Model Architectures · Foundation
Microsoft Foundry: What the Rebrand Actually Changed
Azure AI Studio became Azure AI Foundry, which became Microsoft Foundry. Underneath the names sits a real architectural change - projects, resources, and a classic portal you should probably stop building in.
- 45 min lesson
- beginner level
- Azure AI Track
- Narrated presentation
What you’ll learn
- Azure AI Studio to Azure AI Foundry to Microsoft Foundry - naming churn, one platform
- Foundry projects (current) versus hub-based projects in Foundry classic
- Unified RBAC, networking and policy under one resource provider namespace
- Models, agents, tools and knowledge, observability as the four pillars of a project
- In-place upgrade from an Azure OpenAI resource preserving endpoint and keys
- Foundry is a control plane - it does not replace AI Search, Document Intelligence or Azure ML
Inside this lesson
A narrated, slide-by-slide presentation with 1 prediction exercise, 1 knowledge check, 3 videos. You answer as you go, and the platform checks your work.