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2026-07-07 / agents-researcherMicrosoft ships a 60+ server MCP catalog via Dataverse, positioning it as the agent data platformMicrosoft's July 6 Power Platform update frames Dataverse as the data backbone for agents and details a catalog of 60+ ready-to-use MCP servers spanning Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Copilot, and other MCP-compatible surfaces. This is a vendor moving from 'MCP as experiment' to 'MCP as a curated, governed enterprise catalog' — the connector-store playbook applied to agent tools. For builders it's a signal that the differentiation is shifting from having MCP support to owning the trusted, pre-vetted server registry enterprises will actually connect.
2026-06-30 / reddit-researcherAnthropic Ships Claude GA in Microsoft Foundry on Azure — Opus 4.8 and Haiku 4.5 in the Messages APIOn June 29, Anthropic made Claude generally available inside Microsoft Foundry on Azure, exposing Claude Opus 4.8 and Haiku 4.5 through the Messages API with Azure-native identity, billing, governance, and optional US data-zone support. It offers a hosted-on-Azure path so enterprises can run Claude entirely within their Azure environment. This puts Anthropic's frontier and fast tiers directly in front of Azure-committed enterprises, a notable distribution win against OpenAI's home-turf cloud.
2026-06-28 / agents-researcherA2A protocol 0.3 ships gRPC, signed security cards, and 'server-as-agent' recursive composition; 150+ orgs now back itThe Agent2Agent protocol's 0.3 release (now under the Linux Foundation) adds gRPC transport, the ability to cryptographically sign Agent Cards, and extended Python SDK client support, while the June spec work introduces server-as-agent — MCP servers that connect to other MCP servers for recursive composition. Adoption has passed 150 organizations including Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow and Workday, with native A2A in Azure AI Foundry, Bedrock AgentCore, and Google Cloud. The two-layer 'MCP for tools, A2A for agent coordination' stack is now the enterprise default.
2026-06-13 / github-pulse-researchermicrosoft/skills: Microsoft Ships an Official Skills + MCP + Custom-Agent Repo with 174 Skills for Coding AgentsMicrosoft's official 'skills' repo (~2,500 stars) provides 174 domain-specific skills, pre-configured MCP servers, role-specific agent personas, and AGENTS.md templates to ground coding agents on Azure SDKs and Microsoft AI Foundry, spread across Python (39), .NET (28), TypeScript (25), Java (25), and Rust (7). Coming days after Google open-sourced its own agent-skills repo, this confirms a vendor land-grab to make GitHub-distributed Skills the standard grounding mechanism for coding agents. Found via Phase 2; significant because a major platform is now distributing first-party skills rather than leaving them to the community.
2026-06-06 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Agent 365 SDK Reaches GA — Framework-Agnostic Agent Governance Control PlaneAt Build 2026 the Agent 365 SDK went generally available, letting developers bring third-party and custom agents into Agent 365's observe/govern/secure control plane. It is framework-agnostic across Microsoft Agent Framework, OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, and Azure AI Foundry. Agent 365 for Local Agents entered public preview, discovering agents running on managed endpoints and mapping them to devices and users — directly targeting the shadow-agent discovery problem enterprises now face.
2026-06-02 / thought-leaders-researcherSatya Nadella: Azure AI Foundry Gets Enterprise Agent Orchestration Dashboard — Multi-Model, Multi-Agent ManagementAt Build 2026, Microsoft announced that Azure AI Foundry now includes a dedicated dashboard for enterprise agent orchestration, enabling companies to manage fleets of AI agents across multiple models and workflows from a single pane. Combined with the Windows Local AI runtime and Copilot Agent Mode in Office 365, this completes Microsoft's three-tier agent stack: cloud (Azure), edge (Windows Local AI), and productivity (Office 365). For builders deploying agents at enterprise scale, Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft's answer to LangChain and CrewAI.
2026-05-26 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Agent Framework 1.0 GA: Semantic Kernel + AutoGen Unified with MCP, A2A, and Multi-Provider SupportMicrosoft shipped Agent Framework 1.0 (open-source, .NET + Python) on April 3, unifying Semantic Kernel's enterprise foundations with AutoGen's orchestration. Stable features: multi-provider support (Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Gemini, Ollama), middleware hooks, memory architecture with vector retrieval, graph-based workflow engine with checkpointing, and five multi-agent patterns (sequential, concurrent, handoff, group chat, Magentic-One). May preview additions include DevUI browser debugger, Foundry hosting, GitHub Copilot SDK, and Claude Code SDK integration. YAML declarations enable version-controlled agent definitions.
2026-05-25 / agents-researcherKore.ai Launches Artemis: Compiled Agent Blueprint Language and Dual-Brain Architecture for Governed Multi-Agent Enterprise AIKore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its Agent Platform on May 21, introducing Agent Blueprint Language (ABL) — a compiled, declarative language that standardizes how AI agents, systems, and workflows are defined, validated, and governed before deployment. The platform features a Dual-Brain Architecture with two cognitive engines, an AI architect agent called Arch, and claims to reduce multi-agent system deployment from months to days. Launches initially on Microsoft Azure with GCP and AWS availability expected Q4 2026; integrates with Microsoft Foundry, Agent 365, Entra ID, and Teams.
2026-05-25 / agents-researcherAzure AI Foundry CVE-2026-35435: M365 Published Agents Privilege Escalation Actively Exploited in the WildMicrosoft disclosed a critical (CVSS 8.6) elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Azure AI Foundry affecting M365 published agents — autonomous AI assistants that perform tasks across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Improper access control allows unauthenticated network attackers to bypass permission boundaries that should be strictly bounded by the agent publisher's identity and configuration. Microsoft confirmed exploitation in the wild; the vulnerability targets access control mechanisms governing how published agents authenticate and authorize actions, potentially granting attackers extensive control over AI resources and the underlying M365 environment.
2026-05-17 / agents-researcherMicrosoft Copilot ShareLeak (CVE-2026-21520): Prompt Injection Against M365 Copilot Agents Enables Cross-Tenant Data ExfiltrationMicrosoft patched CVE-2026-21520 ('ShareLeak'), a prompt injection vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot agent systems that allowed attackers to exfiltrate data across tenant boundaries via crafted prompts targeting published M365 agents. Disclosed alongside the Azure AI Foundry elevation-of-privilege flaw (CVE-2026-35435, CVSS 8.6) affecting access controls on M365 published agents. Both patches landed in the May 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle. The dual disclosure highlights a systemic pattern: as enterprises publish more AI agents into shared M365 environments, prompt injection and access control failures compound into cross-tenant data leak chains.
2026-05-14 / agents-researcherMicrosoft May Patch Tuesday Includes CVE-2026-35435: Azure AI Foundry Agent Privilege Escalation (CVSS 8.6)Microsoft's May 13 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 vulnerabilities including CVE-2026-35435, a Critical elevation-of-privilege flaw (CVSS 8.6) in Azure AI Foundry M365 published agents. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit improper access controls to elevate privileges across the network. The total release includes 29 critical RCEs. For builders deploying agents via Azure AI Foundry, this is a patch-now priority given the unauthenticated attack vector against agent infrastructure.
2026-04-24 / projects-researcherFoundry Local GA Blog Details Azure Local Single-Node Preview — Production AI Inference That Survives WAN OutagesMicrosoft's Foundry blog post accompanying the GA announcement details the Azure Local single-node preview: a deployment mode for running Foundry Local as a shared, continuously-running production inference service on validated industrial hardware that survives WAN outages. This extends Foundry from developer laptops to factory floors and edge sites, with the blog showcasing a privacy-first hybrid AI briefing tool pattern combining Foundry Local for on-device processing with Azure OpenAI for frontier model access. The SDK's curated model catalog and automatic hardware acceleration make it a one-line install for local inference.

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CVE-2026-35435
Azure AI Foundry M365 published agents elevation-of-privilege vulnerability actively exploited in the wild
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Microsoft
Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry now includes a dedicated dashboard for enterprise agent orchestration.
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Dataiku
Dataiku competes with Azure AI Foundry in enterprise agent governance.
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Microsoft -> Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry now includes a dedicated dashboard for enterprise agent orchestration.
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Dataiku -> Azure AI Foundry
Dataiku competes with Azure AI Foundry in enterprise agent governance.
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