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Frontier Firms are moving beyond experimentation and into scaled transformation—powered by human-agent teams—by having agents as members of their team, reinventing processes, providing employees with new skills to scale their impact, and using a modern cloud foundation. The post Building the Frontier Firm with Microsoft Azure: The business case for cloud and AI modernization appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Instead of simply delivering information, agents reason, act, and collaborate—bridging the gap between knowledge and outcomes. Read more about agentic AI in Azure AI Foundry. The post Agent Factory: The new era of agentic AI—common use cases and design patterns appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We’re proud to announce that Microsoft has once again been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management, for the third year in a row. The post Microsoft is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. This is more than a new model release; it is the most powerful large language model (LLM) ever released across key benchmarks. The post GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Storage Discovery, a fully managed service that provides you enterprise-wide visibility into your Azure Blob Storage data estate. The post Introducing Azure Storage Discovery: Transform data management with storage insights appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

With the launch of OpenAI’s gpt‑oss models—its first open-weight release since GPT‑2—we’re giving developers and enterprises unprecedented ability to run, adapt, and deploy OpenAI models entirely on their own terms. The post OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry  appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

In our technical guide, “Accelerating Generative AI Innovation with Cloud Migration” we outline how IT and digital transformation leaders can tap into the power and flexibility of Azure to unlock the full potential of generative AI. The post Scaling generative AI in the cloud: Enterprise use cases for driving secure innovation  appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Flash enables rapid detection of issues originating from the Azure platform, helping teams respond quickly to infrastructure-related disruptions. The post Project Flash update: Advancing Azure Virtual Machine availability monitoring appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Microsoft has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification—a globally recognized standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems for both Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot. The post Microsoft Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.

Choosing Azure Databricks can streamline your entire data lifecycle within a single, scalable environment. The post Databricks runs best on Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.