Azure Storage 2026: Built for Agentic Scale and Cloud‑Native Apps

This blog post outlines Azure Storage's evolution towards supporting agentic workloads, Kubernetes-based cloud-native applications, and block storage at a global scale. Azure Storage is enhancing its performance for AI, optimizing for agentic scale, and simplifying adoption for mission-critical workloads. It is also investing in AI-optimized solutions, expanding scale, and improving throughput. Azure Storage is deepening integration with popular AI frameworks and optimizing for agentic scale with SaaS leaders. It is also investing in innovations to help customers scale storage sustainably and build co-engineered solutions with partners.