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2026 (1)

March (1)

ai: Foundry Agent Service is GA: private networking, Voice Live, and enterprise-grade evaluations

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-03-16

Foundry Agent Service is now generally available with several new production features, including end-to-end private networking, Voice Live integration, expanded MCP authentication, GA evaluations with continuous monitoring, and hosted agent deployments in six additional Azure regions.

2025 (7)

November (6)

ai: Introducing Multi-Agent Workflows in Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-11-25

Microsoft Foundry introduces Multi-Agent Workflows in the Foundry Agent Service to help organizations move beyond single-purpose agents toward orchestrated, multi-step, role-based AI processes that include stronger governance and operational dependability for enterprise use.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Multi-agent workflows in Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure's Foundry Agent Service now offers multi-agent workflows in public preview, letting developers create orchestrated, modular multi-agent processes via a visual designer or a code-first API. The feature supports context sharing, persistent state, and error recovery to handle complex enterprise scenarios.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure announces a public preview of hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service that let teams move custom-code agents from local experimentation to production more easily. The feature supports agents built with Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, CrewAI, and other open-source frameworks.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Enterprise MCP enhancements in Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft Foundry (Foundry Agent Service) now supports enhanced Enterprise MCP integration in public preview, enabling secure, authenticated connections that let credentials be passed to MCP servers securely to improve flexibility, security, and compliance.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Built-in memory in Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure's Foundry Agent Service introduces built-in long-term memory (Public Preview). Integrated into the Foundry runtime, this persistent memory layer gives developers a scalable, robust foundation so agents can remember, adapt, and act coherently across sessions and workflows.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Bring Your Own AI Gateway to Foundry Agent Service

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Microsoft announced a public preview for a Bring Your Own (BYO) AI Model Gateway feature that lets enterprises connect Foundry-hosted models to the Foundry Agent Service through third-party API gateway solutions. The Agent Service will honor pre- and post-LLM hooks and apply policy-based model controls when routing calls through gateways such as Azure API Management, Mulesoft, and Kong.

September (1)

ai: Announcing Computer Use tool (Preview) in Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2025-09-16

Microsoft announced the Computer Use tool (Preview) for the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service. The preview brings feature parity with the Azure OpenAI Responses API while offering seamless integration into the Foundry agent runtime and enterprise-grade security, allowing developers to build agents that reason and use tools within a secure environment.