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Microsoft is moving beyond copilots to fully autonomous agents.
Foundry and MCP let agents assemble solutions using 1,400 tools.
IQ services aim to give agents true context and understanding.
At Microsoft Ignite 2025 on Tuesday, the company is showcasing a wide range of capabilities that are moving into an all-in agentic AI future.
In the companion article to this piece, I wrote about how Microsoft is moving the enterprise towards self-running, self-repairing platforms. But that's not the whole story.
Also: How Microsoft's new plan for self-repairing data centers will transform IT roles
That article talks about the operational side of autonomous agents, software that can now monitor, diagnose, and repair itself. But what about software creation? Ignite 2025 also contains announcements that reflect the future where software is assembled, extended, and evolved by autonomous AI agents.
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