{"id":44549,"date":"2024-08-13T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/?p=44549"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:54:12","slug":"microsoft-azure-ai-and-nvidia-ai-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-azure-ai-and-nvidia-ai-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Azure AI and NVIDIA AI Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Microsoft and NVIDIA <\/strong>announced a <strong>collaboration<\/strong> to help developers build AI-enabled applications using <strong>Azure AI and NVIDIA AI<\/strong>. This partnership aims to make advanced AI capabilities more accessible and reduce the complexity and cost of AI development.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Website-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-AI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Website-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-AI.png 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Website-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-AI-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Website-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-AI-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Website-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-AI-768x493.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What are Azure AI and NVIDIA AI?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Azure AI <\/strong>is a comprehensive <strong>suite of cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services<\/strong> offered by <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>. It provides developers with the tools and resources needed to <strong>create, train, and deploy AI-powered applications<\/strong>. These services include pre-built models, APIs, and the ability to build custom models. These make it easier for developers to integrate AI into their applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>NVIDIA AI <\/strong>is a platform designed to <strong>enhance the performance of AI applications<\/strong> at every stage of their development and deployment. It leverages NVIDIA\u2019s <strong>advanced graphics processing units (GPUs)<\/strong> and <strong>networking technologies<\/strong> to ensure that AI applications run efficiently and effectively. This platform supports <strong>high-performance<\/strong> <strong>computing<\/strong>, enabling developers to handle complex AI workloads with ease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Together<\/strong>, Azure AI and NVIDIA AI provide a powerful <strong>combination of tools and infrastructure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44562 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-Prompts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-Prompts.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-Prompts-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-13-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI-NVIDIA-Prompts-150x80.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Flexibility and Choice<\/strong>: Use pre-built models and APIs or build and train custom models. Supports various frameworks and languages like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Python.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Productivity and Efficiency<\/strong>: Integrates with Visual Studio Code and GitHub. Use extensions and GitHub Actions to simplify and accelerate AI development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Performance and Scalability<\/strong>: Leverages NVIDIA GPUs and InfiniBand networking for high performance and scalability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Innovation and Creativity<\/strong>: Build applications that understand, interact, and learn from users and environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Integrating Azure AI and NVIDIA AI: What is new?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Advancing AI Infrastructure:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Integration with Azure<\/strong>: NVIDIA Grace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-and-nvidia-blackwell-nim-serverless-gpus-and-more\/\">Blackwell<\/a> GB200 and NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking are now part of Azure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trillion-Parameter Models<\/strong>: Azure delivers powerful models for natural language processing, computer vision, and speech recognition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Virtual Machines<\/strong>: Azure NC H100 v5 VM virtual machines, based on the NVIDIA H100 NVL platform, are now available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flexibility and Scalability<\/strong>: NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) technology offers enhanced flexibility and scalability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Healthcare and Life Sciences Breakthroughs:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Rapid Innovation<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-azure-licensing-full-guide\/\">Microsoft Azure<\/a> integrates with NVIDIA DGX Cloud and the NVIDIA Clara suite to accelerate clinical research and care delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Industrial Digitalization:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Omniverse Cloud APIs<\/strong>: NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud APIs are now available on Microsoft Azure.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data Interoperability<\/strong>: Enhanced data interoperability, collaboration, and physics-based visualization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3D Digital Twins<\/strong>: Real-time factory data visualization using 3D digital twins in Microsoft Power BI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">NVIDIA Triton Inference Server and Microsoft Copilot:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>AI Inference Predictions<\/strong>: NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server support AI inference predictions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-365-copilot-the-future-of-productivity\/\">Microsoft 365 Copilot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">From AI Training to AI Deployment:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>NVIDIA NIM Inference Microservices<\/strong>: These microservices are coming to Azure AI to enhance AI deployments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise<\/strong>: Available on the Azure Marketplace, NIM offers cloud-native microservices for optimized inference on over two dozen popular foundation models, including NVIDIA-built models.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prebuilt, Run-Anywhere Containers<\/strong>: These containers, powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise inference software (including Triton Inference Server, TensorRT, and TensorRT-LLM), help developers quickly bring performance-optimized AI applications to market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44550 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1035\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA.png 1035w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA-800x545.png 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2024\/08\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2024-08-12-Update-Microsoft-Azure-AI_Microsoft-and-NVIDIA-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>FAQ<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What tools can I use with Azure AI and NVIDIA AI?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can use Visual Studio Code, GitHub, and other popular developer environments.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What languages and frameworks are supported?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Supported languages and frameworks include TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Python, and R.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">How does this collaboration benefit developers?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It reduces development time, lowers costs, and enhances collaboration and communication among team members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Find the <strong>announcement<\/strong> here: <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/build-ai-enabled-applications-with-azure-ai-and-nvidia\/\">https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/build-ai-enabled-applications-with-azure-ai-and-nvidia\/<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2024\/03\/18\/microsoft-and-nvidia-announce-major-integrations-to-accelerate-generative-ai-for-enterprises-everywhere\/\">https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2024\/03\/18\/microsoft-and-nvidia-announce-major-integrations-to-accelerate-generative-ai-for-enterprises-everywhere\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Watch the <strong>keynote<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QsWtiop4IJA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QsWtiop4IJA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Find the <strong>product page<\/strong> here: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ai\">https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For our <strong>vendor page<\/strong> of <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/microsoft\/\">https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/software\/microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> for <strong>expert services<\/strong> on your specific Microsoft software and online services requirements and to <strong>request a quote today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft and NVIDIA announced a collaboration to help developers build AI-enabled 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This partnership aims to make advanced AI capabilities more accessible and reduce the complexity and cost of AI development. &nbsp; What are Azure AI and NVIDIA AI? 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