Hey gurus and welcome. Today,
we'll take a look at some of Microsoft's biggest announcements over the past
month.
Two of those announcements are centered on growth as Microsoft continues its
quest of global domination expansion by adding a new
region and also starts looking beyond the cloud and into
space. This is Azure This Week,
the show acting as your guide in hitchhiking, the Azure universe.
On October 4th, 1957,
the Soviet Union launched the very first artificial satellite into orbit.
That satellite's name was the Sputnik One.
It was about the size of this ball only, you know, way heavier.
That launch signal the dawn of the space age,
and ever since we've sent somewhere around 8,900 satellites and at least one
sports car into space.
Fast forward to a month ago and we have Microsoft announcing their Ground
Station as a Service offering Azure Orbital at Ignite.
We went over that briefly in our last Level-up, but apparently,
Microsoft wasn't happy with announcing only one space service.
Just this last week, Microsoft put out its newest product ecosystem,
Azure Space.
This is a pretty big announcement as this goes well beyond providing rental
satellite dishes to talk to computers, orbiting the planet. Well,
that's actually most of it in a nutshell, but there's definitely more to it.
Microsoft's goal is to make it so that organizations can access Azure from
anywhere on the planet. Through partnerships,
with major satellite companies and now even SpaceX,
Microsoft wants to bring cloud services to even the most remote regions.
Utilizing technologies such as Azure Orbital and their newly introduced Modular
Data centers.
It's feasible to create access to Azure resources that can be used for a variety
of sectors, such as remote transportation, factories,
defense systems, and research stations. Using these ground stations,
organizations can additionally create Azure express route connections,
making remote communication, not only possible, but also secure.
This is especially important when you consider the observational data that could
contain sensitive details.
You really don't want those darn digital ninjas intercepting.
Another cool feature of using Azure Space is that businesses can use Azure
Orbital emulator.
This service uses AI to generate simulations around spacecraft launches
and orbit to better prepare their missions.
This can help avoid costly mistakes and expedite mission readiness for new
satellites to be launched this particular feature isn't in public preview yet,
but once it launches,
I'd be excited to hear or even see what you're doing with it in the comments.
I know I'm excited about Azure space and it's definitely worth keeping an eye on
as it brings us one step closer to getting lost on interstellar exploration
missions with robots that warn us of impending danger.
The hills are alive with the sound of technology. Last week,
we heard Microsoft announced their plans to bring Azure's newest regional data
center to Austrailia, Lilia or straw TRIA,
Austria.
This is part of a larger initiative from Microsoft to help promote innovation
and growth in the Austrian tech industry.
Microsoft is supporting this initiative not only by opening a new data center,
but also by establishing the center of digital excellence.
This is meant to help Austria's adoption of modern technologies,
not only in IT infrastructure,
but also public government services and drive industry innovation.
Another exciting piece of this lies with Microsoft investing in community
resources that are meant to upskill over 120,000 individuals by
2024, to prepare for this incoming wave of technological innovation and growth.
It's an impressive feat and certainly an admirable goal by creating two year
programs to train public sector employees and increase adoption of Azure
technologies.
It'll be interesting to see if Austria will grow into the tech hub that they're
aiming to become. The final frontier seems to be calling these days.
As we hear more and more about the privatization of space focus technologies and
even travel.
It'll be exciting to see how Microsoft not only continues to grow beyond the
confines of our own atmosphere,
but also how that helps them to expand our ability to use powerful computing
resources and even the most remote regions here on earth. I mean,
they've already literally dropped a data center into the ocean.
So space being the next big thing just seems like the next logical step plus
with all this, can you imagine the spiffy new job titles that come out of this?
I mean, personally,
I would really like the sound of Cosmic Solutions Architect.
Can you really use the word cloud anymore when your data is going beyond the
clouds? I am curious though.
Are any of you looking forward to getting your hands on this technology because
I'd love to hear how you plan to use it in the discussion board.
Excited about the growth in Austria. Let's talk about it, leave us a comment,
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