Microsoft at 50: The journey and future of the partner ecosystem

As we celebrate Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, our annual State of the Partner Ecosystem moment is a great opportunity to reflect on the incredible journey we’ve shared with our partners, employees and customers. Together, we’ve harnessed technology as a force for good, transforming industries and communities. From our early days of revolutionizing personal computing to leading…

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Microsoft Ability Summit 2025: Accessibility in the AI era

Today, we hosted the 15th annual Microsoft Ability Summit, with over 20,000 attendees from 164 countries coming together virtually to discuss the future of AI and accessibility. Microsoft has a long-standing commitment to investing in accessibility, grounded in our business model and going back over three decades from the earliest accessibility features in Windows 95…

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How real-world businesses are transforming with AI — with more than 140 new stories

Updated March 10, 2025: The post contains more than 140 new customer stories, which appear in italics at the beginning of each section of customer lists. The post will be updated regularly with new stories. One of the highlights of my career has always been connecting with customers and partners across industries to learn how…

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How real-world businesses are transforming with AI – with 50 new stories

Updated February 5, 2025: The post contains 50 new customer stories, which appear at the beginning of each section of customer lists. The post will be updated regularly with new stories. One of the highlights of my career has always been connecting with customers and partners across industries to learn how they are using technology…

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The value of AI: How Microsoft’s customers and partners are creating differentiated AI solutions to reinvent how they do business today

Organizational leaders in every industry around the world are evaluating ways AI can unlock opportunities, drive pragmatic innovation and yield value across their business. At Microsoft, we are dedicated to helping our customers accelerate AI Transformation by empowering human ambition with Copilots and agents, developing differentiated AI solutions and building scalable cybersecurity foundations. At Microsoft…

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How real-world businesses are transforming with AI – with 40+ new stories

Updated November 26, 2024: The post contains 42 new customer stories, which appear in italics at the beginning of each section of customer lists. The post will be updated regularly with new stories. One of the highlights of my career has always been connecting with customers and partners across industries to learn how they are…

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Microsoft introduces new adapted AI models for industry

Across every industry, AI is creating a fundamental shift in what’s possible, enabling new use cases and driving business outcomes. While organizations around the world recognize the value and potential of AI, for AI to be truly effective it must be tailored to specific industry needs. Today, we’re announcing adapted AI models, expanding our industry…

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How real-world businesses are transforming with AI

One of the highlights of my career has always been connecting with customers and partners across industries to learn how they are using technology to drive their businesses forward. In the past 30 years, we’ve seen four major platform shifts, from client server to internet and the web to mobile and cloud to now—the next…

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Looking back on FY24: from Copilots empowering human achievement to leading AI Transformation

A year ago in July, Microsoft coined the term AI Transformation. It is almost hard to imagine at that time Copilots were not generally available and Azure OpenAI Service had only been available for six months. As Satya Nadella, our Chairman and CEO, stated in last quarter’s earnings: 60% of the Fortune 500 have adopted…

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