**Overview**

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

Azure Research – Systems (https://aka.ms/azrs) is a research group that brings forward-looking systems research directly into the core of Azure. The group originated from the Systems Research Group at Microsoft Research for a closer integration with Azure.

Our group’s research is focused on designing and building next-generation cloud and AI systems, and to bring about non-linear improvements on the cost efficiency, reliability, and usability of Microsoft’s online services and datacenters. We work closely with the company’s product groups to (1) propose and lead joint projects...