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Azure Management Roadmap Posts

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Systems Management and Security Roadmap for systems management and security technologies in Office 365 and Microsoft 365.

Business Applications Roadmap

Confidential Computing Azure Confidential Computing comprises several Azure offerings including Azure VM instance types, confidential containers, and... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Management, Backup, and Development Services Dates Timeline for Azure Management, Backup, and Development services.

Application Platforms Roadmap

Networking Azure includes several services for connecting Azure resources within Azure and to servers outside of... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Networking Services Dates Timeline for Azure networking services.

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Blueprints Azure Blueprints is an Azure feature in a long-running preview that enhances governance by allowing... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Private MEC Private cellular networks may be required in scenarios such as manufacturing automation, digital kiosks, healthcare... more

Legacy Roadmap Entries

Compute Azure includes IaaS and PaaS offerings for application workloads.

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Compute Services Dates Timeline for Azure Compute services.

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Roadmap Summary Azure, Microsoft’s hosted application and storage cloud services offering, has evolved substantially since it became... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Roadmap Introduction The Directions on Microsoft Azure Roadmap describes the components and services of Azure, Microsoft’s hosted application... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Items Not in This Roadmap The Azure brand has been applied to a wide range of Microsoft offerings, and not... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Terminology Specialized terms are used to describe aspects of Azure such as the types of customers... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Geographical Hierarchy Azure Geographical Hierarchy

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Planning for Azure Planning for an organizational adoption of Azure involves considerations and choices in several areas. Azure... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Services Enable Broad Range of Scenarios Azure consists of dozens of services, and new service previews arrive on short notice. The... more

Compute, Networking, and Infrastructure Roadmap

Azure Management Analyst Reports

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Windows Server Endpoint Protection Options (2025) Updated: March 1, 2025 Endpoint protection for Windows Server requires layers of services that differ dramatically in terms of...more Automation for Agent-based Hybrid Worker Jobs Ends April 1 Updated: February 10, 2025 Agent-based hybrid work jobs on Azure Automation are stopping on April 1. Customers must migrate...more New Tools Help Migrate VMWare to Azure Local Updated: December 16, 2024 New capabilities in preview for Azure Migrate can help customers move from VMWare to Azure...more Understanding and Predicting Azure Costs Updated: October 18, 2024 Unexpected Azure costs can occur because of complex billing metrics, service dependencies, and unpredictable application...more Lessons From How Microsoft Manages Internal Shadow IT Updated: August 20, 2024 Like most organizations, Microsoft has security and compliance problems created by shadow IT. Rather than...more Choosing Between Microsoft’s Many Container Options: 2024 Edition Updated: July 22, 2024 Azure supports numerous container hosting and orchestration options which require application architects to examine what...more Azure SLAs Promise Robustness but Bring Burden and Limits Updated: July 11, 2024 Azure service level agreements (SLAs) allow customers to receive credits for future service usage when...more Lessons from the Cyber Safety Review Board’s Mar. 2024 Report on Microsoft Updated: June 25, 2024 Although Microsoft promotes its ability to offer cloud services, it may not have the competency...more AKS Add-ons Part 3: Device Framework Updated: June 24, 2024 Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes add-ons support devices ranging from GPUs to IoT devices...more AKS Automatic Can Speed Deployments Updated: June 18, 2024 AKS Automatic uses preconfigured defaults to accelerate deployment of production-ready environments. Networking Considerations for Kubernetes Updated: May 21, 2024 Developers and architects must consider three levels of networking when creating and managing a Kubernetes...more AKS Add-ons, Part 2: Networking Updated: May 20, 2024 The Azure Kubernetes Service networking configuration customers choose has performance, manageability, and scalability implications that...more AKS Addons, Part I: Storage Updated: March 26, 2024 Using Kubernetes’ extensibility interfaces, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) can support a variety of Azure storage...more Understanding Kubernetes Extensibility Updated: March 26, 2024 When Google first released Kubernetes into open source in 2014, the architecture of the container-orchestration...more Azure, Kubernetes, and the CNCF Updated: March 26, 2024 Sidebar explains the relationship between Azure, Kubernetes, and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. 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

Infographics

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Microsoft Defender for Servers Plans Updated: January 6, 2025

Podcasts

Stuck in a VMware Squeeze? You've Got Microsoft Options

August 15, 2024

· Season - 3 · Episode - 13 · Duration - 35m Microsoft Customers: Your Security Strategy Needs an Overhaul, Too

June 12, 2024

· Season - 3 · Episode - 10 · Duration - 26m Cloud Repatriation! A Directions on Microsoft Brainstorm

April 17, 2024

· Season - 3 · Episode - 6 · Duration - 56m

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Blog

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

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: July 16, 2024 Microsoft's European cloud-competition settlement won't help most customers

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Mary Jo Foley

Updated: July 9, 2024 Want to sign an Azure Consumption agreement? Soon, MCA may be your only option

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Mary Jo Foley

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