Microsoft, OpenAI and Azure

Microsoft Announces Changes to OpenAI’s Azure Exclusivity on New Cloud Capacity
Microsoft’s multi-year partnership with OpenAI is taking a new direction as the ChatGPT maker will no longer exclusively choose Microsoft Azure for new cloud capacity.
Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure is for apps you don’t want in the cloud, but will manage from it
Azure Local is about hybrid management, not hybrid resource pools, and is catching up with virtual rivals Microsoft’s latest on-prem Azure offering is more about unified management than hybrid cloud as an enabler of elasticity or flexible resource pools.
Microsoft Changes OpenAI Pact to Allow Use of Rival Cloud Services
The software giant was previously the exclusive cloud provider for OpenAI and now retains right of first refusal.
Microsoft loses status as OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider
Microsoft won’t be the sole cloud provider for OpenAI but can decide whether to deliver the company with capacity or allow another party to fill the need.
Microsoft is no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider
Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models. No longer. As part of Stargate, the company’s massive new infrastructure deal with SoftBank,
Microsoft relaxes exclusivity, allowing OpenAI to use rival cloud providers
Microsoft has revised its agreement with OpenAI, allowing the AI company to partner with other cloud service providers (CSPs). However, Microsoft retains the Right of First Refusal (ROFR), giving it a priority to match any competing offers before OpenAI commits to other providers.
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What to know about Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing platform and computing, networking, and storage services
Microsoft Azure offers a suite of cloud computing services with a competitive pay-as-you-go pricing model. Some services can ...
Microsoft sentiment seen 'improving' amid Azure, Office strength: BofA
With Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) set to report fiscal third-quarter results after the close of Jan. 29, Bank of America has seen ...
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Microsoft’s CoreAI Strategy: Same Azure Focus, New Wrapping?
Microsoft announces CoreAI, a strategy centering AI on Azure with new internal shifts. Analysts call it more evolution than ...
Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project
Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in their relationship that clears the way for OpenAI to work with Oracle and others on the ...
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Microsoft is letting OpenAI get its own AI compute now
The new agreement “includes changes to the exclusivity on new capacity, moving to a model where Microsoft has a right of ...
Positive Growth Outlook for Microsoft Driven by Azure and AI Technologies Justifies Buy Rating
In a report released today, Bradley Sills from Bank of America Securities maintained a Buy rating on Microsoft (MSFT – Research Report), with a ...
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Azure AD Graphs Will Finally Be Retired in February
Microsoft on Thursday announced that Azure AD Graph APIs will stop processing application requests after Feb. 1.
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Microsoft and OpenAI evolve partnership to drive the next phase of AI
We are thrilled to continue our strategic partnership with OpenAI and to partner on Stargate. Today’s announcement is ...
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Hero Destini 125 Azure Concept showcased at Bharat Mobility 2025
The Hero Destini Azure Concept is finished in a dual-tone paint scheme with a satin white shade complemented by the blue ...