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Azure AI Services are a collection of cloud services designed to help developers add specific... more
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How AI Content Safety Protects AI Systems from Bad Actors
Updated: July 26, 2025
Azure AI Content Safety provides several capabilities intended to safeguard generative AI applications from malicious...more
Azure AI Content Safety: Anti-Malware for AI Apps
Updated: July 20, 2025
Generative AI applications can be a legal or PR crisis waiting to happen unless organizations...more
Trust but Verify Your Data in Microsoft’s AI Services
July 10, 2025
The Microsoft Generative AI Services clause explains Microsoft’s terms for customers using its AI services,...more
Emerging Protocols Could Standardize AI Integration
Updated: July 1, 2025
Model Context Protocol and Agent2Agent are emerging protocols for integrating AI-based agents, while NLWeb simplifies...more
Executive Focus: Microsoft’s AI Strategy
Updated: April 8, 2025
Microsoft’s strategic focus on AI is affecting nearly every aspect of the company’s products, services,...more
Azure OpenAI: Are Premium Models Worth the Price?
Updated: March 18, 2025
Azure OpenAI provides access to OpenAI’s language models. Azure OpenAI’s advantage is it lets customers...more
AI Foundry: New Hub for AI Application Development
February 17, 2025
Azure AI Foundry targets professional developers creating AI-powered applications. It provides “playgrounds” where developers can...more
Azure AI Search Focuses on Enterprise AI
January 20, 2025
Azure AI Search provides a broad, mature set of features that can be used in...more
PTU Quota and Commitment Example
Updated: December 19, 2024
The Provisioned Throughput Unit (PTU) purchase model for the Azure OpenAI service could reduce customer...more
Provisioned Throughput Could Cut Azure OpenAI Costs
Updated: September 15, 2024
The Azure OpenAI service, which can be used to build applications driven by generative AI,...more
The State of AI Regulation
Updated: March 18, 2024
Governments, including the U.S. and the E.U., are taking steps to regulate the development and...more
Acquisitions, Investments, and Cuts Suggest Strategy Realignment
Updated: November 27, 2023
Two acquired hardware companies could accelerate Azure datacenter operations. A substantial investment in OpenAI highlights...more
Cognitive Services Simplifies Machine Learning Deployments
Updated: November 27, 2023
Azure Cognitive Services can speed development and deployment of applications that need artificial intelligence analysis....more
Azure Video Analyzer’s Short Life
Updated: November 27, 2023
Azure Video Analyzer is being retired without leaving preview; possible migration destinations include Cognitive Services,...more
Use Your Own Data with Azure OpenAI
Updated: November 27, 2023
Azure OpenAI on your data allows organizations to deploy GPT-style chats which incorporate enterprise data...more
Azure OpenAI Gets More Regions, VMs, FedRAMP High
Updated: September 4, 2023
Azure OpenAI, Microsoft’s cloud implementation of OpenAI’s language models, is now available in more regions...more
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