As 2026 progresses, organizations powering AI applications on Azure are discovering that traditional cost control methods are obsolete. With the rise of consumption-based AI services, granular storage ...

Microsoft's forecast on revenue and operating margin was light, but the company sees $190 billion in 2026 capital spending, ...

Why it matters: Rising Azure bills, driven by AI workloads, autoscaling, and complex pricing, make cost optimization a business-critical discipline for profitability and scalability. Key cost levers: ...

Microsoft's earnings numbers looked solid, as it beat on Azure and its top and bottom lines.