Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off its annual Ignite conference with multiple updates to Azure cloud services including additions to its Dev Box developer environment, PostgreSQL support for Cosmos DB, invite-only access to the DALL·E 2 OpenAI image-generating software, expansion of the Azure Hybrid Benefit program, and a cost saving plan for compute.
Microsoft Dev Box, which was first showcased in August and continues to remain in preview, is a service that provides cloud-based, ready-to-code virtual workstations.