GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: Enterprise Reasoning Hits Azure—and Your IDE

GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: Enterprise Reasoning Hits Azure—and Your IDE TL;DR OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 is now generally available in Microsoft Foundry , bringing enterprise-grade reasoning and agentic execution to Azure. Paired with Visual Studio 2026’s AI-native IDE with deep GitHub Copilot...

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Visual Studio 2026 Goes AI-Native: What .NET Developers Need to Know

Visual Studio 2026 Goes AI-Native: What .NET Developers Need to Know TL;DR Microsoft has officially launched Visual Studio 2026 (version 18), marking what they call the first ‘AI‑native’ release of its flagship integrated development environment. GitHub Copilot is now deeply...

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Azure OpenAI v1 API: Stop Chasing Monthly API Versions, Start Building

Azure OpenAI v1 API: Stop Chasing Monthly API Versions, Start Building TL;DR: Azure OpenAI’s new v1 API (available since August 2025) eliminates the need to specify new api-versions each month , letting you focus on shipping instead of dependency management....

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AI Weekly Roundup: Agentic Shift, Model Diversity, and Your 2026 Roadmap

AI Weekly Roundup: Agentic Shift, Model Diversity, and Your 2026 Roadmap TL;DR: Microsoft rebranded Azure AI Foundry to Microsoft Foundry, reflecting a strategic shift to deliver a platform built explicitly for the next generation of AI agents . Azure is...

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Model Diversity on Azure: Why Claude + GPT Access Changes Your AI Stack Decision

Model Diversity on Azure: Why Claude + GPT Access Changes Your AI Stack Decision TL;DR: Microsoft and Anthropic expanded their partnership to provide broader access to Claude for businesses, with customers of Microsoft Foundry able to access Anthropic’s frontier Claude...

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Azure's Multi-Model Strategy: Why Claude in Foundry Changes Your AI Stack

Azure’s Multi-Model Strategy: Why Claude in Foundry Changes Your AI Stack TL;DR Claude Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.1, and Haiku 4.5 are now part of Microsoft Foundry, advancing the mission to give customers choice across the industry’s leading frontier models ....

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