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At the recent Microsoft Ignite conference, Nvidia and Microsoft unveiled innovations that will power the next wave of generative AI from cloud to PCs and fuel a new era of industrial AI.
These announcements span across the full-stack including next-gen AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia Blackwell, new Omniverse workflows for digital twins and visual generative AI, and tools to enable Windows developers to build and optimize AI-powered apps on RTX AI PCs.
Together, Nvidia and Microsoft are helping businesses across industries unleash the full potential of AI and drive more efficiencies and transformation through a comprehensive, full-stack approach. Check out some of the new announcements to come from Microsoft Ignite:
Nvidia Blackwell empowers next-gen AI on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft announced the launch of the first cloud private preview of the Azure ND GB200 V6 VM series. Based on the Nvidia Blackwell platform, this is a new AI-optimized virtual machine (VM) series and combines the Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack design with Nvidia Quantum InfiniBand networking. Optimized for large-scale deep learning workloads, including trillion-parameter scale AI model training and inference, as well as complex tasks in advanced natural language processing, computer vision and more, it complements the previously announced Azure AI clusters with ND H200 V5 VMs, powered by Nvidia H200 GPUs.
Azure Container Apps enables serverless AI inference with Nvidia
Microsoft Azure Container Apps now supports Nvidia accelerated computing for simplified and scalable AI deployments. Serverless computing gives AI application developers more agility in deploying, scaling and iterating on applications without worrying about underlying infrastructure, improving functionality while minimizing operational overhead. Additionally, Nvidia and Microsoft will bring Nvidia NIM microservices to serverless Nvidia GPUs in Azure to optimize AI model performance.
Omniverse reference workflows unveiled for industrial AI and visual generative AI
The Nvidia Omniverse platform on Azure includes new reference workflows for industrial AI. These workflows can help developers build 3D, simulation and digital twin applications on Nvidia Omniverse and Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD). The reference workflow for 3D remote monitoring of industrial operations will enable customers to connect physically accurate 3D models of industrial systems to real-time data from Azure IoT Operations and Power BI. The Omniverse Blueprint for precise visual generative AI enables developers to build applications that empower nontechnical teams to generate AI-enhanced visuals aligned with brand assets.
Nvidia introduced the Nvidia Nemovision-4B Instruct, a new multimodal small language model (SLM) for RTX AI PCs and workstations, which will enable digital humans to understand visual imagery and provide relevant responses. Nvidia also announced updates to Nvidia TensorRT Model Optimizer (ModelOpt) to enable Windows developers to optimize models for ONNX Runtime deployment. With these new features and optimizations, Windows application developers can deploy AI models with faster throughput and minimal accuracy loss, allowing them to run on a wider range of PCs.
Watch on-demand sessions about Nvidia AI on Azure
At Microsoft Ignite, Nvidia and Microsoft shared how these recent technologies can accelerate generative AI, help launch new AI applications quickly and bring new digital capabilities across industries. Whether you missed Microsoft Ignite or want to check out these in-depth presentations again, these sessions are now available on-demand:
Accelerate generative AI adoption with Nvidia AI on Azure
Discover how enterprises can leverage the Nvidia accelerated computing platform on Azure to transform with generative AI. Along with enterprise-grade software and services, you can optimize performance, reduce total cost of ownership and accelerate time-to-solution.
Get from pilot to production the quick, easy, optimized way
Explore the latest development of Nvidia NIM microservices within Azure AI Studio to get your generative AI applications into production successfully. Learn how you can streamline workflows, enhance performance and quickly move from pilot to production.
The new era of industrial digitalization and manufacturing innovation
Hear from Nvidia and Microsoft experts about the latest advancements in computer graphics, data interoperability, generative AI and accelerated cloud computing. Learn how Azure IoT Operations, powered by Nvidia Omniverse Cloud APIs and OpenUSD, is enabling manufacturers to digitalize operations.
Explore a new era of digital manufacturing
Check out this hands-on demo of how Azure IoT Operations and Power BI can provide real-time monitoring, collaboration and physically based visualization capabilities for production insights and new operational possibilities.
Harness the power of RTX AI PCs to elevate next-gen AI applications
See how Nvidia RTX AI provides an end-to-end, GPU-accelerated platform for building and deploying advanced models and applications that keep your data private while tapping into the power of AI on your PC.
Understanding and accelerating business decisions for M365 data using AI
Enterprises are leveraging AI to accelerate their business but face challenges integrating diverse, siloed data into AI services. Learn how Cohesity, with Nvidia generative AI and Microsoft Azure OpenAI, provide instant, high-quality insights from secondary data.
Learn more about Nvidia and Microsoft solutions
The announcements and sessions at Microsoft Ignite reinforced that accelerated computing technology from Nvidia and purpose-built AI architecture from Microsoft Azure are helping organizations empower new capabilities and revolutionize whole industries.
Check out the Nvidia partner page for on-demand sessions, demos, special offers for developers and more from Microsoft Ignite.
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