Azure Quantum Preview
The most innovative quantum computing and optimization solutions converge in a single marketplace quantum service
Experience quantum impact—today
When developing on Azure Quantum, you accelerate your development lifecycle by building your quantum solution once and running it on multiple systems with little to no change.
As a decision maker, Azure Quantum is your best path to leverage the latest Optimization technologies from Microsoft and our Partners, as you seek long term cost-saving solutions.
As a Researcher, Student or quantum enthusiast, you will broaden your learnings through the access to the most diverse set of quantum technologies.
An open ecosystem, enabling you to access diverse quantum software, hardware, and solutions from Microsoft and our partners
A trusted, scalable, and secure platform that will continue to adapt to our rapidly evolving quantum future
Quantum impact today, with pre-built solutions that run on classical and accelerated compute resources (also referred to as optimization solutions)
Unified development interface
With Azure Quantum and its quantum development kit, what could be a heterogenous hardware and software set of solutions is unified. Your development investments are protected in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.
Microsoft and its Partners ensure hardware and software innovations are brought to you with minimal to no change to your code base.
Explore quantum cloud solutions available on Azure Quantum
Azure Quantum assembles and curates some of the most compelling and diverse quantum resources available today from industry leaders—including optimization and quantum hardware solutions—for developers and customers across all industries.
Azure Quantum enables you to learn, build, and deploy impactful solutions at scale, helping you harness quantum computing and benefit from the latest innovations.
Honeywell quantum solutions
Trapped-ion system with high-fidelity, fully connected qubits, and the ability to perform mid-circuit measurement.
IONQ Trapped-ion quantum computer
Dynamically reconfigurable system for up to 11 fully connected qubits that lets you run a two-qubit gate between any pair.
Quantum Circuits, Inc.
Fast and high-fidelity system with powerful real-time feedback to enable error correction.
Microsoft QIO
Ground-breaking optimization algorithms inspired by decades of quantum research.
Toshiba SBM
Toshiba Simulated Bifurcation Machine is a GPU-powered ISING machine that solves large-scale combinatorial optimization problems at high speed.
See how others are using Azure Quantum
Scott Genin, Head of Materials Discovery, OTI Lumionics"In the field of computational chemistry, high accuracy property prediction is considered to be very difficult... Running our quantum computing methods with Azure Quantum optimization solutions, we are getting results that are more accurate than other algorithms."
Mark Griswold, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Case Western Reserve University"Microsoft is providing optimized quantum inspired algorithms to really solve our hard problems, using them to make MRI faster, cheaper, and more efficient."
Thomas Fransler, Chief Technology and Data Officer, Trimble"Azure Quantum is...not only building quantum inspired algorithms, but working to provide a pathway for companies like Trimble to engage in fully enabled quantum optimization."
Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Systems Software and Applications Team Lead, PNNL"Microsoft's quantum development kit definitely makes it much easier to go from the chemistry product specification to the output that we care about."
John Haley, CEO, Willis Towers Watson"By focusing on how we would model the problems on quantum computers… we are able to work with Microsoft to redefine the problems and speed up our solutions on existing hardware."
Patrick Ellis, Manager, Ford Research"Ford brings the expertise from the problem areas and where the value really is for us, and Microsoft brings the Quantum expertise and the team together to help formulate a solution."
Frequently asked questions about Azure Quantum
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Detailed Azure Quantum pricing information can be found on our Azure pricing page.
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If you're already an Azure customer, log in to the Azure portal and search for quantum workspaces.
If you don't have an Azure account, get started free.
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Quantum computing harnesses quantum mechanics to enable computation. Optimization is a class of computing problems that are primary candidates for running on quantum computers in the future, providing a quantum advantage over classical solutions. We can already accelerate optimization problems using Azure Quantum solvers that run on classical hardware in Azure today faster than many other classical optimization techniques. Learn more.
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To learn more about Azure Quantum, read our documentation.
You can also visit our learning page to receive a customized recommendation of useful quantum learning materials based on your interests, background, and goals.
For additional information on getting started you can watch the Azure Quantum Developer Workshop series on demand for free.
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A quantum computer isn't a supercomputer that can do everything faster, but there are a few areas where quantum computers do exceptionally well. Read our whitepapers below to learn more:
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Apply to join the Microsoft Quantum Network. If your application is accepted, you'll have the opportunity to engage with Microsoft to jointly develop solutions that benefit your organization and the quantum computing industry.