Cloud-computing issues dominated talks at Microsoft’s (MSFT) 2019 Build software developer conference, which was held this week from May 6 to May 8 in Seattle, Washington. Ahead of the conference, Microsoft released new cloud tools aimed at developers of AI and blockchain software for industries such as retail and banking.

At the conference, Microsoft announced plans to roll out new tools that it hopes will make its Azure cloud platform more attractive for developers and businesses looking to host their applications and data on the cloud. Microsoft is doing all this in an attempt to try to take market share from its cloud competitor Amazon (AMZN).