Azure Entra Agent ID: Identity and Permissions for Agentic AI
A deep dive into Microsoft Entra Agent ID, the control plane for AI agent identity in 2026. Covers identity blueprints, attended and unattended authentication, tool-level RBAC, conditional access, OBO flows across multi-agent systems, and the audit logging that satisfies DORA, NIS2, and AI Act obligations.
LLM vs AI Agent vs Agentic AI: Drawing the Lines That Matter
The capability spectrum from stateless LLM to multi-agent orchestration is one of the most conflated concepts in the 2026 AI market. The distinctions matter. They change architecture, they change cost by an order of magnitude, and under the EU AI Act they change compliance posture.
Agentic RAG Patterns That Beat Classic Retrieval
Classic RAG hits a ceiling when questions require multi-hop reasoning or query refinement. Agentic RAG — treating retrieval as a tool, decomposing queries, adding self-correction loops — routinely wins where classic RAG plateaus.
Model Context Protocol in Production: One Year Review
One year after MCP shipped, this is what adoption actually looks like — server ecosystems, integration patterns, security concerns like tool poisoning and prompt injection, and the open questions heading into 2026.
State of Agentic AI End-2025: What Made It to Production
A year-end, hype-free review of where agentic AI actually shipped in 2025, which patterns graduated from pilot to production, and which still need work before they are safe to trust with consequential decisions.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: One AI Solution for Work - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Microsoft 365 Copilot unifies Chat, Search, Agents, Notebooks, and Create into one secure workflow. Discover how Work IQ, AI-enhanced search, autonomous agents, and integrated content creation eliminate context switching and boost productivity.
Foundry IQ: The Knowledge Layer for Agents - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Agents need context. Discover Foundry IQ—the knowledge layer connecting AI agents to enterprise data with multi-source RAG orchestration, retrieval steering, dynamic security controls, and agentic RAG delivering 36% higher accuracy than traditional search.
Microsoft Foundry: The AI Platform for the Agentic Era - Ignite 2025
From scientific research to enterprise AI transformation, discover how Microsoft Foundry unifies models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, and more into one secure platform. Learn intelligent model routing, cost optimization, and the game-changing Claude integration.
Model Context Protocol: The Future of Agent-Tool Interactions - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Microsoft Ignite BRK194: Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes agent-tool communication across platforms. Azure API Center integration, federated registries, cross-cloud orchestration, and enterprise governance for scalable agentic ecosystems.
Microsoft Foundry: The Enterprise Agent Factory - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Ride the agent revolution with Microsoft Foundry, the enterprise-ready Agent Factory. Build, test, and launch intelligent agents with 1,400+ tools, 11,000+ models, multi-agent orchestration, and seamless Microsoft 365 integration—all with bulletproof security and governance.
Running AI Agents in Production with Azure App Platform - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Microsoft Ignite BRK116: Deploy AI agents at scale with Azure App Service, AI Foundry, and MCP tools. Built-in observability, governance, security. Hitachi case study shows 73% downtime reduction and 41% cost savings.
Reimagining Software Development with GitHub Copilot and AI Agents - Microsoft Ignite 2025
Teams with strong DevOps practices are best positioned to harness AI power. Discover how GitHub Copilot and AI agents bring unprecedented speed, scale, and security across the software development lifecycle—from planning to production.