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We are building a comprehensive agent platform: one that supports many models, is open, and gives you flexibility at every layer of the stack. The post AI alone won’t change your business. The system running it will. appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

At Microsoft Build, we are announcing that Microsoft Discovery is now generally available for all organizations, providing a comprehensive platform for building and governing agentic AI workflows. The post Announcing Microsoft Discovery general availability and Microsoft Discovery app preview appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Microsoft Build 2026 highlights advancements in app development with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Databases, emphasizing a unified data and AI platform for scalable, agentic applications. The post Microsoft Build 2026: Building agentic apps with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Databases appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

We are announcing the early access preview for Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Virtual Machines (VMs), designed for Linux-based agentic AI workloads. The post New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs deliver 50% performance improvement, fully optimized for modern agentic AI workloads appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Microsoft Foundry helps teams move beyond model access to operate AI at scale—selecting, evaluating, optimizing, and governing models across the full lifecycle. The post A Developer’s Guide to Managing Models, Cost and Quality in Microsoft Foundry appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Build smarter agents with Microsoft Foundry IQ, unifying enterprise and external data into a secure, scalable knowledge layer for faster, higher-quality answers. The post Foundry IQ: Build smarter agents faster with unified knowledge and serverless retrieval appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Microsoft Foundry, giving developers and enterprises access to Anthropic’s most capable Opus model for coding, agentic tasks, and professional work. The post Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Microsoft Foundry appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

With Cilium-based cross-cluster networking, we are delivering a managed, high-performance network that can span your entire fleet. The post Powering multi-cluster workloads with seamless cross‑cluster networking for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Azure NetApp Files is redefining what’s possible for EDA in the cloud—delivering scalable, high-performance storage that supports massive concurrency, low latency, and consistent production performance. With independent benchmark validation and real-world adoption, organizations can now run EDA workloads at scale without traditional storage bottlenecks. The post Azure NetApp Files for EDA workloads: From revolution to breakthrough at scale appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Performance in the cloud is no longer defined by individual resources—it’s shaped by how compute, storage, and networking work together. Azure IaaS takes a system-level approach to help organizations achieve consistent, scalable performance across AI, cloud-native, and business-critical workloads. The post Azure IaaS: Deploy high-performance workloads with a system-level approach appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

We are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of Entra-Only identities for Azure Files SMB. With native Microsoft Entra ID authentication, organizations can now grant secure, identity-based access to SMB file shares using cloud-native-only identities. The post Azure Files Entra-Only identities: Advancing cloud-native identity and security appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .