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Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management
Microsoft was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management. Discover how AKS, Azure Arc, and Azure Container Apps help organizations run AI and hybrid workloads at scal...
The Economics of Agent Optimization: How AI agent governance controls cost and proves ROI
This blog post is the fourth and final installment of The Economics of Agent Optimization, which shares the strategies, capabilities, and proof points that can help you optimize agent costs and run AI...
The future of infrastructure resiliency starts with modernization
Modernization only succeeds when organizations have confidence that their infrastructure can withstand disruption and continue supporting critical operations. The post The future of infrastructure res...
Two zones or three? A design framework for zone-resilient Azure workloads
Zone resiliency isn't a single number you apply to a whole workload. The useful question isn't “how many zones?” but “how many zones does each component need to survive the loss of one?” Decide zone p...
Your work might not need the smartest model
The smartest model can cost five times more and deliver the same result, or even a worse one. See how evaluating your own work helps you get more value from your agent budget. The post Your work might...
Beyond the benchmark: How an adaptive approach drives scientific discovery
For research and development (R&D) organizations, the promise of agentic AI is not a better one-time answer. It is a new way to explore complex scientific and engineering problems: pursuing multiple h...
Start here: Azure SQL Foundations series
Most developers I talk to aren’t asking whether Azure SQL Database can handle their next app. They’re asking where to start when it comes to modernization, migration, and AI in the database. If you’re...
Try Azure SRE Agent with no always-on charges
We are happy to announce a 30-day trial experience for Azure SRE Agent. New customers can create and configure the SRE Agent at their own pace, with no charges for setup time or keeping agents ready. ...
The Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent’s Playbook: A Practical Livestream Series for Building Better Agents
Building on Microsoft 365 Copilot? Here’s your playbook. Declarative agents are quickly becoming one of the most exciting ways to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot and bring organizational knowledge, workf...
How to test agent experience changes without shipping them
Most changes you think will improve AI agent behavior won't. We tested a dozen hypotheses on a real project upgrade scenario and the majority failed. Learn how to emulate documentation, API, and MCP s...
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