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Microsoft和Lumen 为企业AI网络进行联合销售
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Microsoft和Lumen Technologies 宣布是2026年11月2日扩大的共售合作，重点是连接企业AI工作量所使用的数据，应用程序和基础设施，并通过Azure和Microsoft Marketplace拓宽对Lumen的联网能力。
Microsoft和Lumen 称企业AI举措往往依赖于分布在公共云层，私人数据中心，办公室和伙伴环境的数据和应用，而连接网络仍然可以零散而复杂。 合作的目的是使网络转型与Azure的更早现代化保持一致，将连通性，安全性，数据移动和AI基础设施决策纳入一个企业架构。 卢门打算将全套云联网和应用连通能力带到Azure，扩大客户如何通过Microsoft的云和AI生态系统获取和部署这些能力。
共同销售和市场准入
通过扩大共同销售努力，公司计划围绕网络现代化、Azure迁移和AI转型交汇的企业机会扩大联合账户规划。 他们还计划寻找机会，以便随着时间的推移，在Azure和Microsoft市场中进一步增加Lumen的能力。 所述企业的优先事项包括：为基于Azure的人工智能举措连接网站、数据中心和云；在混合和多云环境中适用一致的政策和可见度；连接新的云、伙伴和应用，而不将每项添加作为单独的联网项目。
Alkira是一个Lumen Connect解决方案，已经通过Microsoft Marketplace提供，作为云内网络的既定购买选项。 供应商提供的Alkira Cloud Services Exchange列表描述了一个连接用户，站点和云的云网络即时服务产品，其设计canvas用于绘图网络，单击部署，综合网络和安全服务，业务能见度，高级控制和治理。
Katy Brown,Microsoft公司主管美洲市场和工业的副总裁称合作的目的是在连接现有环境与Azure时保持客户选择，同时与Azure云和AI优先级协调更广泛的网络转换，并利用Azure的本土网络和安全能力。
Azure 一体化和Agent治理
卢门与阿尔基拉将网络基础设施和管弦结合在一个单一的门户中，以连接、保障和管理跨越混合环境和多云环境的网络。 Azure提供用于基础设施现代化，应用程序建设和AI工作量规模的云和AI服务。 客户可以使用Azure-内设网络能力，包括Azure虚拟WAN，同时根据业务要求使用路门连接和云内联网。
Microsoft和Lumen还计划探索AI-ready互联互通如何与Microsoft的agent治理和安全能力配合agent运行的业务流程。 计划的工作包括一个覆盖网络、云基础设施、数据、身份、应用和AI agents的安全、管理基础。
扩大的努力以现有的关系为基础，鲁门的私人连接Fabric支持Microsoft数据中心连接，Azure支持鲁门的工作量现代化。 扩大的合作将这一经验应用于企业云联网和AI基础设施规划，并计划在整个Azure、AI-即期连接和治理代理工作量方面开展更深入的联合工作。 随着联合上市计划的进展，这些公司将提供更多的细节。
既定的购买方案是Alkira通过Microsoft Marketplace，而Azure和agent-治理工作上完整的Lumen套房仍然是扩大合作的计划要素。
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Microsoft and Lumen Expand Co-Selling for Enterprise AI Networks
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Microsoft and Lumen Technologies announced an expanded co-selling collaboration on November 2, 2026, focused on connecting the data, applications and infrastructure used for enterprise AI workloads and broadening access to Lumen networking capabilities through Azure and Microsoft Marketplace.
Microsoft and Lumen said enterprise AI initiatives often rely on data and applications distributed across public clouds, private data centers, offices and partner environments, while the connecting networks can remain fragmented and complex. The collaboration is intended to align network transformation with Azure modernization earlier, bringing connectivity, security, data movement and AI infrastructure decisions into one enterprise architecture. Lumen intends to bring its full suite of cloud networking and application connectivity capabilities to Azure, expanding how customers can access and deploy those capabilities through Microsoft’s cloud and AI ecosystem.
Co-Selling and Marketplace Access
Through the expanded co-sell effort, the companies plan to extend joint account planning around enterprise opportunities where network modernization, Azure migration and AI transformation converge. They also plan to identify opportunities to add further Lumen capabilities to Azure and Microsoft Marketplace over time. The stated enterprise priorities include linking sites, data centers and clouds for Azure-based AI initiatives; applying consistent policies and visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments; and connecting new clouds, partners and applications without treating each addition as a separate networking project.
Alkira, a Lumen Connect solution, is already available through Microsoft Marketplace as an established purchasing option for cloud-native networking. The vendor-provided Alkira Cloud Services Exchange listing describes a cloud-network-as-a-service product for connecting users, sites and clouds, with a design canvas for drawing networks, single-click deployment, integrated network and security services, operational visibility, advanced controls and governance.
Katy Brown, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Americas Markets and Industries, said the collaboration is designed to preserve customer choice when connecting existing environments to Azure, while coordinating broader network transformation with Azure cloud and AI priorities and using Azure’s native networking and security capabilities.
Azure Integration and Agent Governance
Lumen with Alkira combines network infrastructure and orchestration in a single portal for connecting, securing and managing networks across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Azure supplies the cloud and AI services used to modernize infrastructure, build applications and scale AI workloads. Customers can use Azure-native networking capabilities, including Azure Virtual WAN, alongside Lumen connectivity and cloud-native networking according to their business requirements.
Microsoft and Lumen also plan to explore how AI-ready connectivity can work with Microsoft’s agent governance and security capabilities for agent-operated business processes. The planned work covers a secure, governed foundation spanning networks, cloud infrastructure, data, identities, applications and AI agents.
The expanded effort builds on an existing relationship in which Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric supports Microsoft data center connectivity and Azure supports Lumen’s workload modernization. The expanded collaboration applies that experience to enterprise cloud networking and AI infrastructure planning, with deeper joint work planned across Azure, AI-ready connectivity and governed agentic workloads. The companies will provide additional details as their joint go-to-market plans progress.
The established purchasing option is Alkira through Microsoft Marketplace, while the full Lumen suite on Azure and the agent-governance work remain planned elements of the expanded collaboration.
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