[Launched] Generally Available: Self-serve custom photo avatar creation in Microsoft Foundry

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 3, 2026 | Cloud

Microsoft Foundry brings self-serve custom photo avatar creation to GA in the Foundry NextGen fine-tuning portal. Enterprise customers building voice agents with avatars or producing content with avatar and speech often need a branded avatar instead of a

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Belgium Central

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 3, 2026 | Cloud

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is now generally available in Azure Belgium Central, expanding regional availability for OpenShift deployments across Europe. With the launch of Microsoft’s first Azure region in Belgium, customers can now run fully managed...

[In preview] Public Preview: Agent-to-agent (A2A) support for Prompt agents and Hosted agents in Foundry

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 3, 2026 | Cloud

Microsoft Foundry Agent Service adds agent-to-agent (A2A) communication in public preview for Prompt agents and Hosted agents that use the responses protocol. Agents can call other agents by name through a managed endpoint, with identity, content safety,

[Launched] Public Preview: Conversational PII NextGen Playground in Microsoft Foundry

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 3, 2026 | Cloud

In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers a Conversational PII (ConvPII) NextGen Playground with transcript input and an API Configuration Panel, enabling developers to validate PII detection across multi-speaker dialogue before integrating the API.

[Launched] Public Preview: TextPII NextGen Playground updates in Microsoft Foundry

by Azalio tdshpsk | Jun 3, 2026 | Cloud

In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers an updated TextPII NextGen Playground with a refreshed API Configuration Panel, including preview features introduced at Ignite 2025. This update lets developers test predefined PII categories, redaction mod