AI Agents
Microsoft Aion 1.0 Plan Brings a 14B Local Agent to Windows
Microsoft tied Aion 1.0 Plan, Edge on-device AI APIs, Windows AI APIs, and MXC into a local agent path for Windows builders.
Industry & Policy
Microsoft ASSERT and ACS split agent policy into tests and runtime blocks
Microsoft introduced ASSERT and ACS for agent governance, turning natural-language policy into evaluation artifacts and runtime enforcement points.
AI Agents
Microsoft Foundry adds an ROI loop for production AI agents
Microsoft Foundry now ties agent traces, rubric evaluation, optimization, and ROI dashboards into one Agent DevOps loop.
AI Agents
Work IQ APIs go GA on June 16 with a Microsoft 365 agent pricing model
Microsoft Work IQ APIs reach GA on June 16. Here is what M365 context, MCP/A2A, delegated auth, and Copilot Credits mean for agent builders.
AI Coding
VS Code Copilot Sessions Add Remote Agents and Terminal Safety
GitHub Copilot’s May VS Code updates bundle Agents Window, remote sessions, BYOK controls, and terminal risk checks.
AI Agents
Microsoft MXC Preview Is an OS Sandbox for Windows AI Agents
Microsoft introduced the early preview of MXC SDK at Build 2026 to isolate AI-agent code, tools, and plugins through Windows and WSL policy.
AI Coding
Copilot SDK GA turns GitHub agents into an embeddable API
GitHub Copilot SDK is now generally available with six languages, MCP, BYOK, OpenTelemetry, hooks, and a CLI-server architecture for agent apps.
AI Coding
Microsoft Ships a 5B Coding Model Into Copilot Defaults
MAI-Code-1-Flash is rolling into GitHub Copilot for VS Code, putting Microsoft’s own 5B coding model inside Copilot’s model picker and Auto routing path.
AI Coding
Copilot CLI scheduled prompts reach GA, terminal agents get a timer
GitHub added /every, /after, Rubber Duck, and local voice input to Copilot CLI. The update turns a live terminal session into a small automation surface.
Security & Safety
Microsoft MDASH preview ties 100 agents to Defender validation
Microsoft expanded MDASH preview at Build 2026 with 100+ agents, Defender integration, and vulnerability validation claims.
AI Coding
Copilot app expands with canvases for agent work
GitHub expanded the Copilot app technical preview with canvases, worktrees, browser validation, cloud sessions, and new cost questions.
AI Agents
Foundry Hosted Agents near GA with per-session sandboxes
Microsoft Foundry expanded its agent operations layer with hosted agents, Toolboxes, procedural memory, and Agent Optimizer.