Microsoft IQ Platform and Hosted Agents Announced at Build 2026
Key Questions
What is Microsoft IQ and what does it include?
IQ is a new intelligence layer featuring four context engines—Work, Fabric, Foundry, and Web IQ—along with hosted agents that support stateful execution.
How will the IQ platform affect Power Platform architecture?
It addresses the context gap in enterprise AI with built-in governance and security, directly influencing designs for Copilot Studio and Foundry.
What security considerations arise with hosted agents?
Agents challenge traditional web-app security models, requiring updated approaches to issues like prompt injection and tool usage as detailed in the 2026 AI Agent Security Guide.
Microsoft unveiled IQ, a new intelligence layer with four context engines (Work, Fabric, Foundry, Web IQ) and hosted agents with stateful execution. This directly impacts Power Platform architecture, especially Copilot Studio and Foundry, by addressing the 'context gap' for enterprise AI with built-in governance and security. Architects must understand this for future agent designs.