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1. 3 things leaders need to know from Microsoft Build 2026

   At Microsoft Build 2026, AI moved from experimentation to execution—shifting from isolated tools to connected systems grounded in business data. Organizations that win will embed AI across workflows, scale it effectively, and translate it into measurable outcomes like faster growth, lower costs, and better customer experiences.

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2. Claude Fable 5 available today in Microsoft Foundry: Powering the next era of autonomous agents

   Claude Fable 5, Anthropic’s latest Frontier model, available today in Microsoft Foundry, powering agents in GitHub Copilot and Foundry Agent Service.

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3. AI alone won’t change your business. The system running it will.

   We are building a comprehensive agent platform: one that supports many models, is open, and gives you flexibility at every layer of the stack.

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4. Announcing Microsoft Discovery general availability and Microsoft Discovery app preview

   At Microsoft Build, we are announcing that Microsoft Discovery is now generally available for all organizations, providing a comprehensive platform for building and governing agentic AI workflows.

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5. Microsoft Build 2026: Building agentic apps with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Databases

   Microsoft Build 2026 highlights advancements in app development with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Databases, emphasizing a unified data and AI platform for scalable, agentic applications.

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6. New Azure Cobalt 200 VMs deliver 50% performance improvement, fully optimized for modern agentic AI workloads

   We are announcing the early access preview for Azure Cobalt 200 Arm-based Virtual Machines (VMs), designed for Linux-based agentic AI workloads.

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7. Foundry IQ: Build smarter agents faster with unified knowledge and serverless retrieval

   Build smarter agents with Microsoft Foundry IQ, unifying enterprise and external data into a secure, scalable knowledge layer for faster, higher-quality answers.

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8. A Developer’s Guide to Managing Models, Cost and Quality in Microsoft Foundry

   Microsoft Foundry helps teams move beyond model access to operate AI at scale—selecting, evaluating, optimizing, and governing models across the full lifecycle.

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9. Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Microsoft Foundry

   Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Microsoft Foundry, giving developers and enterprises access to Anthropic’s most capable Opus model for coding, agentic tasks, and professional work.

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10. Powering multi-cluster workloads with seamless cross‑cluster networking for Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

    With Cilium-based cross-cluster networking, we are delivering a managed, high-performance network that can span your entire fleet.

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