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Azure AI Foundry MCP Server May 2025 Update: Adding Models, Knowledge & Evaluation
Major expansion of Azure AI Foundry MCP Server with new Models, Knowledge Management, and Evaluation capabilities joining the existing Agent Services, enabling developers to interact with Azure AI through natural language.
Introducing New Tools and Features in the Responses API in Azure AI Foundry
With the introduction of the Responses API, Microsoft is enabling a new standard for AI development within the Azure ecosystem. Originally launched by OpenAI and now natively supported in Azure AI Foundry, the Responses API combines the simplicity of the Chat Completions API with the advanced tool-calling capabilities of the Assistants API. It offers a streamlined way to build powerful agentic experiences by allowing developers to structure prompts, invoke tools, and manage outputs—all within a single API call. Today, we’re excited to roll out powerful new capabilities in the Responses API in Azure OpenAI, ena...
Foundry Local: A New Era of Edge AI
At Microsoft Build 2025, Microsoft unveiled its groundbreaking Foundry Local solution for edge devices—an efficient platform specifically designed for local AI inference. As a critical component of Microsoft's AI strategy, Foundry Local empowers developers to smoothly deploy and run Small Language Models (SLMs) on resource-constrained edge devices, opening new possibilities for the convergence of edge computing and artificial intelligence. Core Architecture and Technical Advantages Technical Foundation: The ONNX Ecosystem Foundry Local is built on ONNX (Open Neural Network Exchange)—a mature, open standa...
Unlock Instant On-Device AI with Foundry Local
You’re building a next generation AI-powered app. It needs to be fast, private, and work anywhere, even without internet connectivity. This isn’t just about prototyping. You’re shipping a real app to real users, with AI that delivers value and scales cost-effectively. Meet Foundry Local—the high-performance local AI runtime stack that brings Azure AI Foundry’s power to client devices. Now in preview on Windows and macOS, Foundry Local lets you build and ship cross-platform AI apps that run models, tools, and agents directly on-device. It is included in Windows AI Foundry, delivering best in class AI capabiliti...
How Azure AI Foundry and Partners Simplify Governance Without Slowing Developers Down
Read more about how Azure AI Foundry integrates with governance platforms like Saidot, Credo AI, and Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager to streamline AI governance. By embedding evaluation tools directly into development workflows, Azure AI Foundry helps users with governance requirements without compromising developer velocity, .
Coding the Future of AI with Azure AI Foundry API and SDK
The Azure AI Foundry SDK, simplifying AI app development with a unified project client and REST API, offers capabilities like model inference, orchestration, and observability, enabling developers to build and manage AI applications efficiently.
Announcing Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini on Azure AI Foundry
Read more about the launch of Grok 3 on Azure AI Foundry Models. Combining xAI's model with Azure's robust platform, Grok 3 offers powerful capabilities for building intelligent assistants, processing large documents, and exploring new AI frontiers. Head over to Azure AI Foundry and give Grok 3 a try.
Achieve End-to-End Observability in Azure AI Foundry
Announcing public preview of Azure AI Foundry Observability, a unified solution for governance, evaluation, tracing, and monitoring in AI development. This innovative tool empowers teams to confidently ship production-grade AI by providing continuous visibility across the entire AI application lifecycle, from model selection to real-time debugging.
Microsoft and Hugging Face expand collaboration to accelerate Open-Source AI Innovation on Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft and Hugging Face announce an expanded collaboration that puts over ten thousand Hugging Face models at the fingertips of Azure developers.