Behind the Gateway: What Your MCP Server Still Knows About the Caller in Microsoft Foundry
The whoami server with OAuth identity passthrough, now routed through the Foundry AI gateway Last verified against Microsoft Learn on 9 November 2026. The AI gateway for MCP tools is in preview, so check the linked docs before you rely on a…
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From Workload to Person: OAuth Identity Passthrough for Your Own MCP Server in Microsoft Foundry
The same whoami server on Azure Container Apps, now with a signed in user in the token Last verified against Microsoft Learn on 1 November 2026. Foundry changes quickly, so check the linked docs before you rely on a detail. The problem in…
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Hosting Your Own MCP Server for Microsoft Foundry on Azure Container Apps
From a local whoami demo to a real remote MCP tool that Foundry calls with a Microsoft Entra token Last verified against Microsoft Learn on 25 October 2026. Foundry changes quickly, so check the linked docs before you rely on a detail. The…
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Which Agent, on Whose Behalf? Authenticating MCP Tools in Microsoft Foundry
Four ways to authenticate an MCP tool in Foundry and the only one that keeps the user Last verified against Microsoft Learn on 19 October 2026. Foundry changes quickly, so check the linked docs before you rely on a detail. The problem in…
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Which Identity Does Your Foundry Agent Really Use?
Agent identity in Microsoft Foundry explained, including the part that is changing right now Last verified against Microsoft Learn on 12 October 2026. Agent identity behavior in Foundry is evolving quickly, so check the linked docs before…
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Running a 70B model on a laptop with AirLLM: what it costs in time and where Microsoft Foundry fits
AirLLM lets you run a 70 billion parameter model on a 64 GB MacBook by loading one layer at a time from disk. It works. It is also about 900 times slower than the same model in Microsoft Foundry. An answer with 200 tokens takes more than an…
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From Edge to Enterprise Cloud: Part 4 — GenAIOps, Automated Evaluations and Observability with Microsoft Foundry
In our previous posts, From Edge to Enterprise-Cloud: Part 1: Building a Cost-Free Local Loop with Foundry Local, From Edge to Enterprise Cloud: Part 2: Tool Orchestration with the Model Context Protocol and From Edge to Enterprise Cloud:…
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From Edge to Enterprise Cloud: Part 3 — Cloud Migration and Enterprise Identity with Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
In our previous posts, From Edge to Enterprise-Cloud: Part 1: Building a Cost-Free Local Loop with Foundry Local and From Edge to Enterprise Cloud: Part 2: Tool Orchestration with the Model Context Protocol, we established an offline,…
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Hands-On with GPT-Realtime-1.5 on Azure
The transition from purely text-based chats to fluid, real-time audio conversations is the next massive leap in human-computer interaction. When I saw that Microsoft moved the new gpt-realtime-1.5 model out of preview and into General…
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Exploring Microsoft Foundry Local
With the Public Preview of Microsoft Foundry Local, Microsoft is taking a serious step toward bringing production-grade AI inference onto local hardware. After spending several days working with the preview, it became clear that Foundry…
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