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What's shipping in AI, Azure, and .NET — new models, framework releases, tooling, and notable ecosystem news, tracked as it lands.
Magentic-UI + Fara-7B: A Local-First Computer-Use Agent You Can Actually Run
Microsoft's Magentic-UI pairs a small-model orchestrator with Fara-7B, a 7B computer-use agent, in a local sandbox — an MIT-licensed, human-in-the-loop agent stack worth cloning.
Microsoft Agent Framework Makes Tool and File Access Approval-by-Default
Agent Framework Python 1.10.0 and .NET 1.12.0 flip skill and file access to approval-required by default — a breaking security change for anyone running MAF agents in production.
Dev Tunnels: Test Webhooks and Share Local Apps Without a Deploy
Microsoft Dev Tunnels is built into Visual Studio and the Azure CLI — expose localhost for webhook callbacks, OAuth redirects, and live demos without ngrok or Cloudflare accounts.
Microsoft Ignite 2025: Microsoft Foundry - The Unified Enterprise AI Platform
Microsoft Ignite 2025 unveiled Microsoft Foundry - a unified enterprise platform integrating agents, models, tools, and governance for building AI at scale. Explore Foundry Agent Service, Foundry Tools, Foundry IQ, and the complete AI development stack.
Build Custom MCP Catalogs with Docker: Enterprise Control for AI Tooling
Docker's new MCP tooling enables organizations to create custom catalogs, host images in private registries, and maintain complete control over AI tool access through the MCP Gateway.
