Deep Research Agent (Public Preview):<\/strong> Automate complex, multi-step web research with OpenAI\u2019s o3-deep-research model, now available in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service.\nGPT-image-1 model:<\/strong> Adds input fidelity controls and partial image streaming for advanced image editing and generation.\nAgentOps, Red Teaming, and Tracing:<\/strong> Enhanced agent monitoring, evaluation, and compliance tools.\nPlatform & Security:<\/strong> Pay-as-you-go compute, Prompt Shields GA, Entra Agent ID, and Purview integration for secure, scalable AI.\nSDK & Docs:<\/strong> Updates for Python, .NET, Java, and JavaScript SDKs; new guides for Deep Research and agent development.<\/p>\n Never build alone, join the community!<\/strong> Connect with 25,000+ developers via Discord, GitHub Discussions, and live events. Access open-source courses, code samples, and weekly office hours for AI Agents, MCP, and Generative AI.<\/p>\n Azure AI Foundry Agent Service now offers the Deep Research Agent<\/strong> in a limited public preview. Sign up for preview access<\/a> to Deep Research enabling developers to automate complex, multi-step web research using OpenAI\u2019s advanced agentic research model ( AgentOps<\/strong> brings enhanced tracing, evaluation, and monitoring for agent performance, enabling robust validation and optimization in production environments.<\/p>\n Run the AI Red Teaming Agent<\/strong> in the cloud, with a new UI for reviewing red teaming results directly in Azure AI Foundry projects.<\/p>\n AI Agents, Evals, Projects, and Search<\/strong><\/p>\n AI Agents, Evals, Projects, and Search<\/strong><\/p>\n AI Agents, Evals, Projects, and Search<\/strong><\/p>\n AI Agents, Evals, Projects, and Search<\/strong><\/p>\n Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections are in public preview. Model Router and Model Leaderboard features are now available via SDKs and APIs. All SDKs now support reinforcement fine-tuning for select advanced models. The new Developer Tier eliminates hosting costs for experimentation.<\/p>\n Happy building\u2014and let us know what you ship with #AzureAIFoundry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 2025 brings Deep Research Agent (public preview), GPT-image-1 model enhancements, new developer tools, and platform, security, and SDK updates to Azure AI Foundry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185793,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,27],"tags":[3,12,52,4,2],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-foundry","category-whats-new","tag-ai-development","tag-azure-openai","tag-deep-research","tag-generative-ai","tag-microsoft-foundry"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":" July 2025 brings Deep Research Agent (public preview), GPT-image-1 model enhancements, new developer tools, and platform, security, and SDK updates to Azure AI Foundry.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/foundry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\ud83d\ude80 Join the Azure AI Foundry Developer Community<\/h2>\n
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GPT-image-1<\/strong> model adds two new features (in preview):<\/h3>\n
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input_fidelity<\/code> parameter in the image edits API lets you control how closely the model preserves the style and features of the original image. This is useful for editing photos (e.g., facial features, avatars), maintaining brand identity, and realistic product imagery.<\/li>\nAgents<\/h2>\n
Deep Research Agent (Public Preview)<\/h3>\n
o3-deep-research<\/code>), tightly integrated with Bing Search for authoritative, up-to-date results. Read the full announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\nTools<\/h2>\n
AgentOps: Tracing, Evaluation, and Monitoring<\/h3>\n
AI Red Teaming Agent (Preview)<\/h3>\n
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Python SDK Updates<\/h3>\n
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tool_resources<\/code> parameter for custom tool resource overrides. Changelog<\/a><\/li>\n.NET SDK Updates<\/h3>\n
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AIProjectClient<\/code> now requires a Project endpoint; connection classes consolidated and renamed; deprecated UploadFileRequest<\/code> in favor of UploadFile<\/code> under Datasets; OpenAI chat client now supports authenticated use in projects.<\/li>\nJava SDK Updates<\/h3>\n
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JavaScript\/TypeScript SDK Updates<\/h3>\n
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Fine-tuning & Evaluation Updates<\/h3>\n
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Platform & Service API Enhancements<\/h3>\n
Documentation Updates<\/h3>\n
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