AI Moves to Production with Microsoft Foundry
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AI Moves to Production with Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft shipped Foundry IQ serverless retrieval, Fireworks AI model routing in GA, and automated B2C migration tooling — three moves that directly affect how MSPs price agent workloads, govern data access, and execute tenant migrations. If you’re building production AI agents on Azure, the identity layer is now the gatekeeper.

Microsoft Ships MAI-Image-2.5 and Foundry Local — One Goes Cloud, One Stays Local
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Microsoft Ships MAI-Image-2.5 and Foundry Local — One Goes Cloud, One Stays Local

Microsoft dropped two AI releases this week that pull in opposite directions. MAI-Image-2.5 wants cloud scale for commercial image generation. Foundry Local wants your voice data staying on-device with no API calls. If you’re still applying one AI deployment policy across the board, these two announcements together are your signal to stop.