Microsoft announced at Build 2026 the general availability of its Agent Harness and Foundry Hosted Agents, a production-ready runtime for AI agents. The company emphasizes that the harness infrastruct…
Microsoft Foundry introduced Tool Search at Build 2026 to address the token cost and accuracy degradation caused by large tool catalogs in AI agents. The feature uses meta-tools to retrieve a small ra…
Microsoft Corp. reported progress on its Windows quality commitments made in March, including taskbar customization, AI integration, reduced update disruption, and faster File Explorer, with improveme…
At Build 2026, Microsoft declared independence from OpenAI, unveiling new AI tools and infrastructure that reduce reliance on the partnership. The move signals a strategic shift for Microsoft, impacti…
Microsoft announced the preview of the Azure Functions serverless agents runtime at Build 2026, enabling developers to deploy AI agents using a markdown-first programming model. The runtime allows age…
Microsoft released Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 3 as a beta preview at Build 2026, introducing paravirtualization to give Linux direct access to GPUs and NPUs without performance overhead. The up…
Microsoft announced at Build 2026 a Unified Model API in Azure API Management that lets clients standardize on a single API format while APIM transforms requests to different backend providers, includ…
Microsoft has begun rolling out its Scout desktop application to Frontier program organizations, offering the first practical deployment of the always-on work agent unveiled at Build 2026. The agent, …
Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0, its first general-purpose Linux server distribution, at Build 2026, alongside Azure Container Linux and a developer-focused Windows 11 with integrated Windows Subs…
Microsoft will host its Build 2026 developer conference on June 2-3 in San Francisco and online, with CEO Satya Nadella delivering the keynote. Unnamed sources told The Verge that the company plans to…
Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at Build 2026, a new Android-based operating system designed to run AI agents instead of traditional apps. The platform, built on an open-source version of Android, u…
Microsoft launched Command Line, a new blog focused on how the company builds and operates AI systems, coinciding with Build 2026 in San Francisco. The blog introduces 10 new rules for software develo…
Microsoft at Build 2026 announced the general availability of MDASH, its multi-model agentic security system, now integrated into a full enterprise security control plane connecting Defender, GitHub C…
Microsoft announced MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning AI model, at Build 2026 as part of a suite of seven new in-house models. The medium-sized model matches leading competitors on key soft…
Microsoft announced Project Solara, a platform for AI agents, at Build 2026, demonstrating it on a smart display and a smart key badge reference device. The platform, built on a fork of Android, is de…
Microsoft announced Project Solara, a new operating system built on Android for AI agent-powered gadgets, at Build 2026. The company demonstrated two concept devices—a desk terminal and a wearable bad…
Microsoft is expected to unveil a unified Copilot Super App at Build 2026, according to exclusive new screenshots. The app will include a coding tab integrated with GitHub Copilot, a Cowork tab, and S…
Microsoft will preview three new AI models at its Build conference on June 2 in San Francisco, including MAI-Transcribe-1.5, MAI-Image-2.5, and MAI-Voice-2, none of which are publicly available yet. T…
Microsoft will release a new AI coding model next week, aligning with its Build 2026 developer conference scheduled for June 2-3. The announcement follows the company's aggressive iteration on develop…