What's new in Microsoft Foundry?

Welcome! This article highlights key updates for Microsoft Foundry in July 2026.

New articles

• Foundry Agent Service
  • Author azure.yaml for hosted agents
  • Reminder tool for self-scheduling hosted agents
  • What is Microsoft Foundry Canvas?
  • What is Toolbox in Microsoft Foundry?
  • Toolbox authentication in Microsoft Foundry
  • Use a toolbox with a hosted agent in Microsoft Foundry
• Foundry IQ
  • Tutorial: Deploy Private Agentic Retrieval
  • Validate End-to-End Private Agentic Retrieval
• Foundry Models and APIs
  • Use tool search with the Azure OpenAI Responses API
  • Compare hosting options for Claude models in Microsoft Foundry
• Observability
  • Export hosted agent telemetry by using OpenTelemetry
  • Restrict access to sensitive content in Microsoft Foundry traces
• Foundry platform
  • Microsoft Foundry Notification Center overview

Updated articles

• Foundry Agent Service
  • Hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service
  • Quickstart: Deploy your first hosted agent
  • Deploy a hosted agent
  • Types of tools in Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
  • Add managed MCP servers powered by connector namespaces (preview)
  • Connect to an A2A agent endpoint from Foundry Agent Service
  • Enable incoming A2A on a Foundry agent
  • Use web search tool in Foundry Agent Service
• Foundry IQ
  • What is Foundry IQ?
• Foundry Models and APIs
  • Claude models in Microsoft Foundry
  • Deploy and use Claude models in Microsoft Foundry
  • WebSocket Mode for Azure OpenAI Responses API
  • Migration from Preview to GA version of Realtime API
  • Endpoints for Microsoft Foundry Models
• Observability and evaluation
  • Evaluate your AI agents
  • Convert agent traces into evaluation datasets (preview)
• Foundry platform
  • Microsoft Foundry portal general availability overview

For more product information about Microsoft Foundry, see the Microsoft Foundry Blog.