Posts tagged with "Foundry IQ"

A concrete playbook for reducing Azure OpenAI bills in 2026. Break-even math for Provisioned Throughput Units, prompt-cache economics, the Batch API 50 percent discount, Foundry IQ for retrieval, tiered model routing, and the telemetry that keeps the wins honest.

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 Ignite BRK193: Build agents with Azure AI Search knowledge features. Connect to SharePoint, web, blob. Hybrid search (keyword+vector+semantic), agentic retrieval with query planning, reasoning effort modes, Foundry IQ with MCP protocol. Code-focused implementation guide.

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.