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Build and run agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry at Build 2026
Learn how Microsoft Foundry helps developers build, deploy, and operate production-ready agents with Agent Framework, Toolboxes, hosted agents, Microsoft 365 di...
Foundry IQ: Build smarter agents faster with unified knowledge and serverless retrieval
Learn how Foundry IQ helps developers ground agents with unified enterprise knowledge, serverless retrieval, improved agentic retrieval quality, and production-...
What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | Build Edition
Microsoft Build 2026 brings a major set of Microsoft Foundry updates for developers building agents: hosted runtimes, Toolboxes, memory, Voice Live, Foundry IQ,...
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Introducing GPT-4o Audio Models in Microsoft Foundry: A Practical Guide for Developers
How to get started with Azure OpenAI's next-generation GPT-4o audio models for transcription and text-to-speech applications.
Announcing Azure Language in Foundry Tools for deterministic, privacy-first agents
In today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape, developers are seeking reliable, secure, and predictable language capabilities to power the next generation of enterprise-grade agents. As agentic architecture becomes central to modern applications, teams need tools that deliver stronger privacy guarantees, deterministic behavior, and seamless integration across their AI stack. As part of the broader transition from Azure AI Services into unified Microsoft Foundry Tools, we’re excited to introduce the rebranded Azure Language in Foundry Tools with new enhancements purpose-built for agent development. Today’s release b...
Session Guide to Microsoft Foundry @ Microsoft Ignite: Must-See Developer Sessions
Microsoft Ignite 2025 is the ultimate opportunity for developers to dive deep into what’s new with Azure AI Foundry. We curated the top sessions designed for hands-on learning, practical demos, and expert insights. Whether you’re building AI apps, orchestrating multi-agent systems, or interested in exploring new developer tools, this guide will help you plan your event schedule whether you are attending in person or joining virtually! Don’t miss this Innovation Session Build and Manage AI Apps with Your Agent Factory | BRK1706 Step into the era of agentic AI with an open, modular platform for building and ma...
A Developer’s Guide to Fine-Tuning GPT-4o for Image Classification on Azure AI Foundry
Whether you’re a machine learning practitioner, app developer, or just curious about the latest in AI, this guide shows how you can quickly boost image classification accuracy using cutting-edge Vision-Language Models (VLM) on Azure—no deep learning expertise required. In this walkthrough, you’ll see how to fine-tune GPT-4o on Azure OpenAI for image classification using the Stanford Dogs dataset. Illustrations of some of dogs' breeds images presented on the dataset. We’ll use the Vision Fine-Tuning API and compare the results to a lightweight CNN baseline, so you can see the impact of modern Vision-Languag...
The Developer’s Guide to Smarter Fine-tuning: Unlock custom AI for every business challenge
Azure AI Foundry makes fine-tuning smarter, faster, and more accessible than ever. Whether you’re building agents that reason, tools that adapt, or workflows that scale, this is your launchpad for customizing models to solve real business challenges. Dive in to discover best practices, hands-on resources, and the latest innovations so you can build, test, and deploy specialized AI with confidence. What is Fine-tuning? Fine-tuning refers to customizing a pre-trained LLM with additional training on a specific task or new dataset for enhanced performance, new skills, or improved accuracy. So instead of building ...
What’s new in Azure AI Foundry | September 2025
GPT‑5‑Codex GA, Sora video‑to‑video preview, Grok 4 Fast, Browser Automation & Key Vault previews, new Search knowledge sources, Voice Live GA.
Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: The Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI Apps
Why agents need a new foundation Over the last year, developers have been experimenting with AI agents in every imaginable form. Agents are not just chatbots or copilots — they are autonomous software components that can reason about goals, call tools and APIs, collaborate with other agents, and adapt dynamically. Whether it’s a retrieval agent for research, a coding agent embedded in a dev workflow, or a compliance agent ensuring policy enforcement, agents are becoming the next layer of application logic. Yet despite the excitement, the path from prototype to production has been fraught with obstacles. Many ...
Foundry Local Meets More Silicon
Foundry Local is a high-performance local AI runtime stack that brings Azure AI Foundry’s power to client devices. Foundry Local lets you build and ship cross-platform AI apps that run models with acceleration on a wide range of hardware. The Evolution of AI Acceleration On-device AI has progressed rapidly. Early workloads ran on CPUs, but performance and power limits made real-time inference difficult. GPUs improved things with parallelism, faster inference. The latest breakthrough is NPUs (Neural Processing Units), designed specifically for neural networks. NPUs deliver far greater efficiency and throughput...
AI-Assisted Development powered by Local Models
Developers have long struggled with concerns about data privacy, restrictive cloud dependencies, and limited control over their AI tools—especially when working on sensitive projects or within regulated industries. Now, with the excitement surrounding local models, you can harness AI directly on your device, ensuring your data stays private and your workflow remains fully customizable. The big breakthrough: Foundry Local empowers you to use local AI models seamlessly with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, giving you privacy, flexibility, and offline capabilities without compromise. Foundry Local is a cutti...