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Cloud Innovation and Efficiency with ARM-based Azure Cobalt100 VMs

Microsoft via YouTube

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Explore how enterprises are achieving unprecedented efficiency and innovation through Azure Cobalt 100 Arm-based virtual machines in this 17-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025. Discover the key reasons developers are choosing Arm architecture, including superior performance, maturity, and efficiency benefits that drive business transformation. Learn about software collaboration initiatives including GitHub Runners, Windows Performance tools, and optimization strategies that enhance development workflows. Examine detailed performance gains across common workloads such as NGINX, Redis, PostgreSQL, and SPECjbb benchmarks that demonstrate real-world improvements. Gain insights from partner success stories, including OneTrust's strategic deployment of Cobalt 100 in Azure and how their implementation delivers measurable business outcomes. Understand how Databricks integrates Cobalt 100 into Azure infrastructure to power large-scale AI and data processing workloads with enhanced efficiency. Access comprehensive learning resources including 150 interactive tutorials, migration guides, and optimization materials designed to accelerate your organization's transition to Arm-based computing. Look ahead to future developments including AI integration capabilities with new MCP server technology and discover essential resources for getting started with Arm architecture on Microsoft platforms. The session covers practical migration strategies, modernization approaches, and provides actionable guidance for reducing total cost of ownership while improving scalability for critical enterprise workloads across various industries.

Syllabus

0:00 - Reasons Developers Choose Arm: Performance, Maturity, Efficiency
00:03:13 - Software Collaboration: GitHub Runners, Windows Perf, and Optimization
00:05:38 - Detailed Performance Gains Across Common Workloads NGINX, Redis, Postgres, SPECjbb
00:07:19 - Partner Highlight: One Trust’s Deployment and Use of Cobalt 100 in Azure
00:09:48 - Databricks integrates Cobalt 100 into Azure for large-scale AI and data workloads
00:13:45 - Learning paths and tutorials: 150 interactive resources for migrating, deploying, and optimizing workloads
00:16:16 - Future outlook: AI integration with new MCP server and closing resources for getting started on Arm and Microsoft platforms

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