Foundry Agent Service GA + Open Agentic Stack + Deployment Tools
Agent Service GA with open-sourced governance toolkit. Assistants API dies Aug 26. MAI-Thinking-1 in Foundry preview. MagenticLite demo shows small-model agentic experience. New: Foundry Local getting started guide published—practical deep-dive for running Phi-4, Qwen, DeepSeek-R1 locally.
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Updated Aug 16, 2026