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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides a powerful, standardized way for LLMs to interact with external tools. But as soon as you move from a local demo to a real-world…

As product roadmaps accelerate to meet new business needs, developer teams are struggling to maintain productivity, some even reporting that they need to use six or more tools to do…

Are you ready to take your Azure development workflow to the next level? In this post, we’ll walk through how to use GitHub Copilot in Agent Mode—paired with MCP (Model…

Join us for an Ask Me Anything with the Foundry Local team on September 29th, 2025! Discover how Foundry Local is redefining edge AI with powerful features like on-device inference,…

Like many of you I have been on a journey to build AI systems where multiple agents (AI models with tools and autonomy) collaborate to solve complex tasks. In this…

Are you ready to take your learning from “just reading” to “actively doing”? We are launching a series of interactive events designed to help you bridge the gap between theory…

We’re excited to announce a major resiliency enhancement for Azure Container Registry (ACR): Zone redundancy is now enabled by default for all ACR SKUs in regions that support Availability Zones. This means…

When we think about human intelligence, memory is one of the first things that comes to mind. It’s what enables us to learn from our experiences, adapt to new situations,…

If you've been itching to go beyond basic Python scripts and dive into the world of AI-powered applications, this is your moment. Join Pamela Fox and Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza Gwthrilled to…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

Let's think about a situation for using MCP servers. Most MCP servers run on a local machine – either directly or in a container. But with other integration scenarios like…

When we develop user-facing applications that are powered by LLMs, we're taking on a big risk that the LLM may produce output that is unsafe in some way - like…

OpenAI released the GPT-5 model family last week, with an emphasis on accurate tool calling and reduced hallucinations. For those of us working on RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), it's particularly exciting…

The GitHub Copilot App Modernization – Upgrade for Java is an AI-powered solution designed to streamline the modernization of legacy Java applications. This tool is available as a Visual Studio…

AI Toolkit v0.18.3 is here—and it’s a major milestone. This release introduces full support for: The latest GPT-5 family of models OpenAI’s open-source models (GPT OSS) via Azure AI Foundry…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

Introduction In this article, we will see how to monitor Azure Container Registry (ACR) tokens with their expiration dates. We will demonstrate how to do this using the Azure REST API: Registries -…

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is transforming how AI systems interact with real-world applications. From intelligent assistants to real-time streaming, MCP is already being adopted by leading companies—and now is your chance…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

Introduction Modern systems must be modular and interoperable by design. Integration is no longer a feature, it’s a requirement. Developers are expected to build architectures that connect easily with third-party…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

What Will We Cover? In this interactive AMA, you'll learn how to: Expose Azure API Management instances as MCP servers, enabling remote access to your APIs using AI combined with…

In many use cases, using remote MCP servers is not uncommon. In particular, if you're using Azure API Management (APIM), Azure API Center (APIC) or Copilot Studio in Power Platform,…

🎥 Non perderti il prossimo evento “Let’s Learn – MCP” su Microsoft Reactor! Hai mai sentito parlare del Model Context Protocol (MCP)? È il nuovo standard per collegare agenti AI a…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

AI is evolving fast—but building real, useful AI applications still requires more than just a smart model. That’s where the Model Context Protocol (MCP) comes in. MCP is an open…

In the JS AI Build-a-thon, quest 9 was all about shipping faster, smarter, and more confidently. This quest challenged developers to skip the boilerplate and focus on what really matters,…

We’re back with the July update for the AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code! This month marks a major release—version 0.16.0—bringing features we teased in the June prerelease into full availability,…

Many of us do the vibe coding these days, and GitHub Copilot (GHCP) takes the key role of the vibe coding. You might simply enter prompts to GHCP like "Build…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

Introduction Ready to explore the fascinating world of Generative AI using your JavaScript skills? This week’s featured repository, Generative AI for Beginners with JavaScript, is your launchpad into the future…

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly become the industry standard for connecting AI agents to a wide range of external tools and services in a consistent way. In a…

Welcome back to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a real question from the community with simple, practical…

After weeks of building, testing, and learning — we’re officially wrapping up the first-ever JS AI Build-a-thon 🎉. This wasn't your average coding challenge. This was a hands-on journey where…

Building robust, scalable AI apps is tough, especially when you want to move fast, follow best practices, and avoid being bogged down by endless setup and configuration. In this quest,…

新しい DevOps 時代の扉を開く   GitHub Copilot for Azure は、2024 年 11 月の Microsoft Ignite カンファレンスで public preview として公開されました。これにより、開発者、IT 運用者、DevOps 実践者たちは、自分たちの Azure 環境にて、自然言語でリソースをプロビジョニング・構成・管理できるようになりました。   それ以来、多くの方々が AI を活用した開発アシスタントとして GitHub Copilot for Azure…

Ever wished your code reviews could be faster, more consistent, and maybe even… automated? In this quest, you’ll build a smart code review system powered by AI, designed to catch…

Welcome to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a question inspired by real conversations in the AI developer…

The JS AI Build-a-thon is in full swing — and we’re turning up the power in Quest 7!If you're just joining us, this is part of an ongoing challenge to…

The Age of Prompt-Driven Development A significant shift is underway in the way we develop software. AI agents and prompt-based tools are shaping modern development. As a developer, you don’t…

Welcome to Quest 6 of the JS AI Build-a-thon — your fast track to building AI-powered apps with JavaScript and TypeScript. This isn’t just a coding challenge — it’s a…

In this quest, you’ll explore how to build GenAI apps using a modern JavaScript AI framework, LangChain.js. LangChain.js helps you orchestrate prompts, manage memory, and build multi-step AI workflows all…

So why Microsoft Learn? Well, it's a treasure trove of knowledge for developers and IT pros. Secondly, because it has search page with many filters, it lends itself well to…

Welcome to Agent Support—a developer advice column for those head-scratching moments when you’re building an AI agent! Each post answers a question inspired by real conversations in the AI developer…

In this quest, you'll teach your AI app to talk to external data using the Retreival Augmented Generation (RAG) technique. You'll overcome the limitations of pre-trained language models by allowing…

Prompty is a powerful tool for managing prompts in AI applications. Not only does it allow you to easily test your prompts during development, but it also provides observability, understandability…

In this quest, you’ll give your Gen AI prototype a polished chat interface using Vite and Lit. Along the way, you’ll also manage application infrastructure with Bicep and Azure Developer…

In this quest, you’ll take your locally running Gen AI app and deploy it to the cloud using Azure. You’ll use the move from GitHub Models to Azure AI Foundry…

Part of the JS AI Build-a-thon, this quest is where the rubber meets the road. Whether you're here to explore the raw power of local models or just curious what Generative…

  TLDR; We’re proud to announce 3 new workshops that will help you add some great Generative AI Features to Azure API Management.  https://azure-samples.github.io/AI-Gateway/ Problems with Gen AI in production  So, what’s really the problem of…