Microsoft Q4 strong, Azure growth 29% and a bit light
Microsoft delivered a better-than-expected fourth quarter and said Azure revenue growth was up 29%.
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Microsoft Build 2024: Azure gets AMD MI300X Accelerators, Cobalt preview, OpenAI GPT-4o
Microsoft announced a bevy of additions to Azure including AMD Instinct MI300X instances, Cobalt 100 instances in preview and the latest OpenAI model, GPT-4o, in Azure OpenAI Service.
Microsoft Build 2024: Microsoft Fabric opens up, adds real-time intelligence, Snowflake, Databricks connections
Microsoft Fabric is getting tools and workloads to analyze real-time streaming data as well as integration with Snowflake and Databricks platforms.
Microsoft Azure revenue in Q3 up 31%
Microsoft reported a strong third quarter with revenue growth was 17% with Microsoft Cloud revenue up 23% from a year ago. Azure and other cloud services revenue growth was 31% driven by AI services.
Microsoft raises Dynamics 365 prices starting Oct. 1
The price changes go into effect Oct. 1 and range from an additional $10 to $15 more a month per user for most apps, but $30 more for a select apps.
Microsoft names Suleyman head of consumer AI, Microsoft AI
Microsoft is shoring up its consumer Copilot efforts with the addition of Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan to lead a new group called Microsoft AI. Suleyman and Simonyan were two of three co-founders of Inflection.ai.
Microsoft's Copilot for Security will go for $4 an hour
Microsoft launched Copilot for Security, but the most interesting item is the software giant's monetization model. Copilot will go for $4 an hour in a pricing model that positions generative AI more like an inexpensive digital worker.
Microsoft Azure revenue growth accelerates in Q2
Microsoft said Azure delivered revenue growth of 30% in its fiscal second quarter and CEO Satya Nadella noted that moved from "talking about AI to applying AI at scale."
Microsoft updates Copilot with ChatGPT-4 Turbo
The Microsoft Copilot model updates land between the OpenAI soap opera and AWS' launch of its Q generative AI assistant that runs across its services.
Microsoft, OpenAI, Altman and the enterprise: What did we learn?
Microsoft hires ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. "We have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners," says Satya Nadella.
How much generative AI model choice is too much?
With enterprises still kicking the tires on large language models (LLMs), use cases and generative AI applications, vendors are big on providing choice, bring-your-own-models and the ability to mix and match foundations.
Microsoft Ignite 2023: Three big AI takeaways
At Microsoft's Ignite 2023 conference the company fleshed out its generative AI offerings and strategy and, in some places, put some serious distance between it and the competition.
