3 things leaders need to know from Microsoft Build 2026

By Dustin Ward

In this article 1. Your AI is only as good as what it knows about your business 2. Tools don’t transform organizations. Systems do. 3. The bar has moved. AI is expected to deliver real business outcomes. Your next step to build an AI-powered business Related Build headlines I’ve had a front-row seat to a…

AI alone won’t change your business. The system running it will.

By Dustin Ward

AI has arrived in the enterprise, and the shift is happening all at once. Every function, every role, every workflow is being reshaped. At the same time, a new class of organizations is emerging, one that will look fundamentally different from the companies that defined the last era of business. The winners won’t be those…

New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs deliver 50% performance improvement, fully optimized for modern agentic AI workloads

By Dustin Ward

In this article Building on the success of Cobalt 100 VMs What’s new in Cobalt 200 Arm-based VMs Industry partners and customer adoption Developer ecosystem and Arm compatibility Microsoft services powered by Cobalt 200 VMs VM families and specifications The next chapter in Azure’s custom silicon journey Additional resources As organizations increasingly embrace the agentic…