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Category: Microsoft Foundry
Understanding the Reasoning Effort Setting on Azure Agents
July 6, 2026 • Microsoft Foundry > Foundry AgentsI posted a blog the other day about my in-context RAG project, which is finally completed. After using it, I realized a few things regarding it's effectiveness, when it should be used and how specific platform settings can drastically alter your processing time
Future Strategy: The Code Interpreter Tool in Azure Agent Manager
July 2, 2026 • Microsoft Foundry > Foundry AgentsInitial thoughts on leveraging the Code Interpreter tool for highly accurate data validation and statistical calculations: alerting users to inline data anomalies is straightforward, but orchestrating automated, on-the-fly text corrections requires a bit more architectural complexity.