Agent Factory: The new era of agentic AI—common use cases and design patterns

By Dustin Ward

This blog post is the first out of a six-part blog series called Agent Factory which will share best practices, design patterns, and tools to help guide you through adopting and building agentic AI. Beyond knowledge: Why enterprises need agentic AI Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) marked a breakthrough for enterprise AI—helping teams surface insights and answer…

GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here

By Dustin Ward

For business leaders building with AI, the conversation has moved beyond chat. The bar is higher: can your AI generate, reason, and deliver measurable outcomes—safely and at scale? Today, we’re announcing general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship model, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. This is more than a new model release; it is the most powerful LLM ever released across key…

Microsoft Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification

By Dustin Ward

Microsoft has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification—a globally recognized standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS) for both Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot. This certification underscores Microsoft’s commitment to building and operating AI systems responsibly, securely, and transparently. As responsible AI is rapidly becoming a business and regulatory imperative, this certification reflects how…

Databricks runs best on Azure

By Dustin Ward

Azure Databricks has clear advantages over other cloud service providers This blog is a supplement to the Azure Databricks: Differentiated Synergy blog post and continues to define the differentiation for Azure Databricks in the cloud data analytics and AI landscape. Azure Databricks: Powering analytics for the data-driven enterprise In today’s data-driven world, organizations are seeking…