A model can reason about a task. Completing that task takes more: the right context, tools, execution environment, and controls, and an agent loop that brings them together.
Official announcementMicrosoft Azure BlogJeff Hollan, Viswa Balaji and Anthony Chu
Introducing the Microsoft Copilot harness in Foundry Agent Service
From the official release
Microsoft’s unified harness strategy brings a shared execution foundation across our agent experiences while preserving customer choice. In Microsoft Foundry, that means you can choose a supported model and decide how much of the agent stack to build yourself, without having to assemble every layer around it.
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