“Like in every platform shift, all software is being rewritten. A new app platform is born. You can think of agents as the new Apps.”
Azure AI Foundry
Model Catalog & Services
- 11K+ models available
- GPT 5.2, Claude 4.5 + regional models (Mistral, Cohere)
- +80% API usage growth
- 80% F500 use Foundry
- 250+ AI tokens
- 1.5K net new customers
Microsoft Fabric
Unified Data Platform
- $2B+ ARR
- 31K+ customers
- +60% YoY growth
- #1 Fastest growing analytics platform
Agent 365
Control Plane
First cross-cloud agent control plane that extends M365 & Azure governance to agents on any cloud.
Partners: Adobe, Databricks, NVIDIA, SAP, ServiceNow, Workday
Agent Building: Copilot Studio
- Low-code agent builder
- 80% of Fortune 500 have active agents
Foundry Knowledge: Context Engineering
- Automated source routing
- Advanced agentic retrieval
- Respects user permissions
What Agents Need to Build, Deploy & Manage
Model Catalog → Tuning Services → Orchestration → Context Eng. → AI Safety → Manage-ability → Observ-ability → Security
“Customers expect to use multiple models based on cost, latency, and performance requirements.”
Real Deployments
- Alaska Airlines: Natural language flight search (Built on Foundry)
- BMW: Speeding up design cycles (Built on Foundry)
- Land O’Lakes: Precision farming for co-op members (Built on Foundry)
- Symphony.AI: CPG industry bottlenecks (Built on Foundry)
The Unified IQ Layer
“For agents to be effective, they need to be grounded in enterprise data” — Fabric + Foundry + M365 Data
The Takeaway
Not just model access — complete agent lifecycle: build, deploy, manage, secure.
This is part of a comprehensive analysis. Read the full analysis on The Business Engineer.
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