Daniel Glenn
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Cloud mentor | Microsoft MVP | Founder | Podcaster @365MCS | #M365Nashville | #KnoxvilleM365 | #M365Memphis | #ModernIsNow
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Six lessons for reliable agent optimizer gains when tasks get hard. Patterns that still work after simple prompt changes plateau.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/six-lessons-for-reliable-agent-optimizer-gains-on-harder-agents/4551357
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/six-lessons-for-reliable-agent-optimizer-gains-on-harder-agents/4551357
September 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Six lessons for reliable agent optimizer gains when tasks get hard. Patterns that still work after simple prompt changes plateau.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/six-lessons-for-reliable-agent-optimizer-gains-on-harder-agents/4551357
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/six-lessons-for-reliable-agent-optimizer-gains-on-harder-agents/4551357
Do not let agents own the whole workflow. Foundry guidance on inserting control points so humans or rules stay in the loop.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/stop-letting-agents-run-the-workflow/4550068
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/stop-letting-agents-run-the-workflow/4550068
September 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Do not let agents own the whole workflow. Foundry guidance on inserting control points so humans or rules stay in the loop.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/stop-letting-agents-run-the-workflow/4550068
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/stop-letting-agents-run-the-workflow/4550068
Claude Fable 5.1 is live in Microsoft Foundry. Anthropic’s latest model available through the same catalog and tooling.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/claude-fable-5-1-is-now-available-in-microsoft-foundry/4550175
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/claude-fable-5-1-is-now-available-in-microsoft-foundry/4550175
September 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Claude Fable 5.1 is live in Microsoft Foundry. Anthropic’s latest model available through the same catalog and tooling.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/claude-fable-5-1-is-now-available-in-microsoft-foundry/4550175
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/claude-fable-5-1-is-now-available-in-microsoft-foundry/4550175
Fireworks open models arrive on Microsoft Foundry. Broader open-weight options under the same management surface.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/bringing-open-models-to-fireworks-on-microsoft-foundry/4550173
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/bringing-open-models-to-fireworks-on-microsoft-foundry/4550173
September 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Fireworks open models arrive on Microsoft Foundry. Broader open-weight options under the same management surface.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/bringing-open-models-to-fireworks-on-microsoft-foundry/4550173
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/bringing-open-models-to-fireworks-on-microsoft-foundry/4550173
MAI-Transcribe-2 in Foundry: top quality transcription with the best speed and cost numbers for production volume.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-transcribe-2-highest-quality-transcription-at-the-fastest-speed-and-lowest-c/4550972
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-transcribe-2-highest-quality-transcription-at-the-fastest-speed-and-lowest-c/4550972
September 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
MAI-Transcribe-2 in Foundry: top quality transcription with the best speed and cost numbers for production volume.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-transcribe-2-highest-quality-transcription-at-the-fastest-speed-and-lowest-c/4550972
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-transcribe-2-highest-quality-transcription-at-the-fastest-speed-and-lowest-c/4550972
Three enterprise patterns for real-time voice on Foundry. Match latency, cost, and reliability to your actual traffic profile.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/choosing-a-real-time-voice-architecture-on-microsoft-foundry-three-enterprise-pa/4552676
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/choosing-a-real-time-voice-architecture-on-microsoft-foundry-three-enterprise-pa/4552676
September 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Three enterprise patterns for real-time voice on Foundry. Match latency, cost, and reliability to your actual traffic profile.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/choosing-a-real-time-voice-architecture-on-microsoft-foundry-three-enterprise-pa/4552676
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/choosing-a-real-time-voice-architecture-on-microsoft-foundry-three-enterprise-pa/4552676
MAI-Image-2.6 and Flash land in Foundry: better quality, lower latency, and clear quality-versus-speed options for production image workloads.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-quality-and-speed-at-production-scale/4550970
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-quality-and-speed-at-production-scale/4550970
September 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
MAI-Image-2.6 and Flash land in Foundry: better quality, lower latency, and clear quality-versus-speed options for production image workloads.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-quality-and-speed-at-production-scale/4550970
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-quality-and-speed-at-production-scale/4550970
Say what?? Microsoft will force pay as you go billing for Copilot Business users next month. https://deltapulse.app/item/MC1476200
September 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Say what?? Microsoft will force pay as you go billing for Copilot Business users next month. https://deltapulse.app/item/MC1476200
Access Denied in Style Library - Why sometimes in #SharePoint Online you can't add, modify, or delete. Link in the first comment.
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September 23, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Access Denied in Style Library - Why sometimes in #SharePoint Online you can't add, modify, or delete. Link in the first comment.
#microsoft365
#microsoft365
Flexible Sections gain visual column guides, a persistent grid toggle, and one-click conversion from standard sections that keeps your existing layout.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-flexible-sections-just-got-more-predictable-and-easier-to-use/4548566
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-flexible-sections-just-got-more-predictable-and-easier-to-use/4548566
September 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Flexible Sections gain visual column guides, a persistent grid toggle, and one-click conversion from standard sections that keeps your existing layout.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-flexible-sections-just-got-more-predictable-and-easier-to-use/4548566
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-flexible-sections-just-got-more-predictable-and-easier-to-use/4548566
Foundry playground issues behind private endpoints often stem from other networking or auth settings, not the endpoint itself.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/it-wasnt-the-private-endpoint-why-the-foundry-playground-breaks-behind-private-n/4552771
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/it-wasnt-the-private-endpoint-why-the-foundry-playground-breaks-behind-private-n/4552771
September 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Foundry playground issues behind private endpoints often stem from other networking or auth settings, not the endpoint itself.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/it-wasnt-the-private-endpoint-why-the-foundry-playground-breaks-behind-private-n/4552771
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/it-wasnt-the-private-endpoint-why-the-foundry-playground-breaks-behind-private-n/4552771
Viva Glint export APIs let survey data flow into enterprise analytics. Visier connector is live as the first integration on top of them.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/introducing-viva-glint-apis-for-survey-data-export-and-visier-integration/4547896
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/introducing-viva-glint-apis-for-survey-data-export-and-visier-integration/4547896
September 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Viva Glint export APIs let survey data flow into enterprise analytics. Visier connector is live as the first integration on top of them.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/introducing-viva-glint-apis-for-survey-data-export-and-visier-integration/4547896
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/introducing-viva-glint-apis-for-survey-data-export-and-visier-integration/4547896
Evidence Gateway Pattern for Foundry agents: require verifiable evidence before the agent acts. Cleaner decisions and better audit trails.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/the-evidence-gateway-pattern/4552812
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/the-evidence-gateway-pattern/4552812
September 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Evidence Gateway Pattern for Foundry agents: require verifiable evidence before the agent acts. Cleaner decisions and better audit trails.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/the-evidence-gateway-pattern/4552812
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/the-evidence-gateway-pattern/4552812
Coming soon! Two presenters will be able to share their screens in #MicrosoftTeams. I can think of a few scenarios where this would be helpful. How would you use this?
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September 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Coming soon! Two presenters will be able to share their screens in #MicrosoftTeams. I can think of a few scenarios where this would be helpful. How would you use this?
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Copilot in SharePoint September update: personal skills that follow you, measured skill evaluations, SharePoint-safe HTML guidance for AI agents, and library-wide image understanding.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/whats-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-september-2026/4535422
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/whats-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-september-2026/4535422
September 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Copilot in SharePoint September update: personal skills that follow you, measured skill evaluations, SharePoint-safe HTML guidance for AI agents, and library-wide image understanding.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/whats-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-september-2026/4535422
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/whats-new-in-copilot-in-sharepoint-september-2026/4535422
Even a harmless prompt can defeat an AI guardrail. Foundry examines the failure modes and the defenses that hold up.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/can-a-harmless-prompt-break-an-ai-guardrail/4553727
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/can-a-harmless-prompt-break-an-ai-guardrail/4553727
September 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Even a harmless prompt can defeat an AI guardrail. Foundry examines the failure modes and the defenses that hold up.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/can-a-harmless-prompt-break-an-ai-guardrail/4553727
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/can-a-harmless-prompt-break-an-ai-guardrail/4553727
Foundry guidance on voice-to-chat architecture for call centres. Focus on reliability, latency, and clean handoff to human agents.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/voice-to-chat-best-practice-for-call-centre-use-cases/4554634
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/voice-to-chat-best-practice-for-call-centre-use-cases/4554634
September 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Foundry guidance on voice-to-chat architecture for call centres. Focus on reliability, latency, and clean handoff to human agents.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/voice-to-chat-best-practice-for-call-centre-use-cases/4554634
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/voice-to-chat-best-practice-for-call-centre-use-cases/4554634
Publish SharePoint news once, amplify to Viva Engage. Full page fidelity plus one shared comment thread across both experiences.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-sharepoint-news-and-viva-engage-cross-posting/4548258
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-sharepoint-news-and-viva-engage-cross-posting/4548258
September 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Publish SharePoint news once, amplify to Viva Engage. Full page fidelity plus one shared comment thread across both experiences.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-sharepoint-news-and-viva-engage-cross-posting/4548258
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/introducing-sharepoint-news-and-viva-engage-cross-posting/4548258
Teams Rooms keeps both Windows and Android as first-class platforms. Windows for modular large rooms, Android for quick all-in-one installs, with MDEP bringing more manageability to Android. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
Microsoft Teams Rooms: Platform choice delivers flexibility for your spaces | Microsoft Community Hub
Microsoft Teams Rooms gives organizations the flexibility to create high-quality collaboration experiences across meeting spaces of every kind and size....
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September 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Teams Rooms keeps both Windows and Android as first-class platforms. Windows for modular large rooms, Android for quick all-in-one installs, with MDEP bringing more manageability to Android. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
Foundry now hosts GPT-Live-1 for full-duplex voice and GPT-image-2.5 for live image generation and editing in the same conversational loop.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/create-multimodal-applications-with-openai-models-in-microsoft-foundry/4543593
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/create-multimodal-applications-with-openai-models-in-microsoft-foundry/4543593
September 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Foundry now hosts GPT-Live-1 for full-duplex voice and GPT-image-2.5 for live image generation and editing in the same conversational loop.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/create-multimodal-applications-with-openai-models-in-microsoft-foundry/4543593
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/create-multimodal-applications-with-openai-models-in-microsoft-foundry/4543593
Select a SharePoint web part or section, then tell Copilot the outcome. On-canvas selection makes location part of the context so short prompts actually work.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-ai-page-authoring-select-describe-and-refine/4553193
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-ai-page-authoring-select-describe-and-refine/4553193
September 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Select a SharePoint web part or section, then tell Copilot the outcome. On-canvas selection makes location part of the context so short prompts actually work.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-ai-page-authoring-select-describe-and-refine/4553193
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/spblog/sharepoint-ai-page-authoring-select-describe-and-refine/4553193
How to build a SAFE agent on Microsoft Foundry. Security, auditability, and policy alignment designed in from the start, not bolted on later.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/build-a-safe-agent-on-microsoft-foundry/4547570
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/build-a-safe-agent-on-microsoft-foundry/4547570
September 11, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How to build a SAFE agent on Microsoft Foundry. Security, auditability, and policy alignment designed in from the start, not bolted on later.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/build-a-safe-agent-on-microsoft-foundry/4547570
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/build-a-safe-agent-on-microsoft-foundry/4547570
New DeepSeek and NVIDIA Nemotron models join Microsoft Foundry. More open model options under the same evaluation, deployment, and governance. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/expanding-open-model-choice-in-microsoft-foundry-with-new-deepseek-and-nvidia-ne/4547926
September 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
New DeepSeek and NVIDIA Nemotron models join Microsoft Foundry. More open model options under the same evaluation, deployment, and governance. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/expanding-open-model-choice-in-microsoft-foundry-with-new-deepseek-and-nvidia-ne/4547926
Model router updates in Microsoft Foundry: new regions, refreshed model pool, and practical guidance on hill-climb evaluation for real gains. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/model-router-updates-new-regions-a-refreshed-model-pool-and-understanding-the-hi/4521310
September 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Model router updates in Microsoft Foundry: new regions, refreshed model pool, and practical guidance on hill-climb evaluation for real gains. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-foundry-blog/model-router-updates-new-regions-a-refreshed-model-pool-and-understanding-the-hi/4521310
Microsoft 365 Backup: same trust boundary and residency as live data, ~1-3 TB/hour restores, bulk ransomware recovery, 10-min restore points, & $0.15/GB/month pay-as-you-go. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/10-things-to-know-before-enabling-microsoft-365-backup/4529275
September 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Microsoft 365 Backup: same trust boundary and residency as live data, ~1-3 TB/hour restores, bulk ransomware recovery, 10-min restore points, & $0.15/GB/month pay-as-you-go. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft_365blog/10-things-to-know-before-enabling-microsoft-365-backup/4529275