Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Sharpens AI Toolkit for VS Code in Foundry Update

AI Toolkit for VS Code v0.30.0 adds a new Tool Catalog for discovering, configuring, and managing agent tools, including local stdio MCP servers and tools from the public Foundry catalog. A new Agent ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft debuts Windows AI Foundry for local model development on AI PCs

Microsoft Corp. said today it’s advancing the local artificial intelligence development capabilities of Windows, as part of an effort to help developers build and experiment and reach new users with ...
Business Wire

Postman Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Expand AI Model Choice, Accelerate Developer Workflows, and Unify API Governance

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Postman, a leading API platform, today announced a collaboration with Microsoft that expands AI model choice in Postman's Agent Mode, deepens integration across the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Launches Azure Skills Plugin to Give AI Coding Agents Real Azure Expertise

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install for AI coding agents. The package is designed to help agents ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Foundry Adds Runtime, Tooling, and Governance for Production Agents

Microsoft used their Build 2026 event in San Francisco to announce new functionality for Microsoft Foundry. Citing Foundry as "the place where AI agents move from experiments to production systems," ...