Arm and Microsoft: Shaping Technologies

This robust partnership is a driving force behind significant advancements—from the cloud to the edge, and from silicon to software. From Microsoft’s first custom-built Arm-based processor, Azure Cobalt 100, which delivers significant price-performance gains in the cloud, to enriching the Windows on Arm ecosystem for AI PCs everywhere, our ongoing collaborations deliver global impact across enterprises and developers.
Arm + Microsoft Azure Webinar: Azure Cobalt 100 for Cloud Workloads
Tuesday, June 17 | Webinar
Accelerate performance and reduce costs with Azure’s Cobalt 100 VMs, powered by Arm Neoverse CSS
Join Arm and Microsoft for a 45-minute technical deep dive into optimizing .NET, Java, containers, and CI/CD pipelines on Arm-based Azure infrastructure—designed for scale, speed, and efficiency. More information and a registration link will be provided.
Meet the speakers:
Pranay Bakre
Principal Solutions Engineer, Arm
Bakre is a principal solutions engineer at Arm focusing on developing cloud-native solutions spanning cloud to edge deployments with strategic partners. He has over 14 years of experience designing and implementing a wide range of virtualization and cloud solutions.
Arm at Microsoft Build: Building the Future of AI From PC to Cloud
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Arm showcased key joint technologies with Microsoft, including Azure Cobalt 100 and Windows on Arm. Read this blog for more highlights, and explore our virtual booth for recorded sessions, demo videos, and additional technical resources.

On-Demand Recordings of Sessions with Arm and Microsoft Experts
- [BRKFP256] 60-minute breakout session:
“Unleashing Price-Performance: Cobalt 100 and the Future of Cloud-Native on Arm” - [ODFP974] 20-minute on-demand session:
“Run PyTorch natively on Windows on Arm using GitHub Runners” - [BRK221] Microsoft-led Windows session:
“Tips & tricks to enhance Windows Arm64 App performance”
Performance on Microsoft Cobalt, Built on a Custom-Designed Arm Architecture
Azure Cobalt 100, Microsoft’s custom Arm-based processor, helps customers such as Databricks and Snowflake experience real-time gains in price and performance in the cloud. With Arm’s cloud migration resources, exploring and migrating to Arm-based instances with leading cloud service providers such as Microsoft is easier than ever.
Build Native Apps for Arm-Based PCs with AI Innovation
With rise in key applications becoming Arm-native and the growth of Arm-based PCs, the Windows on Arm software ecosystem continues to thrive. With open-source libraries, application frameworks, and CI/CD tools, the ecosystem is designed to support a customary and familiar developer build process. The Arm architecture has demonstrated its ability to adapt and optimize for today’s most demanding use cases and workloads - AI and machine learning.

Arm Developer Program
The Arm Developer Program brings together developers from across the world, providing advanced tools and resources, a network of like-minded members, and live sessions from leading experts. Join today and get the support you need to build your software applications.
Arm + Microsoft Azure: Developer Resources
for Everything From Cloud to PC
Learning Paths:
- Deploy a .NET application on Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 VMs
- Deploy .NET applications to Arm Virtual Machines and Container Registry in Microsoft Azure (Part 1 of 4)
- Deploy a containerized application using Azure Container Instances (Part 2 of 4)
- Deploy an application to Azure Kubernetes Service (Part 3 of 4)
- Use Infrastructure as Code and Pulumi to provision Azure resources (Part 4 of 4)
Blogs and Briefs:
Windows on Arm
Learning Paths:
- Implement CI/CD with Windows on Arm host
- Build native Windows on Arm applications with Python
- Build a Windows on Arm native application with .NET
- Deploy a Windows on Arm virtual machine on Microsoft Azure
- Get started with WindowsPerf
- Benchmarking .NET 8 applications on Windows on Arm
- More Windows on Arm Learning Paths
Blogs and Briefs: