Dell Collaborates with Microsoft: Accelerating Innovation Together

tl;dr: Dell and Microsoft continue to innovate together! At MS Ignite 2025, we announced expanded Azure Local support for Dell Private Cloud and PowerStore, Dell PowerScale for Azure for data-intensive workloads, and PowerProtect Backup Services for hybrid resilience. Explore Dell's AI PC portfolio, optimized for Windows 11 and Microsoft 365, delivering flexibility and efficiency with expert support.

Great ideas are the spark for progress, but realizing them takes the right combination of vision, expertise, and collaboration. At Microsoft Ignite 2025, held in San Francisco from November 17-21, Dell Technologies announced its latest collaborations with Microsoft-demonstrating how, together, we are leading organizations toward what's next.

Simplify Hybrid Cloud with Dell and Microsoft

Dell and Microsoft's relationship is once again setting new standards for hybrid cloud innovation at Ignite 2025. Dell Private Cloud and PowerStor are expanding support for Azure Local, delivering flexibility, performance, and simplicity. This integration isn't just a technical achievement-it's a testament to their shared commitment to empowering customers to tackle the challenges of modern IT with confidence and ease.

• Expands Dell Private Cloud support for Azure Local - Dell's fully integrated, automated solution simplifies hybrid and multicloud management. With automated lifecycle management, independent scaling, and future-ready infrastructure.
• Azure Local integration with Dell PowerStore - Hybrid cloud deployments just got smarter, faster, and more efficient. With always-on data reduction, ultra-fast NVMe performance, and a highly adaptable architecture, PowerStore unlocks new levels of agility, performance, and cost-efficiency.

With a proven history of delivering trusted, co-engineered solutions, Dell and Microsoft are empowering businesses to seamlessly manage traditional and modern workloads.

Break through cloud complexity with Dell PowerScale for Azure

Many organizations have been lured by modern data solutions, only to find themselves tangled in unexpected complexity-from scalability headaches to integration gaps-right when they need agility most. True performance that bridges on-premises and cloud, reliable security, and the freedom to keep pace with tomorrow's ambitions is non-negotiable. That's why Dell and Microsoft have teamed up to deliver Dell PowerScale for Azure, a fully managed, enterprise-grade file storage solution designed to simplify how you handle data-intensive applications and modern workloads. Seamlessly integrated as a native managed service within the Azure ecosystem, PowerScale makes it easier than ever to manage unstructured data across on-premises and cloud environments. With advanced scalability, robust security, and resilient storage, this solution empowers organizations to focus on what matters most: driving innovation and achieving strategic goals.

What's more, Dell takes care of deployment, updates, and ongoing operations, so you can rest assured your data is secure, accessible, and ready for the future. It's the perfect blend of Dell's storage expertise and Azure's powerful infrastructure, giving you the tools to unlock the full potential of your data.

Ensure data security and cyber resilience across the Microsoft ecosystem

This week at Ignite, we announced advancements for Dell PowerProtect Backup Services. This backup-as-a-service solution, built on Azure infrastructure, delivers seamless protection for hybrid workloads-making cyber resilience simpler, smarter, and more scalable.

Discover how Dell and Microsoft are collaborating to help you confidently protect any workload, in any cloud, with integrated solutions that simplify management and strengthen your cyber resilience across Azure and Azure Local environments. With Dell Cyber Resilience, you can:

• Strengthen your defenses with Dell- and Azure-powered cyber resilience solutions.
• Automate recovery to ensure business continuity with minimal disruption.
• Simplify cyber resilience across your hybrid and multicloud infrastructure.

Explore the modern workplace with the industry's most secure and manageable commercial AI PCs*

Workplaces are transforming, driven by technology that empowers teams to innovate, connect and stay secure. Our latest AI PCs, built for seamless Microsoft integration are changing what's possible for IT leaders. Here's what's new:

• Dell ecosystem enablers for AI PCs make it easier for developers to build and deploy on-device AI apps optimized for Microsoft Intune and Dell AI PCs.
• Built-in AI processors on our Dell AI PCs help accelerate and automate tasks, strengthen security, personalize experiences and reduce operational costs by processing AI workloads locally.

Our comprehensive Dell AI PC portfolio is optimized for Windows 11 and Microsoft 365, helping customers gain flexibility, efficiency and sustainability-backed by expert services and support.

Modernize the workplace with Dell Pro Solutions

At Ignite 2025, attendees were able to preview enhanced enablers for AI PCs within the Dell AI Factory, featuring expanded silicon support and developer tools. Explore these innovations on dell.com and connect with product experts to see how they can power next-generation workflows at scale.

Dell Professional Services for Microsoft

To boost efficiency, accelerate adoption, and achieve strategic goals, Dell Technologies Professional Services for Microsoft deliver measurable results that matter. We help businesses modernize securely and intelligently, driving productivity gains, strengthening security, and building resilience. Our services and Payment Solutions position your organization to thrive confidently in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, turning transformation into tangible outcomes.

Connect, discover, and move forward-together

There's no substitute for hands-on discovery and in-person expertise, and the Dell booth at Microsoft Ignite 2025 proved to be the ultimate destination for connecting with innovators and industry leaders. Attendees experienced live demonstrations and received personalized answers to their biggest technology challenges. Whether advancing AI initiatives, simplifying cloud strategies, or empowering teams, Dell and Microsoft showcased how they help organizations move forward with clarity and confidence.

If you weren't able to attend Ignite in person, you can still watch our feature sessions and technical demos online:

• Cloud Without Compromise: Dell & Microsoft Redefine Private and Hybrid Cloud ( BRKSP467 )
  Speakers: Matt McSpirit, Dell and Rohit Tatachar, Microsoft
  Power innovation with efficiency and security as you explore Dell's reimagined private cloud with Azure Local. Dive into integrated, automated solutions that scale to meet your needs, and see how Dell PowerScale for Azure delivers enterprise-grade file storage for modern workloads.
• Accelerating What's Possible: Dell Copilot+ PCs in Action ( BRKSP461 )
  Speaker: Issac Piñon, Dell
  Experience the future of work firsthand as we showcase Dell Copilot+ PCs, which work seamlessly with Microsoft Copilot services to transform productivity and discover simplified setup and optimization, real ISV use cases, and Dell's "build and buy" AI applications.
• Technical Demo: Revolutionizing File Storage-PowerScale's Seamless Azure Integration
  Speaker: Steve O'Leary, Dell
  Cut through storage complexity and see how Dell PowerScale for Azure delivers high-performance, enterprise-grade file storage built for data-intensive, modern workloads. Watch to learn how PowerScale integrates effortlessly with Azure, powering AI, analytics, and business applications without missing a beat.
• Interview: Dell & Microsoft: Driving Innovation with AI and Hybrid Cloud
  Speaker: Kenny Lowe
  Dell Technologies and Microsoft harness AI's potential to transform hybrid cloud environments efficiently and securely. At Ignite 2025, learn how Dell PowerScale for Azure simplifies storage with enterprise-grade solutions tailored for today's workloads and discover how private cloud options for deploying Azure Local reimagines infrastructure with efficiency and control.

Learn more about the Dell Technologies and Microsoft partnership at https://www.dell.com/en-us/lp/dt/workloads-microsoft.

^*Based on Dell internal analysis, October 2025 (Intel) and March 2025 (AMD). Applicable to PCs on Intel and AMD processors. Not all features available with all PCs. Additional purchase required for some features. Intel-based PCs validated by Principled Technologies, July 2025. Most manageable is based on Dell internal analysis, January 2025. Most-manageable commercial PCs when comparing the systems management capabilities of Dell Update Processes, Dell Manageability Solution capabilities and integrations with 3rd Party Management Solutions, with competitor update processes, systems management solution capabilities and integrations with 3rd party management solutions. 3rd Party Management Solution - Microsoft Intune, is a separate purchase. Ad #CLM-012979