ABS2024: Azure Switzerland DataCenter Update by Primo Amrein

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1. Microsoft Azure Switzerland Speaker Name Date Azure Swiss DCs Update Primo Amrein – Cloud Lead Microsoft Switzerland
2. 4 – 400 – 40'000 Great progress in the Swiss Cloud Regions since the launch >4 years ago: • >400 services available locally after having started with less than 50 • >40’000 customers onboarded in Swiss DCs
3. Launched Since Last Bootcamp (1/2) • Azure VMware Solution • NVv5 more powerful GPUs, e.g. enabling resource-intensive applications such as CAD for Virtual Desktop • Microsoft Dev Box, same price as in European DCs • Arc-enabled Kubernetes • Update Management Center for Arc-enabled servers • Azure Virtual Network Manager • Azure Notification Hubs
4. • Azure Confidential Computing now also supports AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) with the VM series DCasv5, DCadsv5, ECasv5 and ECadsv5 • 2nd ExpressRoute Point of Presence / Edge site in Switzerland North “Zurich2” • SQL DB general purpose zone-redundant • SQL Managed Instance, Business Critical Instance • Zone-Redundant Storage Premium Files & Managed Disks • Archive Tier within Azure Backup • Azure NetApp Files Backup • Bsv2/Basv2 Launched Since Last Bootcamp (2/2)
5. • Public announcement • Available models: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/concepts/models • Pricing same as elsewhere: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive- services/openai-service Azure OpenAI
6. Customer Stories Extract (1/3) German Press Release with Links to Case Story and Videos French Version English Version English Version Handelszeitung Article NZZ Article
7. Press Release including Aargauische Kantonalbank and Mobiliar in German and English Link to SAP Story in English Customer Stories Extract (2/3)
8. Link to Compassana Story in German Link to Microsoft Story in English Customer Stories Extract (3/3)