An enterprise agent control plane needs five layers: identity, catalog, policy, telemetry and lifecycle. This is the operating model I would build.
Microsoft Foundry — Articles by Jannik Reinhard
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Azure API Management MCP: The Control Plane for Agent Tools
An MCP server is easy to connect, but an enterprise still needs identity, limits, monitoring and a clear tool boundary. In this blog post I use a live Azure API Management instance to show how I…
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Microsoft Foundry Model Deployment: A Practical Guide
A beginner-friendly Microsoft Foundry model deployment guide: choose a model, name the deployment and test the right fit before an app uses it.
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Microsoft Foundry Setup: Project, Model and Deployment
A beginner-friendly Microsoft Foundry setup: create a project, understand models and deployments, then run one focused first test.
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Microsoft Foundry Observability: Trace AI Agents in Production
In this blog post I explain how observability works for AI agents in Microsoft Foundry: zero-code tracing with OpenTelemetry, the monitoring dashboard, continuous evaluation on live traffic and alerts. With the exact setup I use in…
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Microsoft Foundry Realtime Voice Agent: Talk to Your Screen
Talk to live screen information with a Microsoft Foundry Realtime voice agent. Share an Azure page, ask by voice, and receive an immediate spoken answer.
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Azure AI Inference SDK Migration: OpenAI v1 Guide
Migrate from the deprecated Azure AI Inference SDK to OpenAI v1 before 26 August 2026. Find old clients, update the endpoint and validate the deployment.
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Microsoft Foundry June 2026: Build More Than a Demo
Microsoft Foundry June 2026 added Claude, agent publishing, Toolboxes, Routines and Memory. I explain the changes and build a practical Intune example.
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Secure Microsoft Foundry: Network, Identity and Guardrails
In this blog post I explain how I secure Microsoft Foundry end to end: private networking for agents, Entra Agent ID and RBAC, customer-managed keys and guardrails. Written from an IT admin perspective, with the traps…
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Microsoft Build 2026: A Field Guide to the Agentic Stack
Build 2026 was not a feature update — it was Microsoft declaring the agentic era a platform. Here is every major announcement, explained in plain language, with what it actually means for the people who have…
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