---
id: "entity-microsoft-azure"
type: "entity"
entityType: "product"
canonicalName: "Microsoft Azure"
aliases: ["Azure", "Microsoft"]
source_timestamps: ["§ Training for a Marathon When You Can Only See Two Feet Ahead"]
tags: ["cloud-infrastructure", "strategic-partnership"]
related: ["concept-ai-orchestration-layer"]
sources: ["execution"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-execution"
originDay: 8
articleStem: "hbr-cl-93-legacy-financial-all-in-genai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/03/how-a-legacy-financial-institution-went-all-in-on-gen-ai"
sourceTitle: "How a Legacy Financial Institution Went All In on Gen AI"
---
# Microsoft Azure

## Microsoft Azure (product — strategic partner)

Partnered with [[entity-moodys|Moody's]] in **July 2023** (deal inked in **six weeks**) to provide **secure cloud infrastructure** and access to **OpenAI's models**, forming the backbone of Moody's secure AI environment.

### Connections
- Underpins [[concept-ai-orchestration-layer]] and satisfies [[prereq-secure-infrastructure]].
- A source of the vendor-dependence tension in [[question-long-term-vendor-lock-in]].

### Enrichment note
The Moody's–Microsoft collaboration is **publicly documented by Microsoft**, which describes the firms building GenAI-powered solutions and internal copilot-style tools.