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.
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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.
Offline AI Interview Coach with Foundry Local
Guide to building a fully offline AI interview coach using Foundry Local, RAG with TF-IDF and … Offline AI Interview Coach with Foundry LocalRead more
Live in Foundry today: MAI-Image-2-Efficient, 40% faster …
The LinkedIn sign-up UI collects email, password, and names, offers photo upload, and prompts agreement to … Live in Foundry today: MAI-Image-2-Efficient, 40% faster …Read more
Live in Foundry: MAI-Image-2-Efficient, 40% faster render…
MAI-Image-2-Efficient offers flagship image quality with 22% faster renders, 4× efficiency, and ~41% lower pricing. Built … Live in Foundry: MAI-Image-2-Efficient, 40% faster render…Read more
Foundry IQ adds MCP integration
Foundry IQ integrates with Foundry Agent Service via MCP to build enterprise AI agents that retrieve, … Foundry IQ adds MCP integrationRead more
Microsoft Foundry adds MAI-Transcribe-1 transcription
Microsoft’s Foundry adds MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 to unify transcription, speech synthesis, and imaging for developers. … Microsoft Foundry adds MAI-Transcribe-1 transcriptionRead more
Build a Fully Offline AI App with Foundry Local and CAG
Guide to building a fully offline on-device AI app using Context-Augmented Generation (CAG) with Foundry Local. … Build a Fully Offline AI App with Foundry Local and CAGRead more
Building Your First Local RAG Application with Foundry Local
Guide to building a fully offline, browser-based RAG AI using Foundry Local, Node.js, SQLite, and TF-IDF. … Building Your First Local RAG Application with Foundry LocalRead more
[Offline AI Automation with Foundry Local]
Guide to building offline AI automation using Foundry Local, Microsoft Agent Framework, and PyBullet. It outlines … [Offline AI Automation with Foundry Local]Read more
