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Structured outputs, web search, web fetch, MCP connector, and tool search are now available for Claude models hosted on Azure in Microsoft Foundry, turning a model endpoint into a production agent platform.
Enterprise content is no longer just something people read. AI apps and agents are only as useful as the information they can understand, yet much of the world’s enterprise knowledge is locked in documents, forms, tables, images, audio, and video. The latest Azure Content Understanding updates help developers turn that content into structured, grou...
Enterprise content is no longer just something people consume. As organizations increasingly rely on AI to extract and act on information from documents, images, audio, and video, Azure Content Understanding is expanding support for the GPT-5 series and improving grounding and confidence to deliver greater flexibility, efficiency, and quality. T...
Foundry Local 1.1 adds live transcription, embeddings, Responses API, WebGPU plugin, and download cancellation.
Ship local AI to millions of devices - fast, private on-device inference with no per-token costs.
Across industries, organizations are moving from experimenting with single agents to running AI at the center of their business operations. While single agents excel at focused tasks, customers quickly discover that real enterprise work stretches across multiple steps, involves different roles, and requires strong governance. To operationalize AI i...
Learn about o3-pro, the latest Azure OpenAI reasoning model available in Azure AI Foundry. Get access and start building your applications.
Semantic Kernel is Microsoft’s core framework for enterprise AI orchestration, remaining secure, stable, and rapidly evolving with unified multi-agent support and deep Azure integration, backed by ongoing investment and a clear long-term roadmap.
The Azure AI Foundry SDK, simplifying AI app development with a unified project client and REST API, offers capabilities like model inference, orchestration, and observability, enabling developers to build and manage AI applications efficiently.
Learn about the latest release of Azure AI Foundry, including new models, agent service GA, unified developer tools, and productivity enhancements for building, deploying, and managing AI agents and apps at scale.