#azure

#azure

A key aspect of Microsoft's hardware security is isolation. Encryption keys are stored in an integrated hardware security module (HSM), while VMs are isolated from one another using trusted execution environments (TEE) baked into modern CPUs and GPUs. The control, data, networking, and storage planes are all offloaded to smartNICs and an open source Root of Trust (RoT) module ensures everything is what it purports to be.

On July 29, 2025, enterprises relying on Microsoft Azure's East US region experienced an unexpected disruption that reverberated across numerous organizations. The root cause wasn't a network breach, misconfiguration, or other complex technical mishap. It was something shockingly basic: a lack of capacity.

Managing cloud costs in Azure has become one of the biggest challenges for technology teams. While Azure offers flexibility and power, it also makes it easy to overspend.

Microsoft is cutting prices by 60% on generative AI (genAI) technologies in Azure designed to provide better understanding and insights for videos, text, speech, and images.

A well-configured network is critical for deploying SQL Server FCI across multiple availability zones and regions in Azure, enabling seamless high availability and disaster recovery.