
Azure Managed Lustre—Parallel file system for HPC and AI workloads
Today, Microsoft is announcing the public preview of Azure Managed Lustre, a new addition to the storage offerings in our Azure HPC + AI solution. Lustre is an open-source parallel file system renowned for high-performance computing (HPC) and is adept ... continue reading
Reporting on Storage Account Access Tier Statistics
I have a customer with some very large storage accounts – of course as the size of an account gets larger so does the cost. Customers can use Blob Lifecycle Management rules to control when blobs are moved to a ... continue reading
Wired for Hybrid – Episode 3 – What’s New in Azure Networking – February 2023 Edition
Azure Networking is the foundation of your infrastructure in Azure. So, we’re happy to bring you a monthly update on What’s new in Azure Networking. In this blog post, we’ll cover what is new with Azure Networking. Public preview: Azure Firewall Basic Azure ... continue reading

Microsoft shifts to a comprehensive SaaS security solution
Software as a service (SaaS) apps are ubiquitous, hybrid work is the new normal, and protecting them and the important data they store is a big challenge for organizations. Today, 59 percent of security professionals find the SaaS sprawl challenging ... continue reading

Microsoft Azure Security expands variant hunting capacity at a cloud tempo
In the first blog in this series, we discussed our extensive investments in securing Microsoft Azure, including more than 8500 security experts focused on securing our products and services, our industry-leading bug bounty program, our 20-year commitment to the Security ... continue reading
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 3: TCP Performance
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 3: TCP Performance Hello everyone, we are back with TCP performance. If you are reading this post I am going to assume you have read the previous post Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 2: Jumping ... continue reading
Microsoft and NVIDIA experts talk AI infrastructure
This post has been co-authored by Sheila Mueller, Senior GBB HPC+AI Specialist, Microsoft; Gabrielle Davelaar, Senior GBB AI Specialist, Microsoft; Gabriel Sallah, Senior HPC Specialist, Microsoft; Annamalai Chockalingam, Product Marketing Manager, NVIDIA; J Kent Altena, Principal GBB HPC+AI Specialist, Microsoft; ... continue reading
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 03: TCP Performance
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 03: TCP Performance Hello everyone, we are back with TCP performance. If you are reading this post I am going to assume you have read the previous post Introduction to Network Trace Analysis 2: Jumping ... continue reading

Roundup of AI breakthroughs by Microsoft and NVIDIA
In terms of AI developments, 2022 proved to be a banner year. AI production and usage increased and both deep learning and machine learning models steadily conquered increasingly complex problems. But AI evolution goes beyond impressive production and adoption levels ... continue reading

Introducing Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview—People-centric data protection for a multiplatform world
At Microsoft, we never stop working to protect you and your data. If the evolving cyberattacks over the past three years have taught us anything, it’s that threat actors are both cunning and committed. At every level of your enterprise, ... continue reading