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Licensing Reference Licensing reference materials are continuously updated, highly-detailed entries covering Microsoft licensing terms, procedures, practices and timelines. View More

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Foundry Roadmap Posts

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Foundry Models Foundry Models is Microsoft’s service for accessing and managing AI models from Microsoft and other... more

Azure OpenAI Service Azure OpenAI service enables developers to use large language models (LLMs) developed by OpenAI (a... more

Foundry Tools Foundry Tools, part of the Microsoft Foundry portfolio, provides prefabricated capabilities for agents, minimizing custom... more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

Azure AI Search Azure AI Search (AI Search) is Microsoft’s enterprise retrieval service for enterprise search and AI-driven... more

Foundry Agent Service Microsoft Foundry Agent Service provides a managed control plane for building, deploying, and operating AI... more

Microsoft Foundry Microsoft Foundry is an Azure platform service, consolidating agents, models, and tools with enterprise capabilities... more

Foundry Analyst Reports

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Enterprise Agents at Scale: Control Improves, Costs Follow June 26, 2026 Enterprise AI agents represent an operating model shift, with implications for governance, costs, and accountability....more Foundry IQ: Know Your Risks May 21, 2026 Foundry IQ addresses the challenge of harnessing fragmented, inconsistent, and ungoverned enterprise data so that...more Understanding Microsoft Agent Technology: Start Here May 10, 2026 Customers must understand what agents are, their benefits, costs, risks, development options, and other aspects....more Foundry Gets New Name, Anthropic Models January 12, 2026 Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft’s Web-based tool for professional developers building AI-powered applications and agents, is...more Azure AI Search Focuses on Enterprise AI January 20, 2025 Azure AI Search provides a broad, mature set of features that can be used in...more

Podcasts

Three Smart Guys: Too Big to Flail?

June 11, 2026

· Season - 1 · Episode - 5 · Duration - 45m Microsoft’s Evolving AI Strategy: New Clues from Build

June 11, 2026

· Season - 5 · Episode - 10 · Duration - 27m

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