Develop Portable Apps with Adaptive Applications
Microsoft's Adaptive Applications pattern decouples AI app requirements from underlying infrastructure environments
“from the applications perspective, I really don't care how that AI capability is brought to me. All I need is this endpoint”
Microsoft presented 'Adaptive Applications', an architecture pattern enabling apps to run unchanged across Azure and on-premises environments managed by Azure Arc, driven by customer needs around data sovereignty, compliance, and connectivity constraints. The pattern introduces 'capability-oriented thinking' where apps declare abstract needs (e.g., AI inference via an endpoint) without coupling to specific providers. Relevant for AI builders navigating regulated or air-gapped deployments, but primarily a cloud infrastructure story rather than a core AI industry signal.