Introducing Dell PowerScale for Azure: Now in Public Preview
We’re excited to announce the public preview of Dell PowerScale for Microsoft Azure – a fully managed, enterprise-grade file storage solution natively integrated into Azure. This offering brings Dell’s proven scale-out Network-attached storage (NAS) technology directly into Azure, delivering the performance and scalability enterprises expect with the simplicity of Azure-native management. Supporting up to 8.4PB in a single namespace, Dell PowerScale offers the scalability needed for demanding modern workloads. With multi-protocol support (NFS, SMB, S3), it ensures seamless access across diverse applications while maintaining the trusted Dell PowerScale user experience. This Dell-managed solution handles monitoring, maintenance, and updates, enabling organizations to streamline operations, optimize storage, and focus on business priorities with confidence in their data’s security and accessibility. This natively integrated solution uses purpose-built virtual machine infrastructure provisioned by Microsoft in the standard Azure hyper scaler environment. This special VM leverages cache to flash persistent memory technology using NVDIMM-N specifications suitable for the fast linked journaling transactions. These purpose-built VMs enable higher performance throughput and max capacity scale. Capabilities of Dell PowerScale for Azure Multi-protocol access – Global permission structure shared across users and protocols. Seamless scalability – Easily adjust to changing workloads with scale-out capacity. Operational consistency – Same experience as PowerScale on-premises. Smooth data mobility – Transfer data across environments without disruption. Advanced data protection – Safeguard critical information with comprehensive backup and recovery solutions. Snapshots – Fast data backup and recovery. Native replication – Asynchronous replication for data migration or disaster recovery. Why Dell PowerScale for Azure? Dell PowerScale is purpose-built for modern data-intensive workloads that require high performance and scalability — such as AI/ML pipelines, media & entertainment, EDA (electronic design automation), backup & recovery, and enterprise content management. Key Benefits of the Integration: Dell-Managed Service: Enjoy a streamlined storage experience, with Dell handling deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and upgrades — freeing your IT teams to focus on higher-value initiatives. Scalable & Elastic: As business requirements grow, PowerScale dynamically scales capacity and performance by adding nodes on demand, without any downtime. Enterprise-Grade Durability: Data is distributed across multiple nodes within the cluster, ensuring high durability and fault tolerance. Advanced Protection: Uses erasure coding for space-efficient protection and features like SyncIQ for asynchronous replication across sites — keeping your data available even during outages. Secure Private Access: PowerScale integrates into your Azure Virtual Network (VNet) through Vnet Injection, ensuring secure, high-performance data access. Azure-Native Experience: Provision, manage, and monitor PowerScale from within the Azure portal. It supports full integration with Azure Resource Manager (ARM), upcoming support for CLI/Powershell/Terraform, and supports native billing. How to Use the Integration: Mount shared volumes to Azure VMs or Kubernetes running in the same VNet. Run analytics or AI workloads that need parallel access to high-throughput file storage. Support backup, disaster recovery, and archival workflows across sites. Store and manage media assets or research data in regulated industries. Getting Started with Dell PowerScale for Azure Getting started with Dell PowerScale is simple: Navigate to Azure Portal Go to https://portal.azure.com and search for Dell PowerScale in the Marketplace. The offer is named Dell PowerScale for Azure - Dell managed (Public Preview). Contact Dell for a private offer and request a Dell Reference Number. Deploy the Storage Resource Follow guided steps here to configure your resource or cluster Connect Your Workloads Use standard NFS or SMB to mount volumes from Azure VMs or AKS. More Resources You can subscribe to the service through the Azure Marketplace online store or through the Azure portal. Search for it by name: Dell PowerScale for Azure - Dell managed (Public Preview) To learn more about the service, check out Microsoft docs as well as Dell docsFY24 Opportunities for Teams Publishers
What would you do with an extra $10,000? Are you a Microsoft partner who has published a Teams app in Appsource? Microsoft is offering a $10,000+ incentive when you monetize your Teams App by pairing it with a Transactable SaaS offer on the Commercial Marketplace and then transacting $10,000 through the Marketplace. We will help you understand what it takes to qualify and share the steps to activate this incentive, but you need to act fast, it ends June 30, 2024! You could qualify for free sessions to learn more - simply submit your email address and we'll be in touch.Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution. This Azure service offers native-like integration of Pure Storage's innovative enterprise-grade fully managed block Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) with Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) aiding seamless VMware migrations to the cloud along with scalability, simplicity and data resiliency. Azure Native Integrations enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, Pure Storage Cloud Service offers you many benefits, including scaling flexibility, native Azure experience, unified billing, and cost-effectiveness. You can easily discover and sign up for this via the Azure Marketplace. "We’re pleased to see Pure Storage’s integration with Microsoft Azure Native service. Through this collaboration, Pure and Microsoft can better serve customer needs by enabling them to provision, use and manage Pure Storage on Azure just like other Azure services. With this integrated offering, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers to quickly leverage Pure's enterprise-grade storage with Azure cloud services securely to open up a whole new set of possibilities for customers bringing enterprise-scale environments to the cloud. Together, Pure and Microsoft are helping customers save time and operational overhead while driving innovation." - Scott Hunter, Vice President Product Management, Microsoft Developer Division. Gartner report from Sept 2024 states that by 2028, consumption-based storage as a service (STaaS) will replace over 33% of enterprise storage capital expenditure (capex), up from less than 15% in 2024. Pure Storage® is a pivotal storage player among the Enterprise customers in revolutionizing the storage, management and resiliency while ensuring flexibility. From AI to archive, Pure Storage delivers a seamless cloud migration experience with one unified Storage as-a-Service (STaaS) platform across on-premises, private and public cloud, and hybrid environments. They are a 11x consequent leaders in Gartner® Magic Quadrant report for Primary Storage Platforms, with highest rating in Execution & Vision. Thus proving why, they are undoubtedly the Enterprise favorites! Some key customers for Pure Storage include Meta, ServiceNow, AC Milan, Comcast and many more! Fig 1: Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, Sep 2024, Gartner Inc. How will Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for AVS help me? Fully managed block-storage-as-a-service solution, providing decoupled scalability and flexibility across Compute and Storage solutions. Optimized Total Cost of Operations (TCO) up to 40% with data reduction and compression tools. Seamless data mobility and migrations of VMware workloads across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions to the Azure cloud. Enterprise-grade Data protection and Data resilience, with solutions such as Hybrid Disaster Recovery support in the roadmap. Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution Setup and subscribe to your Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud, available easily in the Azure Marketplace. You can start your journey free of cost and pay as you use the service. Look for “Pure Storage Cloud" in the Azure Marketplace and sign up via Contact Me button to show your interest for the preview. Fig 2: Contact Me offering on Azure Marketplace Once you have been allowlisted for the preview, you can also look for it using the search bar on Azure Portal or visit the marketplace on Azure portal to see the offer in your list of private plans. Fig 3: Searching for Azure Native Pure Storage via Azure portal Pure Storage in Marketplace private plans via Azure portal Provisioning a Storage Pool via Azure: Follow the instructions in the QuickStart to easily spin up your Pure Storage resource. Once you have created the Pure Storage resource on Azure, follow the simple steps in the Microsoft Learn docs, or navigate directly via the Overview blade to create Storage pools. 2. Quick-and-easy Connect to AVS: You can now easily connect your Pure Storage with your Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) using the “Connect” button in Storage pool. Resources Subscribe to the “Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution” available as Pay as You Go via Contact me in the Azure Marketplace. Create an Azure Native Pure Resource and storage pools via the service, see QuickStart: Get started with Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud Service in Microsoft Docs. To learn more, check out the Pure blog and Pure’s Press release. Learn more about the Pure Cloud Block Store and how to use it with AVS here.Marketplace Business Central products available in CSP channel
Business Applications adds new offer types to Microsoft AppSource to assist Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners in building solutions with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform products when they transact through the commercial marketplace.Azure Native Integrations: Public Preview of LambdaTest HyperExecute on Azure
Power of Azure Native Integration The native integration with Azure brings several key advantages to organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem: Seamless Resource Management Provision HyperExecute resources directly from the Azure portal Unified billing and cost management through your existing Azure subscription Single-Sign on capability to the LambdaTest-Hyperexecute instance Streamlined CI/CD integration Native connectivity with Azure DevOps pipelines and integration with GitHub Actions running in Azure Built-in support for Azure Artifacts and container registries Automatic test result synchronization with Azure Test Plans Enhanced Security and Compliance Integration with Azure Active Directory for identity management Leverage existing Azure security policies and compliance certifications Data residency controls aligned with Azure regions Why LambdaTest HyperExecute? LambdaTest HyperExecute is an AI-native next-generation test orchestration platform designed to run automated tests at incredible speeds. It addresses common pain points in test automation: Test execution speed: Dramatically reduces test execution time by up to 70%. Flaky tests: Minimizes inconsistent test results by delivering stable, standardized, and consistent test environments Infrastructure management: Eliminates the need to maintain testing infrastructure, saving on hardware costs, and IT management overhead Scalability challenges: Provides instant access to thousands of browser and OS combinations without requiring you to provision, configure, or maintain these environments yourself enabling on-demand scaling for peak testing needs. Customers today can have 1000+ parallel sessions. LambdaTest HyperExecute's advanced Test Intelligence capabilities provide unprecedented visibility into your test suite performance, helping teams move beyond simple pass/fail metrics to truly understand test behavior patterns. Comprehensive Flakiness Management Automated Error Analytics HyperExecute doesn't just run tests faster—it fundamentally transforms how teams approach testing by combining acceleration with intelligence to help you ship better software with confidence. How it works? Next steps We would love for you to test out the public preview experience and share your feedback! Browse to the following link and create the Azure Native LambdaTest HyperExecute resource right from the Azure portal. Do share you feedback here.Partner Blog | How software development companies are paving the way for AI transformation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it is a transformative force that is reshaping industries and redefining the future of software development. As AI continues to evolve, ISVs—as well as companies that develop software—are at the forefront of this revolution, leveraging AI to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and create the next generation of intelligent applications and solutions. Microsoft, with its extensive resources and deep domain knowledge, is playing a pivotal role in enabling software development companies (SDCs) to harness the power of AI and shape the future of software development. A recent report published by Microsoft provides comprehensive insights into the state of generative AI (GenAI) for business leaders, detailing its immediate impact, future potential, and best practices for implementation. The report highlights how partners that develop software leveraging Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, and Azure OpenAI Service are achieving faster innovation cycles, greater operational efficiency, and new revenue streams. The AI Decision Brief details how Microsoft software development partners have already seen significant benefits from the adoption of generative AI technologies: Accelerating development cycles: AI-powered tools help developers code up to 55% faster, debug more efficiently, and automate repetitive tasks. For example, GitHub Copilot users complete coding tasks 46% faster on average, enabling teams to ship software more quickly and focus on innovation. Enhancing product innovation: AI enables companies to create smarter applications with predictive capabilities, personalized experiences, and dynamic automation. Dentsu, a multinational media company, used Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI Service to develop an AI-powered predictive analytics tool that reduced media planning time by 90%. The ability to analyze vast datasets and generate insights in real time is transforming industries. Driving operational efficiency: Generative AI is cutting operational costs by up to 30% for businesses leveraging automation. Easton, a global leader in intelligent power management, streamlined the creation of 1,000 standard operating procedures (SOPs) using Microsoft 365 Copilot, reducing the time required per SOP from one hour to just 10 minutes—an 83% efficiency improvement. Expanding customer impact: AI-powered applications are increasing customer engagement and satisfaction by delivering more personalized, responsive, and intelligent experiences. Properstar, a real estate technology company, leveraged generative AI to analyze unstructured real estate data and provide advanced filtering and search capabilities, helping customers find the perfect property faster and with greater accuracy. Continue reading hereGenerally Available Now: Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – An Azure Native ISV Service
We are happy to launch Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – An Azure Native ISV Service as a generally available offering. This is a result of a close collaboration between Microsoft and Informatica. This integration enables creation and management of Informatica organizations and serverless runtime environments within the Azure Management console. With serverless runtime environments, you are not required to instantiate VMs in your Azure tenants to install Informatica secure agents. You can focus on creation of their data management tasks without worrying about managing the infrastructure. You can find the Informatica announcement here Azure Native ISV Services enable you to easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate ISV software and services on Azure. By leveraging the power of Azure, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – An Azure Native ISV Service, offers you a range of benefits, including scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. It also provides secure connectivity to Informatica’s IDMC portal using single sign-on via Azure portal, CLI, and SDK. You can easily sign up for this service via the Azure Marketplace. Managing Informatica Secure Agent infrastructure in your Azure tenant could be an elaborate and time-consuming task, requiring expertise in areas such as networking, security, and scaling. By using serverless run time environments, you can focus on integration mappings while Informatica manages the underlying Infrastructure. Key Capabilities Seamless onboarding: You can create an Informatica Organization or Link an existing Informatica Organization in Azure pod from Azure portal, CLI or SDK like any other Azure resource. For example, you can discover the service from search bar in Azure portal. Figure 1: Informatica IDMC – Azure Native ISV Service in Azure portal Figure 2: Creating the IDMC Azure Native ISV Service from the Azure portal Figure 3: Linking an existing IDMC Organization in Azure pod to Azure Native ISV Service from the Azure portal Single sign-on to IDMC portal: An auto generated SSO link securely redirects you to IDMC portal. Figure 4: Newly created Informatica organization resource with SSO URL on Overview page. . Figure 5: The SSO URL redirects to the newly created Informatica organization in the IDMC portal Management of IDMC serverless runtime environments: Within the Azure portal, you can create and manage Informatica Cloud Data Integration Advanced Serverless, a service of IDMC, to eliminate the need for creating VMs to run secure agents. Figure 6: Serverless runtime created from Azure portal with management options highlighted Figure 7: Serverless runtime in Informatica portal Azure SDK and CLI integration: You can easily manage IDMC resources from the Azure Java, Java Script, Python, Go and .NET SDKs and from command line interfaces like Azure CLI, PowerShell. This enables you to automate repetitive tasks and complex processes using scripts and provides greater flexibility and customization in managing Azure resources. CLIs can also easily be integrated into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, enabling seamless integration with DevOps practices and workflows. Get started with Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – An Azure Native ISV Service Setup and subscribe to your Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – An Azure Native ISV, from Azure Marketplace. Follow the documentation to create an Informatica organization and run time environments to deploy your integration mappings.
