Dell PowerScale for Azure is now Generally Available
We're excited to announce that Dell PowerScale for Azure – Dell managed is now Generally Available (GA). Following a successful Public Preview announced at Ignite, PowerScale for Azure is now production-ready for enterprise workloads. Co-developed with Dell as an Azure Native Integration, this fully managed service brings Dell's proven scale-out NAS technology and the PowerScale OneFS operating system directly into Azure — delivering the performance and scale enterprises expect with the simplicity of Azure-native provisioning, management, and billing. The solution is purpose-built for modern, data-intensive workloads such as AI/ML pipelines, media & entertainment, electronic design automation (EDA), high-performance computing, backup & recovery, and enterprise content management. Product highlights Dell-Managed Service: A streamlined experience where Dell handles deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades — freeing IT teams to focus on higher-value initiatives. Azure-Native Experience: Provision, manage, and monitor PowerScale directly from the Azure portal, with full Azure Resource Manager (ARM) integration and unified billing on your monthly Azure invoice. Enterprise-Grade Durability: Data is distributed across multiple nodes within the cluster for high durability and fault tolerance. Advanced Protection: Space-efficient erasure coding plus SyncIQ asynchronous replication across sites keep data available even during outages. Secure Private Access: Integrates into your Azure Virtual Network (VNet) via VNet Injection, with data encrypted at rest using Microsoft-managed keys. Massive scale & multi-protocol: Up to 8.4PB in a single namespace with simultaneous NFS, SMB, and S3 support, powered by custom PMEM-enabled compute SKUs engineered for Dell Consider a large health system running PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) imaging archives, Electronic Health Record (EHR) data pipelines, and AI/ML diagnostic workloads on an on-premises Dell PowerScale cluster. As PACS volumes grow alongside demand for AI-driven diagnostics, the team wants to scale into Azure for GPU-accelerated model training without re-architecting their environment. With Dell PowerScale for Azure, they can provision the fully managed service directly from the Azure portal, giving clinicians, researchers, and applications low-latency multi-protocol access to the same global namespace across NFS, SMB, and S3. Since Dell handles deployment, monitoring, and upgrades, IT teams stay focused on patient outcomes rather than infrastructure, while enterprise-grade durability and encryption at rest help protect sensitive patient data. Availability Dell PowerScale for Azure is generally available through the Azure Marketplace and Azure portal (search for Dell PowerScale for Azure – Dell managed). GA is rolling out in waves, starting with US East, with additional regions coming online shortly. Get started Azure Marketplace: Dell PowerScale for Azure – Dell managed Microsoft Learn: Dell PowerScale – Azure Native Integrations Solution Brief: Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure
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Hi everyone, I am trying to purchase a membership, but I am completely stuck and hoping someone in the community can help. Every time I try to complete the checkout process, I get the following error: Error ID: 2100037 We regret to inform you that your order cannot be processed at this moment. Please retry purchasing the membership from the membership offers page by clicking the 'Back to Membership' button after some time. If this issue persists, please contact the Support team. (CorrelationId: ce8bd334-01e6-4b58-8b7e-8d02287fddf4) 23 Sep 2026 10:21:07 GMT I have done everything on my end to troubleshoot this, including: Switching accounts: I tried purchasing the membership from completely different user accounts. Waiting it out: I have tried multiple times at different moments of the day to see if it was just a temporary server overload. Changing payment methods: I used two entirely different cards to rule out a bank decline. I already reached out to the official support team, but it has been incredibly frustrating. They are very slow to reply, and we just keep going in circles with automated-sounding responses that don't actually solve the problem. Has anyone else run into this specific error code? If you managed to get past it, how did you do it? Any advice or workarounds would be hugely appreciated because right now, nothing is working!
Partner Blog | MCAPS Start for Partners: Turn FY27 benefits updates into customer value
Customers are moving beyond isolated AI experiments and looking for practical ways to use AI to drive revenue, improve profitability, and create measurable business value. This creates an opportunity for partners to connect Microsoft technology with business outcomes, operationalize AI securely, and guide adoption at scale That work starts with becoming Customer Zero. By applying the latest Microsoft technologies within your own organization, you can build firsthand experience, validate business outcomes, and demonstrate your unique capabilities to customers with greater credibility. At MCAPS Start for Partners, Microsoft shared FY27 updates across partner benefits packages, Frontier offers, AI-driven partner experiences, designations, specializations, incentives, and go-to-market pathways. Together, these updates give you more ways to build capability, differentiate your organization, and turn your expertise into measurable customer value. The FY27 updates follow a practical progression: build capability through your benefits, apply Microsoft technology inside your organization, demonstrate your expertise, and activate the paths most relevant to your business model. Put partner benefits packages to work Built exclusively for partners, Partner benefits packages, provide discounted Microsoft product licenses, Azure credits, technical and Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program consultations, and AI-powered marketing capabilities. You can use these resources to operate your business, skill your teams, develop solutions, and prepare for customer opportunities. The value comes from active use. New Omdia research found that 88% of surveyed partners said their package significantly helped grow their business, and 90% reported a positive return on investment. 1 Recent IDC research reinforced that partner benefits packages create the strongest return when treated as growth infrastructure, rather than simply as entitlements or discounts. 2 Put your partner benefits packages to work as Customer Zero. Use the included Microsoft technologies to build internal experience and proof points while strengthening your teams’ understanding of adoption, governance, measurement, and change management. This experience can make customer conversations more credible and delivery guidance more practical. The start of FY27 is a practical time to review your current package and confirm that it aligns with your business plans. Your Partner Center admin can purchase a benefits package based on the capacity and capabilities your organization needs. Partners can purchase multiple eligible partner benefits packages to expand their available benefits, although each individual package can be purchased only once per Partner Global Account. Differentiate your capabilities through designations and specializations Solutions Partner designations and specializations enable customers to recognize your capabilities, increase your discoverability, and connect your organization to applicable benefits, incentives, and go-to-market opportunities. Microsoft has consolidated the six current solution area designation badges into three, aligned to AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security. This change impacts only the badges partners receive and does not affect how partners qualify for the designations. The six solution paths (Business Applications, Data & AI (Azure), Digital & App Innovation (Azure), Infrastructure (Azure), Modern Work, and Security) remain the foundation for requirements, scoring, and specializations. With badges aligned to the three commercial solution areas, you can more easily position your capabilities, support seller conversations, and show credibility where it matters most: in front of customers. Continue reading here
