IBM's Azure Foundry Enterprise Kit

Changelog

v2.0.0 — 2026-06-02

Major release — 28 Bicep modules, full Microsoft AI Agent Platform Stack coverage, MCP Fleet Governance, Three-IQ layer, and Business Value Observability Plane.

Microsoft Azure Platform Status

Azure ServiceStatusKit Integration
Azure AI Foundry Agent ServiceGA (March 2026)Full — Responses API, private networking, Entra RBAC
Microsoft Agent FrameworkGAFull — graph-based multi-agent orchestration
Agent 365GA (May 2026)Full — agent registry, governance control plane, Teams/M365 distribution
Foundry GuardrailsGAFull — content safety, PII detection, prompt attack defense
Foundry Control PlaneGAFull — fleet monitoring, compliance enforcement, bulk remediation
Foundry Evaluations + Continuous MonitoringGAFull — built-in + custom evaluators, scheduled eval, CI/CD gates
azure-ai-projects SDK 2.0GAFull — unified AIProjectClient, Responses API
Foundry IQGAFull — agentic retrieval, knowledge base, ACL sync
Foundry Toolbox (MCP)PreviewPartial — MCP tool registry, versioning, Entra auth, fleet governance
Agent MemoryPreviewPartial — chat summary, user profile isolation
A2A ProtocolPreview (v0.3)Partial — agent cards, skill routing, cross-agent delegation
SharePoint + Fabric MCPPreviewPlanned — enterprise data sources via Work IQ / Fabric IQ

Added in v2.0.0

  • Agent 365 Integration — Full governance control plane integration; Decision Ledger, Certification Pipeline, Policy Graph sync with Agent 365
  • MCP Fleet Governance — Toolbox lifecycle manager, 5 auth methods, Private Tool Catalog (API Center), fleet dashboards
  • Business Value Observability Plane — Per-interaction ROI engine, 5 business scorecard templates, 8 drift detection rules, automated remediation
  • 28 Bicep Modules — Expanded from 8 to 28 modules: API Center, cost management, data residency, hub-spoke networking, traffic manager, chaos studio, managed HSM
  • Three-IQ Layer — Foundry IQ (knowledge), Work IQ (M365 signals), Fabric IQ (analytics) integration templates
  • 11 Governance Extensions — Compliance mapper, data residency, drift detection, incident response, explainability, third-party risk, DR failover, reporting, sovereign keys, confidential compute, fine-tuning governance
  • 5 Industry Packs — Banking Canada (complete), Banking EU/US, Healthcare, Government (planned)
  • Agent Application Bicep Module — Deploy agents as first-class ARM resources via agent-application.bicep
  • Guardrails Bicep Module — Azure AI Content Safety with custom blocklists via guardrails.bicep
  • Workday MCP Adapter — Full HCM adapter with 6 tools and Redis-backed auth
  • Internal API Gateway Adapter — Config-driven adapter that generates MCP tools from YAML endpoint catalog
  • ToolboxManager SDK — Register MCP tools, manage connections, configure toolboxes
  • A2A Manager SDK — Agent-to-agent orchestration via A2A protocol
  • PII Masker SDK — Presidio-based PII detection and masking utility
  • Azure Monitor Workbooks — Agent monitoring + Zero Trust security workbooks
  • Documentation Website — Next.js + Carbon Design System with 50+ doc pages and interactive tools
  • Test Suite — pytest with conftest, 18 test modules covering all components

Changed

  • ServiceNow Adapter — Upgraded from in-memory token cache to Redis-backed caching with distributed locks
  • Architecture — Expanded from 3-plane to 7-plane architecture with 4-pillar client model (Deploy, Build, Govern, Realize)
  • Certification Tiers — Renamed from L0/L1/L2/L3 levels to Bronze/Silver/Gold tiers for clarity
  • Platform coverage increased from ~70% to ~85% of Foundry capabilities

v1.0.0 — 2026-01-15

Initial Release

  • 6 agent blueprints (knowledge, operations, policy, workflow, analyst, sample-invoice)
  • 4 MCP adapters (ServiceNow, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Graph)
  • Bicep infrastructure with 8 core modules
  • Trust extensions: Decision Ledger, Scorecard Compiler, Certification Pipeline, Policy Graph
  • Evaluation framework with built-in and custom evaluators
  • Policy packs: data boundary, identity, escalation, memory retention, toolbox allowlist
  • Python and TypeScript SDK starters
  • CI/CD pipelines for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
  • Observability suite with KQL queries and App Insights integration
  • 17 Zero Trust controls (ZT-01 to ZT-17)