Microsoft Foundry Expands AI Agent Capabilities with New Models, Voice, and Resilient Workflows
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Microsoft Foundry now offers expanded choices for frontier AI models, introduces native voice agent capabilities, and enables resilient long-running agent tasks. These enhancements allow businesses to quickly adopt evolving AI models, build more natural conversational interfaces, and handle complex, multi-stage enterprise workflows. The updates primarily affect developers and enterprises building and operating AI agents on Microsoft Foundry. GPT-6 and Claude Opus 5.5 are now available; voice agents and resilient hosted agents are in public preview, while some toolbox features are generally available.
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- Build voice experiences and support long-running work on the same agent foundation
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https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ship-agents-faster-with-expanded-model-choice-voice-agents-and-continuous-optimization/
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