# Microsoft — Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure

- Company: Microsoft (microsoft.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-16T16:00:00+00:00
- Category: funding-company-news
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/13756-microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for
- Subject: Azure AI

Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure for the fourth consecutive year, positioned highest for Ability to Execute. The recognition highlights Microsoft's unified approach to distributed infrastructure via Azure Local and Azure Arc, enabling consistent management across datacenters, edge, multi-cloud, and sovereign environments.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure/:

> We’re proud to share that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure for the fourth consecutive year. Microsoft is positioned highest for Ability to Execute.

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