A Shared Cloud Vision
Cloud-to-edge solutions harnessing the power of Intel® technologies and Microsoft Azure.
A Significant Leap in Performance
Azure’s first 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor VMs are now available. The new Dv6 and Ev6 VMs offer a significant leap in performance, as well as reduced costs and improved power efficiency. Featuring Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX), these VMs improve performance for AI training and inferencing.
- Dv6 VMs are a great choice for many general-purpose workloads.
- Ev6 VMs are ideal for memory-intensive workloads, such as in-memory databases like SAP HANA.
Introducing Azure Mv3-MM (Medium Memory) Virtual Machine Series for SAP HANA
Transform your data into actionable insights with 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors, increased memory capacity and I/O bandwidth, and built-in accelerators.
Seamlessly Migrate Confidential Workloads to the Cloud Without Application Code Changes
Now in public preview, Microsoft Azure’s expanded confidential VM family (DCesv-5 and ECesv-5 Series) features 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors, including VM isolation backed by Intel® Trusted Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX).
Instances with Intel® TDX will soon be available on 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processors.
Microsoft Protects $25B in Customer Payments with Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Microsoft moves credit card transactions to Azure Cloud Services—a testimony to their confidence in Azure Confidential Computing with Intel SGX.
Accelerate Your Cloud Adoption
Azure and Intel streamline cloud adoption by providing easy-to-deploy, feature-rich cloud solutions.
- Workload acceleration and security features
- A mature, open ecosystem enables transformation
- Cloud tools, resources, and sales and marketing assistance
Migration is the Path to Innovation
Microsoft and Intel are transforming industries by delivering powerful AI technologies that enhance efficiency, drive innovation, and unlock new possibilities in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
SAP HANA
Accelerate business transformation by migrating your SAP HANA workloads to the cloud, while enhancing agility, productivity, and security.
Microsoft SQL Server
Migrate Microsoft SQL Server to the cloud to simplify management, improve business continuity, increase security, and deliver game-changing insights.
Windows Server
Migrate Windows Server to the cloud to increase agility and productivity, simplify infrastructure while improving performance, and safeguard your work with unrivaled security.
Azure Virtual Desktop
A flexible, cost-effective way to address secure remote desktops from virtually anywhere—enabling secure, remote experiences, while providing cost efficiency and full management.
Azure VMware Solution
Migrate as an Azure VMware solution or Infrastructure as a Service to improve performance and security.
Outstanding Performance for Every Workload
Intel and Microsoft meet the needs of today’s demanding workloads.
Workload Performance
Microsoft Azure virtual machine configurations with Intel technologies deliver outstanding performance across a wide variety of workloads.
Intel® Accelerator Engines
Boost performance, reduce costs, and improve power efficiency for today’s most demanding workloads.
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) maximize ROI and performance for your most demanding workloads, such as AI, HPC, and analytics.
Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (Intel® AMX) expand, simplify, and accelerate your AI capabilities to meet the demands of deep learning workloads.
Software Optimizations
Intel® Tiber™ App-Level Optimization cuts costs with improved application performance and more efficient infrastructure.
Intel® Cloud Optimizer with full Densify analytics helps you get the most from your cloud investment by removing the guesswork and helping ensure workloads get the resources and configurations they need for the best performance at the lowest possible price.
LAB3 Dr. Migrate combines the powers of Microsoft and Intel to optimize the migration experience for organizations. Together, our technologies drive incredible automation for moving on-premises assets to Azure with AI-enabled cloud migration.
Protect Your Sensitive Data with Intel Confidential Computing on Azure
Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are the right choice for protecting your most sensitive data, code, and IP.
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Unlock new opportunities for business collaboration and insights—even with sensitive or regulated data. Intel® SGX is the most researched and updated confidential computing technology in data centers on the market today, with the smallest trust boundary.
Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX)—Coming Soon!
Increase confidentiality at the VM level, enhance privacy, and gain control over your data with Intel® TDX. It isolates the guest OS and VM, from the cloud host, hypervisor, and other VMs on the platform, providing excellent data protection without requiring code changes.
Intel® Trust Authority
Take confidential computing to the next level with a zero-trust attestation SaaS that verifies the trustworthiness of compute assets at the network, edge, and in the cloud.
Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and Intel
Modernize your database or VDI infrastructure and accelerate your AI workloads. 4th and 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors combined with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI:
- Improve throughput and efficiency to improve your server consolidation, TCO, and sustainability goals.
- Run complex AI workloads on the same hardware as your existing workloads, leveraging your data to accelerate insights and innovation.
- Help secure and protect your data across environments without compromising performance.
Learn more about Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and Intel
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Case Studies
Credit Card Transactions
Copy: Microsoft moves credit card transactions to Azure Cloud Services running Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) and protects $25B in customer payments.
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
Coca-Cola HBC turned to Microsoft Azure VMs on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and SAP applications on Azure to support its massive prototyping workloads and development environment.
AI in Healthcare
Learn how BeeKeeperAI speeds healthcare AI development while protecting sensitive data with Azure Confidential Computing and Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX).
Customer Spotlight
Explore our customers’ latest stories, case studies, and testimonials to learn how we’re creating technology that advances the world.
Instance Types
Azure offers a wide variety of Intel-based VMs to meet your needs. Look for 4th or 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® processor-based instances to maximize performance and minimize TCO.
General Compute
Balanced compute, memory, and network resources for general-purpose workloads: analytics, databases, and enterprise applications.
- Azure Dsv6/Dlsv6/Ddsv6/Dldsv6: 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors featuring Intel® AMX (public preview)
- Azure Dv5: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ev5: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv5/Dsv5: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ddv5/Dsv5: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv2/Dsv2: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv4/Dsv4: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv3/Dsv3: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ddsv4: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv2/Dsv2: Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv3/Dsv3: Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv2/Dsv2: Intel® Xeon® v4 processors
- Azure Dv3/Dsv3: Intel® Xeon® v4 processors
- Azure Dv2/Dsv2: Intel® Xeon® v3 processors
- Azure Dv3/Dsv3: Intel® Xeon® v3 processors
Confidential Computing
Protection for the most sensitive data, code, and IP in the cloud.
- Azure DCesv5: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure DCsv2: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure DCv3: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure DCsv2: Intel® Xeon® E processors
- Azure DCv3: Intel® Xeon® E processor
Compute Optimized
Enhanced execution resources for compute-bound workloads: data science, ML/AI inference, gaming, high-performance computing.
- Azure ND H100 v5 VM: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Fsv2: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure HC: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure FX: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Memory-Optimized/Large Memory
Enhanced memory resources for memory-bound workloads: in-memory databases/applications/analytics, SQL HANA, SQL Hekaton.
- Azure Esv6/Edsv6: 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors featuring Intel® AMX (public preview)
- Azure Mv3: 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ev5/Esv5: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Edv5/Edsv5: 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ev3/Esv3: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure M: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Edv4/Edsv4: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure HLI: 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv2/DSv2 11-15: Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Ev3/Esv3: Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Mv2: Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
- Azure Dv2/DSv2 11-15: Intel® Xeon® v4 processors
- Azure Ev3/Esv3: Intel® Xeon® v4
- Azure Dv2/DSv2 11-15: Intel® Xeon® v3 processors
- Azure M: Intel® Xeon® v3 processors
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