o3-mini reasoning model now available in Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service

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We are pleased to announce that OpenAI’s new o3-mini model is now available in Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. Building on the foundation of the o1 model, o3-mini delivers a new level of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reasoning capabilities. We are pleased to announce that OpenAI o3-mini is now available in Microsoft…

DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

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DeepSeek R1 is now available in the model catalog on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, joining a diverse portfolio of over 1,800 models, including frontier, open-source, industry-specific, and task-based AI models. As part of Azure AI Foundry, DeepSeek R1 is accessible on a trusted, scalable, and enterprise-ready platform, enabling businesses…

Microsoft Cloud and AI strength drives second quarter results

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Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 29, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year: ·        Revenue was $69.6 billion and increased 12% ·        Operating…

Microsoft is beginning to celebrate its 50-year anniversary. Check out our photos, timeline and more

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Frequently asked questions How is the company celebrating its 50th anniversary?  Microsoft is commemorating our 50-year anniversary by celebrating the achievements of our employees, customers, and partners that have dreamt, built, and used Microsoft technology as a force for good, while also looking ahead to the future.  Microsoft recognizes that…

8080 Books – Microsoft

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As fans of books, especially in their physical format, it is our great pleasure to launch 8080 Books, an imprint of Microsoft. Our first title, No Prize for Pessimism, is authored by Sam Schillace, deputy chief technology officer at Microsoft, and is available today. Our second title, Platform Mindset, by…

Podcast: Microsoft’s chief scientist on AI’s untapped potential

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JAIME TEEVAN: Thanks, Molly. It’s a pleasure to join.  MOLLY WOOD: So, you have the most fantastic-sounding job at Microsoft. Can you tell us a little bit about it? What was Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s initial vision for your role? And then what’s your day-to-day like? JAIME TEEVAN: Yeah, I do have…

Microsoft shares latest intelligence on North Korean and Chinese threat actors

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This year at CYBERWARCON, Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts are sharing research and insights representing years of threat actor tracking, infrastructure monitoring and disruption, and attacker tooling. The talk DPRK – All grown up will cover how the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has successfully built computer network exploitation capability…

Announcing Microsoft SQL Server 2025: Enterprise AI-ready database

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The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, edge, and dedicated infrastructure, with privacy and security being more important than ever. Microsoft SQL Server 2025, now in preview,…

Meet the Imagine Cup 2025 Idea round winners

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The Imagine Cup is the premier global technology competition for student founders using AI to push the boundaries of innovation. The 2025 season has been off to a great start -- live events introduced the competition, various AI technologies, and Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub as part of the Student…

5 ways Microsoft Copilot can help you finish your school term strong

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Discover prompts for educators to manage last-minute tasks efficiently and keep students engaged as the term winds down. The weeks before a term ends and break begins are filled with opportunities for growth and creativity. Final assessments, lesson prep, and keeping students engaged as they eagerly anticipate the coming break…

Unlocking the future: Azure networking updates on security, reliability, availability

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Our latest enhancements strengthen core network capabilities for mission-critical applications running in the cloud. In an era defined by the transformative power of AI, industries are reimagining the possibilities of predictive analytics, automation, and real-time decision-making. AI is now ubiquitous, reshaping sectors from retail and finance to healthcare and biotechnology.…

Podcast: Want real AI transformation? Focus on your people and processes

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MOLLY WOOD: Today I’m talking to Delphine Zurkiya, senior partner at the strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey and Company, maybe you’ve heard of it. Zurkiya works at the intersection of technology and healthcare, helping medical and life sciences companies accelerate their digital and AI transformations and their growth. She’s…

How AI is improving long-term care insurance for insurers and customers alike

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When people can no longer perform the everyday activities of life without some kind of assistance, the clear priority should be to ensure their health and dignity. Money should not be a prohibitive factor. Yet in too many cases, quality long-term care is hindered by financial concerns. Consider, for example,…

Copilots are helping drive innovation to get business results that matter

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The pace of AI innovation today continues to be extraordinary, and at Microsoft we are focused on helping organizations embrace it. By providing our customers with the most advanced AI technology across every product we build — combined with our unparalleled partner ecosystem and co-innovation approach — we are helping…

Windows Server 2025 now generally available

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Generally available today, Windows Server 2025 builds on our mission to deliver a secure and high-performance Windows Server platform tailored to meet customers’ diverse needs. This release will enable you to deploy apps in any environment, whether on-premises, hybrid environments, or in the cloud. Windows Server 2025 Investing in your…

How energy companies are using AI to capture and store carbon, even underground

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During a time of both rapid transformation and intense scrutiny, today’s energy industry leaders are increasingly turning to advanced solutions in AI and data management to drive sustainability and efficiency as the global community works to combat climate change. This is a time-sensitive effort, as increased energy demand and the…

How Microsoft Defender for Office 365 innovated to address QR code phishing attacks

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Over the last year, the cybersecurity industry faced a significant surge in QR code phishing campaigns, with some attacks increasing at a growth rate of 270% per month.1 A QR code (short for “Quick Response code”) is a two-dimensional barcode that can be scanned using a smartphone or other mobile…

What you’ll find in the Bing 2024 elections experience

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At Bing, we’re laser focused on providing swift, straightforward ways to find the information you need from a variety of sources and content, all so you can make an informed decision. This election season Bing is providing a single, comprehensive experience for both the 2024 U.S. presidential race and state…

Azure at GitHub Universe: New tools to help simplify AI app development

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With seamless integration among VS Code, GitHub, and Azure, we provide an AI-powered, end-to-end development platform to transform your apps with AI. AI has reset our expectations of what technology can achieve. From transforming how we explore the cosmos to enabling doctors to provide personalized care and making business functions…

Microsoft Cloud strength drives first quarter results

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Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives First Quarter ResultsREDMOND, Wash. — October 30, 2024 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:·        Revenue was $65.6 billion and increased 16%·        Operating income was $30.6 billion and increased 14%·        Net income was $24.7…

New Azure OpenAI Service updates enable companies to deploy and optimize AI models at scale

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With the new enhancements to Azure OpenAI Service Provisioned offering, we are taking a big step forward in making AI accessible and enterprise-ready. In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, enterprises need more than just powerful AI models—they need AI solutions that are adaptable, reliable, and scalable. With upcoming availability of Data…

Podcast: Tackling the world’s toughest problems with AI

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MOLLY WOOD: Juan, thanks so much for joining me.  JUAN LAVISTA FERRES: Thank you, Molly, for the invitation.  MOLLY WOOD: So when you think about the reason you have the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, what would you say is the high-level mission?   JUAN LAVISTA FERRES: So our mission is to help the…

Inside an AI-native ad agency

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To grasp the future of business, look to AI-native organizations: from processes to products, these companies are infusing every facet of their operations with AI. In a previous newsletter, I wrote about common ways that AI natives work differently. Today I’m zooming in on one company I find particularly compelling:…

How higher education is reimagining student experiences with Azure OpenAI Service

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Learn how using Azure OpenAI Service in higher education can help leaders reimagine learning models and reduce administrative burdens. Imagine a future where every student has a personalized learning path, where faculty can focus on teaching instead of administrative tasks, and where academic research accelerates breakthrough discoveries. This is not…

AI is already changing work—Microsoft included

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1 Internal CSS experiment conducted by Microsoft; 600 participants using Copilot Q&A function, Azure Core team; Nov. - Dec. 2023. These results are statistically significant at the 95th percent confidence interval. 2 Internal Microsoft sales team data based on 687 sellers of Microsoft 365 Copilot from Jan. - June 2024, as compared with…

Designing against the deaf tax: How we can flip the script on tokenism

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The creation of Sign Language View in Teams One shortfall of this new way of working, however, was the existing captioning solutions. It was painful for my Deaf peers and I to have to turn on captions with each call. Every time, you had to look for and prioritize the…

Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available

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We are excited to announce the general availability of the new Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines (VMs). These VMs run on Microsoft’s first fully custom Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU and represent a significant milestone in our end-to-end approach to building cloud infrastructure. Today we are announcing the general availability of…

Microsoft’s guidance to help mitigate Kerberoasting cyberattacks

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As cyberthreats continue to evolve, it’s essential for security professionals to stay informed about the latest attack vectors and defense mechanisms. Kerberoasting is a well-known Active Directory (AD) attack vector whose effectiveness is growing because of the use of GPUs to accelerate password cracking techniques.  Because Kerberoasting enables cyberthreat actors to…

Bolstering local journalism to strengthen democracy

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A free press is essential to healthy democracy, and local journalism is a critical component of a free press. Microsoft’s Democracy Forward initiative works to preserve, protect, and advance the fundamentals of democracy by safeguarding open and secure democratic processes, promoting a healthy information ecosystem, and advocating for corporate civic responsibility. Four years ago,…

Education under siege: How cybercriminals target our schools​​

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Introduction | Security snapshot | Threat briefingDefending against attacks | Expert profile  Education is essentially an “industry of industries,” with K-12 and higher education enterprises handling data that could include health records, financial data, and other regulated information. At the same time, their facilities can host payment processing systems, networks…

Microsoft expands AI capabilities to shape a healthier future

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REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 10, 2024 — On Thursday, Microsoft Corp. is unveiling several Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare innovations that connect care experiences, enhance team collaboration, empower healthcare workers, and unlock clinical and operational insights. Through new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, capabilities for healthcare data solutions in…

LLMs are becoming a commodity—Now what?

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Whenever a compelling new AI model emerges, I like to put it through its paces. Recently, I’ve been experimenting with the preview of OpenAI o1 (formerly known as Strawberry), an astonishing new LLM that’s capable of solving complex and layered problems, especially in math, science, and coding. For businesses, o1 model…

Podcast: How can leaders invest the time that AI gives back?

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[Music] MOLLY WOOD: Tomas, thanks so much for being on the show.  TOMAS CHAMORRO-PREMUZIC: It’s a great pleasure. Thank you for having me.  MOLLY WOOD: So, you’re a psychologist, an educator, an executive, an author. I’d love to hear a little about your career path and how your interest in AI developed alongside…

How AI is poised to transform air travel, from reservations and check-in to baggage handling

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Introducing a new industry reference architecture for airlines and airports The aviation industry is entering a new era: airlines and airports worldwide are on the brink of transformation, driven by the power of generative AI. This powerful technology is creating new value at every stage of the aviation ecosystem, revolutionizing…

Protecting democratic institutions from cyber threats

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Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) is disrupting the technical infrastructure used by a persistent Russian nation-state actor Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks as Star Blizzard. Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a civil action brought by Microsoft’s DCU, including its order authorizing Microsoft to seize…

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Securing our world—together

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As Cybersecurity Awareness Month marks its 21st year, it’s clear that this year stands out. Phishing emails have become more convincing, and fraud has increased, making cyberattackers seem legitimate—as if they were Microsoft support or even the fraud detection services from your bank.1 And threat actors are taking advantage of…

Introducing Drasi: Microsoft’s new change data processing system

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Drasi is Microsoft's new open-source project that simplifies change detection and reaction in complex systems, enhancing real-time event-driven architectures. Drasi is a new data processing system that simplifies detecting critical events within complex infrastructures and taking immediate action tuned to business objectives. Developers and software architects can leverage its capabilities…

New documentary: Survival and resilience amid war and high stakes game development

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The tale begins in 1995, when two brothers, Ievgen and Sergiy Grygorovich, sparked by the gift of a computer from their father, pursued their dream of game development. What started as a modest endeavor—a small group working out of a two-room apartment—would grow into a powerhouse recognized worldwide for hits…

Microsoft Trustworthy AI: Unlocking human potential starts with trust

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As AI advances, we all have a role to play to unlock AI’s positive impact for organizations and communities around the world. That’s why we’re focused on helping customers use and build AI that is trustworthy, meaning AI that is secure, safe and private. At Microsoft, we have commitments to…