Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments

By Dustin Ward

CES 2026 showcases the arrival of the NVIDIA Rubin platform, along with Azure’s proven readiness for deployment. Microsoft’s long-range datacenter strategy was engineered for moments exactly like this, where NVIDIA’s next-generation systems slot directly into infrastructure that has anticipated their power, thermal, memory, and networking requirements years ahead of the industry. Our long-term collaboration with…

Azure updates for partners: December 2025

By Dustin Ward

At Microsoft Ignite 2025, we explored what it means for organizations to move into the era of Frontier transformation. This shift is focused on embedding AI across every part of the business to improve decision-making, increase speed, and create new value. Organizations leading in AI make it foundational. They rethink processes and integrate new technologies…

Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI

By Dustin Ward

The age of AI small talk is over. Enterprise applications demand more than clever chat. They require a reliable, reasoning partner capable of solving the most ambiguous, high-stakes problems, including planning multi-agent workflows and delivering auditable code. Azure is the foundation for solving these challenges. Today, OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 is announced as generally available in Microsoft…