15 Big Azure Announcements Made At Microsoft Build 2021 ‘It is our mission to empower this next generation of developers with world-class tools and cloud services that allow them to build the applications of the future,’ says Gabe Monroy, vice president of Microsoft Azure developer experience. By Donna Goodison May 25, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT The two-day Microsoft Build 2021 developers conference started virtually today with the No. 2 cloud provider introducing a slew of updates to its Azure cloud computing capabilities. Azure announcements ranged from artificial intelligence (AI) features, to app services running on Kubernetes clusters with Azure Arc, to Azure Cosmos DB enhancements. The Redmond, Wash., technology company also provided a look at the new PyTorch Enterprise on Microsoft Azure, new Azure Marketplace offers and the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.