In this Research Note, Aragon examines Microsoft Azure’s strategy with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and provides an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).

Introduction

Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud platform, providing a broad collection of services ranging from core compute, storage, and networking to advanced services including AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.

This Research Note is the first in a series of SWOT analysis notes that focus on the big three cloud providers’ (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure) AI capabilities. In this Research Note, Aragon examines Microsoft Azure’s AI strategy.