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Announcements
Feb 27, 2025
4 min read

Announcing new models, customization tools, and enterprise agent upgrades in Azure AI Foundry

By Asha Sharma, Corporate Vice President, AI Platform

We are excited to announce major updates to Azure AI Foundry, our integrated platform for designing, customizing, and managing enterprise-grade AI applications.

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Announcements
Feb 26, 2025
7 min read

Empowering innovation: The next generation of the Phi family

By Weizhu Chen, Vice President, Generative AI

We are excited to announce Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini, the newest models in Microsoft’s Phi family of small language models (SLMs). These models are designed to empower developers with advanced AI capabilities.

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