Releasesby GlyphFoundry prompt agent optimization (preview)
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Quickstart: Optimize a prompt agent (preview), with a companion Agent optimizer cost and token usage overview.
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Fivetran adds in-dashboard annual contract renewal
Eligible accounts can renew their annual contract from the Billing page in the Fivetran dashboard within 90 days of the current contract's end.
Gemini Enterprise: Pay for what you consume with the Pay-as-you-go edition
The Gemini Enterprise Pay-as-you-go edition is generally available. With this edition, you pay for the feature usage your project consumes without pooled user license quotas. To get started, you need an invoiced Cloud Billing account with a one-seat minimum. You can monitor feature usage and set monthly spend limits in the Google Cloud console.
Dreams research preview adds support for Claude Opus 5
Dreams, in research preview, now supports Claude Opus 5.
FOCUS 1.3 Cost and Usage Report for Atlas billing
Adds a FOCUS Cost and Usage Report presenting billing cost and usage data in FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification 1.3 format for FinOps and cross-vendor cost tools.
Analyst read permission set GA for Enterprise plans
Analyst read is a project-level permission set providing read-only access to analyze dbt models and project resources, and read-only users can connect to features such as the dbt MCP server. It is GA for Enterprise plans.
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Foundry Agent Service long-running hosted agents (preview)
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Long-running agent API reference (preview), with companion articles on resilience, task state, crash recovery, and streaming with reconnect.
Foundry agents human-in-the-loop approval step (preview)
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Add a human-in-the-loop approval step (preview), under Foundry Agent Service.
Foundry steerable hosted agents: steer an in-flight turn (preview)
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Steer an in-flight agent turn (preview), plus Deploy a steerable agent (preview).
Autopilots in Microsoft Foundry
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: What is an autopilot in Microsoft Foundry?, plus Autopilot lifecycle in Microsoft Foundry.
Bring your own registry for Foundry hosted agents
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Bring your own registry for hosted agents.
Private skill catalog in Foundry Agent Service
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Create a private skill catalog in Foundry Agent Service.
Network isolation for Foundry toolboxes
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Network isolation for a toolbox in Microsoft Foundry.
Grok models in Microsoft Foundry
The August 2026 What's new in Microsoft Foundry update adds a new article: Deploy and use Grok models in Microsoft Foundry.