# Microsoft — Evolving the cloud-native foundation for the next generation of AI

- Company: Microsoft (microsoft.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-15T16:00:00+00:00
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- Group: announcements
- Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/evolving-the-cloud-native-foundation-for-the-next-generation-of-ai/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/23782-evolving-the-cloud-native-foundation-for-the-next-generation-of-ai
- Subject: Azure AI

Building a cloud-native foundation for AI The relationship between model innovation and AI infrastructure has never been more clear; as AI becomes more capable, the platform underneath it matters even more. Agents are fundamentally changing how applications work, and with that, what organizations need from the cloud. Learn how to build a cloud-native AI foundation Cloud-native practices gave organizations the scale, flexibility and resilience to build a generation of distributed applications. Agents build on that foundation, but they work differently, placing new demands on it. Unlike applications designed around more predictable workflows, agents behave in entirely new ways, gathering information and deep intelligence from across the business , using tools, making decisions, and coordinating work across long-running processes. To complete complex tasks, they pause for approval, respond to new information in real time and change course as conditions evolve. All this changes what the platform needs to deliver. …

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