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The recognition for Microsoft over the past couple of weeks comes down to models, infrastructure, data, applications, and developer tools working as one system when AI moves into production. The post Enterprise AI transformation relies on the end-to-end platform: Azure was built for this moment appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s newest frontier model, begins rolling out today through the Microsoft Foundry Limited Access Program, with availability expanding to participating customers over the coming days. The post GPT-6 Astra: Frontier intelligence for work, now generally available in Microsoft Foundry appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Learn how Microsoft used Azure Arc and Azure Virtual Desktop to simplify hybrid security operations, improve visibility, and scale globally. The post How Microsoft’s Physical Security Engineering Team scaled hybrid operations with Azure Arc and Azure Virtual Desktop appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

AI cost optimization goes beyond model selection. Discover how context engineering in Microsoft Foundry helps lower AI costs by improving knowledge retrieval, tool selection, memory, and agent performance at scale. The post The Economics of Agent Optimization: Context engineering for enterprise AI agents appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Azure Multicloud Interconnect helps simplify private connectivity between Microsoft Azure and AWS, enabling organizations to support multicloud and AI workloads with a more streamlined, cloud-native networking experience. Built on open interoperability standards, it helps reduce operational complexity while providing high-performance connectivity across cloud environments. The post Introducing Azure Multicloud Interconnect for AWS appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

AI is helping organizations meet high expectations as markets change quickly and technology advances at a rapid pace. The post Inside Microsoft’s marketing team: Scaling expertise with AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Compare managed PostgreSQL vs. self-hosted PostgreSQL across cost, control, security, resilience, scalability, and operational effort. The post Managed PostgreSQL vs. self-hosted PostgreSQL: Key benefits and trade-offs appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft Foundry gives you four levers that act on every request, before a single line of agent logic changes. The post The Economics of Agent Optimization: Four ways to lower the cost appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Organizations need protection that operates in the gap between discovery and remediation. The post The patch window is collapsing: Why security needs a new control plane appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Cloud-native platforms are becoming the foundation for AI transformation. Discover how Microsoft’s Azure application platform helps organizations modernize, innovate, and operate AI-powered applications at scale. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms  appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.