VAST Data partners with Microsoft

VAST Data is collaborating with Microsoft, allowing enterprises to access VAST’s complete suite of data services in Azure, including unified storage, data cataloguing, and database capabilities to support complex AI workflows.

This integration will enable organisations to manage data across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

The VAST AI Operating System will run on Azure infrastructure, enabling customers to deploy and operate it using the same tools, governance, security, and billing frameworks they have become accustomed to. 

Customers will be able to leverage VAST InsightEngine and AgentEngine to run intelligent, data-driven workflows directly where data lives. InsightEngine delivers stateless compute and database services that intend to accelerate vector search, RAG pipelines, and data preparation.

AgentEngine orchestrates autonomous agents operating on real-time data streams, enabling continuous AI reasoning across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

VAST AI OS keeps Azure GPU and CPU clusters saturated with high-throughput data services, intelligent caching, and metadata-optimised I/O to ensure predictable performance from pilot to multi-region scale. VAST also benefits from the latest Azure Infrastructure solutions including the Laos VM Series using Azure Boost Accelerated Networking.

An exabyte-scale DataSpace creates a unified global namespace that aims to eliminate data silos and enable data mobility. Customers can go from on-premises to Azure for GPU-accelerated workloads without migration or reconfiguration.

VAST’s DataStore supports file (NFS, SMB), object (S3), and block protocols, while the VAST DataBase combines transactional performance with the query speed of a warehouse and the economics of a data lake, allowing workloads to run on one platform without compromise.

VAST’s Disaggregated, Shared-Everything (DASE) design enables independent scaling of compute and storage resources within Azure. Combined with built-in Similarity Reduction, the platform aims to minimise storage footprint and reduce cost for large-scale AI infrastructure.

“This collaboration with Microsoft reflects our shared vision for the future of AI infrastructure, where performance, scale, and simplicity converge to enable enterprises to transform their business with agentic AI,” said Jeff Denworth, co-founder at VAST Data.

“Becoming an Azure Partner represents the first milestone in that journey. Customers will be able to unify their data and AI pipelines across environments with the same power, simplicity, and performance they expect from VAST, now with the reach, elasticity, and reliability of Microsoft’s global cloud.”

“VAST’s AI Operating System running on Azure will give Azure customers a high-performance, scalable platform built on the Laos VM Series using Azure Boost that seamlessly extends on-premises AI pipelines into Azure’s GPU-accelerated infrastructure,” said Aung Oo, VP of Azure Storage at Microsoft.

“Many AI model builders in the world leverage VAST for its scalability, breakthrough performance, and AI-native capabilities. This collaboration can help our mutual customers streamline operations, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-insight for AI workloads of every size.”