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September (8)

ai: Why content extraction still matters in the GenAI era

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-29

The post argues that as AI models improve, reliable content extraction becomes more important for trustworthy downstream use. It also contrasts Azure Content Understanding and Azure Document Intelligence, and previews what is next.

ai: Control where your hosted agent connects with network egress in Foundry Agent Service

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-24

Microsoft Foundry Agent Service now supports outbound network egress controls for hosted agents. You can define and attach an outbound policy, then monitor allowed and denied calls in Audit or Enforced mode.

ai: From Chatbots to Automated Agents: Routines in Microsoft Foundry Are Now Generally Available

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-24

Microsoft Foundry’s Routines feature is now generally available, adding event-driven and scheduled automation so agents can monitor work, react to business events, and continue tasks over time instead of only responding in chat.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Enable and disable controls for Microsoft Foundry agents in Agent 365

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Microsoft Foundry agents can now be enabled or disabled from the Agent 365 governance surface in Microsoft Admin Center, and the feature is generally available. Administrators can control whether a Foundry agent is available for use across the tenant.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Network egress controls for hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Microsoft Foundry public preview now supports network egress controls for hosted agents. Customers can define ordered outbound rules by destination host, including wildcard FQDNs like *.contoso.com, with allow or deny actions.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Publishing Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams

Azure Updates

2026-09-18

Publishing Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams is now generally available. This gives Foundry developers a native path to make agents operational in the Microsoft 365 surfaces where users work.

ai: Introducing Foundry Dev Pack: One Command to Start Building

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-15

Microsoft announced Foundry Dev Pack, an all-in-one installer that prepares a machine for Microsoft Foundry development. It installs the tools needed for use in the terminal, VS Code, and coding agents.

ai: What’s new in Microsoft Foundry: July and August 2026

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-09-09

Microsoft Foundry’s July and August 2026 update adds stable Hosted Agent and Toolbox SDK paths, Claude tools support on Azure-hosted deployments, and Model Router updates. It also notes local inference improvements and SDK migration items to review before upgrading.

August (2)

ai: From single call to agents: five new Claude capabilities now available in Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-08-17

Microsoft Foundry now supports five new Claude capabilities on Azure-hosted models: structured outputs, web search, web fetch, MCP connector, and tool search. The update positions a model endpoint for agent-style workflows rather than single-call usage.

ai: Azure Content Understanding GPT-5 Series Guide: Model Selection, Grounding Improvements, and Confidence Enhancements

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-08-12

Azure Content Understanding is adding support for the GPT-5 series and updating grounding and confidence features. The change is intended to improve model selection flexibility, efficiency, and extraction quality across document, image, audio, and video content.

July (2)

ai: Building Agents that Act on Your Behalf with Toolboxes in Foundry

Microsoft AI Foundry Blog

2026-07-22

Toolboxes in Microsoft Foundry are presented as a way to let agents act on a user’s behalf while handling delegated identity across tools and services. The post highlights using a private Entra-protected MCP server alongside Microsoft’s managed Work IQ MCP server in the same agent flow.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Protect sensitive generative AI telemetry in Application Insights and Microsoft Foundry

Azure Updates

2026-07-20

Application Insights now stores generative AI content in a dedicated GenAIContent table (AppGenAIContent in Log Analytics), enabling access controls for sensitive AI telemetry. The update is in public preview.