Microsoft Foundry Agents: What’s New and Why It Matters

Formerly known as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Foundry has evolved significantly through multiple iterations of names, SDKs, and capabilities. Today, it introduces a more unified and enterprise-ready approach to building and managing AI solutions in an increasingly agentic world.

In this session, we’ll explore how Microsoft Foundry aligns the different AI development kits that Microsoft used to offer. It introduces a dedicated centralized management portal, enhanced security, integrated RBAC support through Entra ID, and the trusted performance of Azure. We’ll walk through the new Foundry portal and take a deep dive into the newly re-released Agents service, highlighting its expanded feature set and production-ready controls.

Join me to discover how to design secure, scalable, and reliable agent-based solutions using the new Microsoft Foundry platform.