https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-is-a-leader-in-2022-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-ai-developer-services/Gartner has recognized Microsoft as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services, with Microsoft placed furthest in “Completeness of Vision”. Gartner defines the market as “cloud-hosted or containerized services that enable development teams andRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/3-ways-azure-speech-transforms-game-development-with-ai/With Azure Cognitive Services for Speech, customers can build voice-enabled apps confidently and quickly with the Speech SDK. We make it easy for customers to transcribe speech to text (STT) with high accuracy, produce natural-sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, and translateRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-lab-services-august-2022-update-improved-classroom-and-training-experience/ The new updated Azure Lab Services allows you to set up and configure Cloud labs for your classroom and training scenarios. You don’t have to worry about setting up, expanding, or managing on-premises labs anymore. We provide a managed serviceRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/5-steps-to-prepare-developers-for-cloud-modernization/If you’re thinking about what it takes to modernize your applications, you’re not alone. Companies everywhere now understand that migrating applications to the cloud and shifting to a cloud-first approach is critical to business competitiveness. The purpose of modernizing applicationsRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-cost-management-updates-july-2022/Whether you're a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you're spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes toRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-empowers-easytouse-highperformance-and-hyperscale-model-training-using-deepspeed/This blog was written in collaboration with the DeepSpeed team, the Azure ML team, and the Azure HPC team at Microsoft. Large-scale transformer-based deep learning models trained on large amounts of data have shown great results in recent years inRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-cost-details-api-now-generally-available-for-ea-and-mca-customers/The Cost Details API is now generally available for use by Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) customers. This API provides on-demand download of the granular cost details (formerly referred to as usage details) associated with your MicrosoftRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/migrate-and-modernize-with-azure-to-power-innovation-across-the-entire-digital-estate/Cloud adoption increased significantly during COVID-19 and continues for many companies. However, an enormous migration and modernization opportunity remains as organizations continue their digital transformation. In fact, 72 percent of organizations reported their industry’s pace of digital transformation accelerated because ofRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-premium-ssd-v2-disk-storage-in-preview/We are excited to announce the preview of Premium SSD v2, the next generation of Microsoft Azure Premium SSD Disk Storage. This new disk offering provides the most advanced block storage solution designed for a broad range of input/output (IO)-intensiveRead More

https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/gateway-load-balancer-now-generally-available-in-all-regions/Previously, we announced the public preview release of Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB), a new SKU of Azure Load Balancer targeted for transparent NVA (network virtual appliance) insertion supported by a growing list of NVA providers. Today, placing NVAs in theRead More