Published: 2026-06-11 Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-highlights-thursday-11th-june-2026-113-edition-taswar-bhatti-bxojf Here is the #113 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday. I hope this newsletter will help you in your Azure journey and keep you informed. Feel free to forward this along to anyone who you think may enjoy or better ask them to subscribe. 1. Microsoft Build 2026 Day 2 LIVE | […]
There are a lot of AI model announcements these days, but every now and then one lands that feels immediately practical for real engineering work. Claude Opus 4.8 showing up in Microsoft Foundry feels like one of those releases. Microsoft is positioning Claude Opus 4.8 around coding, agentic workflows, and deeper reasoning for enterprise scenarios, […]
OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 is now generally available (GA) in Microsoft Foundry, and this is one of those releases that matters less for “chat” and more for getting actual work done—end-to-end. The big theme: messy, multi-step requests → completed tasks, with stronger reliability in planning, tool use, UI navigation, and recovery when something breaks mid-flow. If you’re […]

