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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 Azure ML Sources Hugging Face Models Updated: July 20, 2023 Azure ML now supports a public preview of pretrained AI models from the Hugging Face...more New GPT Versions in Azure OpenAI Updated: July 20, 2023 Azure OpenAI has updated the large language models in its OpenAI service and announced a...more Tracking Features in Video Indexer Raise Privacy Concerns Updated: May 31, 2023 New features in Azure Cognitive Services Video Indexing service may cause concerns with possible violations...more

Podcasts

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat vs. OpenAI’s ChatGPT: How to Choose

May 29, 2025

· Season - 4 · Episode - 9 · Duration - 23m Microsoft Roadmap: What Was Hot in 2024 and Will Matter in 2025

December 17, 2024

· Season - 3 · Episode - 21 · Duration - 1h 5m Thinking about Data

January 26, 2024

· Season - 3 · Episode - 1 · Duration - 39m 54s

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Blog

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on stage at Build 2025

May 19, 2025 Ten Takeaways from Microsoft Build 2025

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: January 30, 2025 Microsoft makes DeepSeek R1 model available via Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: January 6, 2025 Microsoft in 2024: What Mattered to Our Readers

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Mary Jo Foley

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