Azure Infrastructure Workloads
What’s New
- 🛡️ Added Securing AI Foundry Agent video series
- 🏗️ Introduced the Azure Well-Architected Security Maturity Model—a structured path to progressively strengthen workload security.
Deep Links
- Securing AI Foundry Agent - Part 1 (Network Perspective): Covers networking and security for AI Foundry Agent with a focus on network perspective (YouTube, Nehali Neogi)
- Securing AI Foundry Agent - Part 2 (Developer Perspective): Focuses on developer-oriented approaches to AI Foundry Agent networking and security (YouTube, Nehali Neogi)
- Azure Well-Architected Security Maturity Model: Details a 5-level model to systematically improve Azure workload security (Microsoft Learn)
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Data & AI Workloads
What’s new
- 🚀 Added Databricks Performance Comparison
Deep links
- Databricks runs best on Azure: Independent study details Azure Databricks’ superior performance compared to AWS. (Principled Technologies)
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Digital & App Innovation Workloads
What’s new
- 🏆 GitHub recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI Coding and Software Engineering Technologies 2025.
- 🤖 Published guidance on building Agent-to-Agent (A2A) applications on Azure App Service.
- 🛠️ Introduced resources on giving agents access to tools using Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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🛠️ ** HAX Toolkit**
- 🧑🎨 Added Muse: Microsoft’s first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation.
Deep links
- IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI Coding and Software Engineering Technologies 2025: GitHub named a Leader in AI Coding and Software Engineering Technologies. (IDC via LinkedIn/@Thomas Dohmke)
- How do I give my agent access to tools?: Explains how to use Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable agents to use tools in a standardized way. (Microsoft Tech Community)
- Building Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Applications on Azure App Service: Practical example of creating an intelligent travel planning assistant using Microsoft Semantic Kernel and A2A protocol. (Microsoft Tech Community)
- HAX Toolkit: Comprehensive toolkit for building user-focused AI solutions, supporting early design phases. (Microsoft)
- Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation: World and Human Action Model (WHAM), named “Muse,” is a generative AI model of a video game that can generate game visuals, controller actions, or both. (Microsoft Research
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Security Workloads
What’s new
- 🆕 Added Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices
Deep links
- Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI) patterns and practices: A new library of actionable guidance designed to help organizations implement security measures at scale. (Microsoft)
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