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- Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice
by Douglas Phillips on October 20, 2026 at 5:34 pmAcross conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on the most important systems while maintaining the control those systems require. The post Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Designing for sovereign AI: A shared foundation from edge to cloud
by Alistair Speirs on October 19, 2026 at 7:00 pmA flexible sovereign architecture allows organizations to place each workload in the right environment, apply the controls it requires, and maintain consistency. The post Designing for sovereign AI: A shared foundation from edge to cloud appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deploymentsby Michael Scovetta on October 16, 2026 at 4:05 pm
The growing AI landscape is giving enterprises more choice in how they build, customize, and deploy increasingly capable models. The post Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deployments appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI
by Mike Hulme on October 15, 2026 at 4:00 pmDiscover how Azure is advancing cloud-native infrastructure to help organizations build, run, and optimize applications and agents at scale. The post Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms
by Maria Bledsoe on October 14, 2026 at 7:00 pmWe’re building operational consistency through Azure and Azure Arc, and infrastructure consistency through Hyper-V. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Infrastructure for the frontier era: Scaling intelligence through open industry collaboration
by Reynold D’Sa and Rani Borkar on October 13, 2026 at 4:15 pmAI is reaching such a pivotal moment, and the focus is shifting from building larger frontier models to intelligence that delivers practical impact. The post Infrastructure for the frontier era: Scaling intelligence through open industry collaboration appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Advancing hardware security with open-source Integrated HSM technology
by Mark Russinovich and Saurabh Dighe on October 13, 2026 at 4:15 pmExplore how Microsoft is advancing hardware security through open-source Integrated HSM technology, collaboration, and cryptographic key protection. The post Advancing hardware security with open-source Integrated HSM technology appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture
by Rani Borkar and Saurabh Dighe on October 12, 2026 at 1:00 pmMaia 300 operates as a single platform to meet the demands of cloud-scale agentic inference. The post Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations
by Rani Borkar on October 7, 2026 at 3:00 pmThe opportunity is bigger than making individual tasks faster. It’s to build a system that learns from how infrastructure is designed, sourced, and operated. The post AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
- Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms
by Michael MacKenzie on October 6, 2026 at 9:00 pmWe’re proud to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
