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Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Azure platform to build, deploy, and govern AI apps and agents with models and tools.

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Pricing

Billed through Azure consumption (models, Agent Service, and related services); free Azure account and free-tier services may apply separately.

Overview

Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry) is Azure’s factory for AI apps and agents. It unifies models, agents, and tools under one management surface with tracing, monitoring, evaluations, and enterprise RBAC, networking, and policies. Foundry Agent Service builds declarative or hosted agents; the model catalog spans Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others. Foundry IQ, tools, and control plane support retrieval, extensions, and observability.

Key features

  • Foundry Agent Service for prompt and hosted code agents
  • Large multi-provider model catalog
  • Built-in tools, memory, and retrieval (Foundry Toolbox / IQ)
  • Tracing, monitoring, and evaluations
  • Unified RBAC, networking, and policies
  • Portal and SDK workflows
  • Upgrade path from Azure OpenAI resources

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Last updated 2026-09-16