprise Deployment that uses App Service Environment

Learn about the recommended architecture for deploying an enterprise application by using App Service Environment version 3 in Azure.

Azure Architecture
Dec 03, 2025
Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads

Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads.

The post Azure Blog
Dec 02, 2025

Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: The future of work for small businesses

We’re excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot Business—a comprehensive, full-featured AI solution built for SMBs.

The post Microsoft 365
Dec 02, 2025

Migrate Cloud Workloads Across Security Tenants

Learn how to define and implement a cross-tenant workload migration strategy to address business transformations like acquisitions or divestitures.

Azure Architecture
Dec 02, 2025
[Launched] Generally Available: Perth - Azure Extended Zones

We are announcing the general availability of the Perth Azure Extended Zone. Azure Extended Zones are small-footprint extensions of Azure placed in metro areas, industry centers, or specific juris...

Azure Updates
Dec 01, 2025
Deploy Microservices to Azure Container Apps

Learn how to replatform and deploy existing Kubernetes microservice applications workloads to run in Azure Container Apps.

Azure Architecture
Nov 26, 2025
Architectural Approaches for Messaging in Multitenant Solutions

Learn architectural approaches for messaging in multitenant solutions, including when to deploy shared, sharded, and dedicated messaging components.

Azure Architecture
Nov 26, 2025
[In preview] Public Preview: Managed Identity support in Network Watcher VNET flow log, traffic analytics and packet capture

VNET flow log captures IP traffic flowing through VNETs, subnets, and NICs for monitoring, troubleshooting, network optimization, security, and compliance needs and stores the logs in Azure Storage...

Azure Updates
Nov 25, 2025
Mission-critical global content delivery

Learn how to develop highly resilient global HTTP applications when your focus is on content delivery and caching.

Azure Architecture
Nov 25, 2025
Mission-critical global HTTP ingress

Learn how to develop highly resilient global HTTP applications when your focus is on HTTP ingress.

Azure Architecture
Nov 25, 2025
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