Skill: Azure Foundry Hosted Agents

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What It Is

Containerized agent applications deployed on Foundry Agent Service. You write the code (any framework), Foundry manages the runtime, scaling, and infrastructure. Currently in public preview.

Supported Frameworks

• Microsoft Agent Framework
• LangGraph
• Custom code (any HTTP-compatible framework)

Lifecycle

create → start → update → stop → delete

Each phase has specific capabilities and status transitions.

Region Availability

Supported in Southeast Asia — compatible with IPAI's Azure region (rg-ipai-dev).

Also: East US, East US 2, West US, West US 3, Canada East/Central, France Central, Germany West Central, Sweden Central, UK South, Japan East, Australia East, and more.

Security

• Don't put secrets in container images or env vars — use managed identities + Key Vault
• Review data sharing policies for any non-Microsoft service connected
• No private networking support during preview

IPAI Relevance

Key Difference

Foundry hosted agents add: managed observability, auto-identity provisioning, one-click Teams/M365 publishing, and integrated eval. ACA gives more infrastructure control but requires manual setup of these features.

Decision: When to use Foundry Hosted vs ACA Direct