Azure Ai Foundry
The latest Azure Ai Foundry coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AWS Breaks Microsoft's GPT Lock-In: Bedrock Now Offers OpenAI GPT-5.5 and 5.4
Amazon Web Services quietly ended one of the most significant enterprise AI exclusivities on June 1, 2026. That was the day Amazon Bedrock began offering OpenAI's GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, and Codex models...
OZ Digital Joins Anthropic Network, Streamlining Claude Deployments on Azure
OZ Digital, a Boca Raton-based consulting firm specializing in Microsoft cloud solutions, announced on July 7 that it has joined the Anthropic Partner Network. The move gives enterprises a dedicated,...
GitHub Models Shutdown: Windows Teams Have Until July 30 to Migrate
Microsoft will shutter GitHub Models on July 30, 2026, giving developers exactly 29 days from today to migrate their AI workflows. The announcement, made on July 1, 2026, confirmed that the entire...
Claude on Azure: GA on NVIDIA GB300 Brings Governed AI Agents to Windows Enterprise
Anthropic’s Claude models reached general availability in Microsoft Foundry on June 29, 2026, marking a pivotal moment for Windows enterprises that have been waiting for a safety-focused,...
Nadella’s Blunt Warning to CIOs: Without Your Own AI Learning Layer, You’re Just Renting Intelligence
Companies that simply plug into the latest large language model are making a grave mistake, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. In an interview released on Friday, Nadella drew a sharp...
Microsoft Purview now auto-discovers all AI assets across Azure AI Foundry workspaces at the subscription level.
Microsoft has enabled subscription-level governance for AI workloads with the new Purview integration in Azure AI Foundry, the company's end-to-end platform for building, training, and deploying...
NTT DATA’s WinWire Clinches Microsoft Frontier Badge for Scalable, Governed Agentic AI
WinWire, a Santa Clara-based NTT DATA company, has secured the Microsoft Frontier Partner badge within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, marking a significant validation of its ability to...
Grok Lands on Azure AI Foundry as xAI Targets Enterprise Cloud Dominance
Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry is now home to Grok, the AI model family from Elon Musk's xAI, marking a significant expansion of the startup's enterprise footprint into the world's second-largest cloud...
Microsoft Plans Hosted DeepSeek-V4 for Copilot Cowork as It Shifts to Usage-Based AI Pricing
Microsoft is preparing to integrate a hosted version of DeepSeek-V4 into its Copilot Cowork enterprise AI agent, a move that could dramatically reduce costs for businesses while shifting the platform...
Microsoft Launches Copilot Cowork Globally with Pay-As-You-Go, Explores Hosted DeepSeek for Enterprises
Microsoft officially launched Copilot Cowork as a generally available product worldwide on June 16, 2026, introducing a usage-based billing model that could reshape how enterprises adopt AI. The move...
Microsoft Build 2026 Unveils Solara, Scout, and MAI Models as AI Growth Layer
Microsoft’s Build 2026 developer conference, held June 2–3 in San Francisco, served as the launchpad for a sweeping vision of AI-powered business growth centered on autonomous agents,...
Orion and Amrita Launch GenAI Elective on June 4, 2026 Targeting RAG, Agents, and LLM Security
Orion Innovation, a global digital transformation firm, and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a top-ranked private university in India, have unveiled a new co-branded elective in Applied Generative AI....