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ai: What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | May 2026

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-05-31

May 2026 Microsoft Foundry updates include trace-based evaluation for any agent on any cloud, new catalog models (Grok 4.3 and DeepSeek V4), GPT-5 Reinforcement Fine-Tuning at gated GA, and several platform and SDK additions. The post also notes GA for Managed VNET and Content Understanding improvements, plus Foundry Local updates and a new azure-ai-projects release.

security: Malicious npm packages abuse dependency confusion to profile developer environments

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-05-30

Microsoft reports a dependency confusion campaign using 33 malicious npm packages to collect reconnaissance data from developer and build environments. The post outlines the attack chain, attacker tradecraft, and detection opportunities for identifying related activity.

github: Copilot usage metrics API adds cohorts for AI adoption

GitHub

2026-05-29

GitHub’s Copilot usage metrics API now classifies engaged users into AI adoption cohorts, giving teams a more detailed view of how Copilot is being used. The change is intended to help measure adoption beyond simple activity counts.

security: Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-05-29

Microsoft says it was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection. The post provides no product changes, feature updates, or technical release details.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Site Recovery Support for Performance Plus Managed Disks

Azure Updates

2026-05-29

Azure Site Recovery now supports replication of virtual machines that use Performance Plus-enabled managed disks. The preview applies to Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD managed disks with Performance Plus capability.