Amazon, Microsoft Collaborate on AWS-Azure Cloud Connectivity

03:41 PM EDT, 08/31/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon (AMZN) is teaming up with Microsoft (MSFT) on a multicloud networking offering that will allow customers to connect Amazon Web Services and Azure, Microsoft said Monday in a blog post. The AWS Interconnect multicloud and Azure Multicloud Interconnect will enable users to establish a private, high-performance connection between the two clouds via a streamlined, cloud-native experience. Azure Multicloud Interconnect is aimed at supporting AI training and inference workloads by providing a high-capacity private connection between the clouds, the tech giant added. Shares of Amazon and Microsoft were down nearly 3% and 1%, respectively, in afternoon trading. Price: 259.17, Change: -7.26, Percent Change: -2.73