Build rich communication experiences at scale with Azure Communication Services Tuesday, September 22, 2020 In this remote-first world, businesses are looking to quickly adapt to customers’ needs and connect with them through engaging communication experiences. Building new communication solutions or integrating them into existing applications can be complex and time-consuming. Often requiring considerable investment and specialized expertise. That’s why we’re excited to announce, Azure Communications Services, the first fully managed communication platform offering from a major cloud provider. Scott Van Vliet Corporate Vice President, Intelligent Communications

Protect multi-cloud workloads with new Azure security innovations Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Today, we're pleased to announce a broad set of innovations to help you protect multi-cloud and Azure workloads. Eric Doerr Vice President, Cloud Security

Bring innovation anywhere with Azure’s multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid capabilities Tuesday, September 22, 2020 As businesses shift priorities to enable remote work, take advantage of cloud innovation, and maximize their existing on-premises investments, relying on an effective multi-cloud, multi-edge hybrid approach is even more important than it has ever been. Julia White Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure

NFS 4.1 support for Azure Files is now in preview Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Azure Files is a distributed cloud file system serving Server Messaging Block (SMB) and REST protocols. Azure Files enables customers to easily lift and shift their legacy workloads to the cloud without any modifications or changes in technology. SMB works on both Windows and UNIX operating systems for most use cases. Because some applications are written for POSIX compliant file systems, our customers wanted to have the same great experience on a fully POSIX compatible NFS file system. Azure Files support for NFS v4.1 protocol is now in preview. Rena Shah Program Manager, Azure Storage

Introducing Azure Orbital: Process satellite data at cloud-scale Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Data collected from space to observe Earth is instrumental in helping address global challenges such as climate change and furthering of scientific discovery and innovation. Yves Pitsch Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking

Build powerful and responsible AI solutions with Azure Tuesday, September 22, 2020 As organizations assess safely reopening and continue navigating unexpected shifts in the world, getting insights to respond in an agile and conscientious manner is vital. Eric Boyd Corporate Vice President, Azure AI

Microsoft’s newest sustainable datacenter region coming to Arizona in 2021 Monday, September 21, 2020 On our journey to become Carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft is continually innovating and advancing the efficiency and sustainability of our cloud infrastructure, with a commitment to use 100 percent renewable energy in all of our datacenters and facilities by 2025. Brian Janous General Manager, Energy and Sustainability

Preparing for what’s next: Building landing zones for successful cloud migrations Tuesday, September 15, 2020 As businesses look to the cloud to ensure business resiliency and to spur innovation, we continue to see customer migrations to Azure accelerate. Jeremy Winter Partner Director, Azure Management

Adding Users to Your SQL Azure Database Monday, June 21, 2010 [This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.]When you generate a SQL Azure server via the SQL Azure portal, you generate a user name and password at the same time. This is your administrative… Microsoft Azure