azure networking

Microsoft’s manufacturing partnerships with Corning and Heraeus to produce hollow‑core fibre (HCF) for the Azure fleet mark a turning point in how hyperscalers plan, build, and scale their optical backbones—moving a laboratory curiosity into industrial reality and setting the stage for...

Corning will manufacture Microsoft’s Hollow Core Fiber for Azure at scale, adding a major industrial partner to the cloud giant’s bid to remake the physical underpinnings of low‑latency AI and cloud networking worldwide. Background Microsoft’s effort to commercialize hollow core fiber (HCF) for...

Cloud computing has always promised agility, productivity, and unlimited scale, but rarely do the default settings underpinning these promises curtail security in as direct a way as Microsoft's implementation of default outbound access for Azure virtual machines. As Azure races toward retiring...

There comes a pivotal moment in every IT department’s journey when the question quietly arises over the morning coffee and under the fluorescent hum: “Should we finally give Azure Virtual Desktop a real try?” If you’ve been loyally tending your Citrix farms or tiptoeing through a VMware...

In an increasingly digital world where cloud infrastructure serves as the backbone of enterprise operations, Microsoft has unveiled a slew of updates aimed at fortifying Azure networking services. The latest blog post by Narayan Annamalai, a Partner Program Manager for Azure, dives deep into...