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Kimi K2.7 Code is Now Available in Microsoft Foundry

Taswar Bhatti July 7, 2026 No Comments

Demo code located at https://github.com/taswar/KimiFoundryDemo

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.

Kimi K2.7 Code from Moonshot AI showing up in Microsoft Foundry feels like one of those releases.

Microsoft and Moonshot AI have made Kimi K2.7 Code available in the Foundry model catalog starting July 1, 2026. It is designed for the kind of software engineering that does not happen in a single prompt — multi-file refactors, feature work spanning multiple services, debugging sessions that need to hold context across many steps.

That is a different problem space from “generate a todo app in one shot.” And honestly, that is where most development teams are today.

What Is Kimi K2.7 Code?

Kimi K2.7 Code is a coding-focused model from Moonshot AI. … Read the rest “Kimi K2.7 Code is Now Available in Microsoft Foundry”

Cohere Command A-Plus Lands in Microsoft Foundry

Stop Stitching Models Together — Cohere Command A+ Lands in Microsoft Foundry

Taswar Bhatti June 26, 2026 No Comments

Sample code located at https://github.com/taswar/CohereCommandAPlusDemo

Enterprise AI teams have a familiar problem. You need multilingual support because your users are in Germany, Japan, and Brazil. You need document understanding because half your data lives in scanned PDFs and screenshots. You need tool calling because your agents have to actually do things, not just talk about them. And you need reasoning across long contexts because business decisions rarely fit in 4K tokens.

Historically, that meant stitching together three or four models. One for translation. One for OCR. One for reasoning. Something in the middle to orchestrate all of it. That is a lot of moving parts to keep in production.

Cohere Command A+ in Microsoft Foundry is designed to collapse that stack.

Announced as a Direct from Azure model, Command A+ is Cohere’s latest open enterprise model — and their first … Read the rest “Stop Stitching Models Together — Cohere Command A+ Lands in Microsoft Foundry”

5 Highlights Thursday | 25th June 2026 (#114 Edition)

Taswar Bhatti June 25, 2026 No Comments

Published: 2026-06-25
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-highlights-thursday-25th-june-2026-114-edition-taswar-bhatti-lopgf

Here is the #114 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. From Dev to Prod: Securing Postgres the Right Way

From Dev to Prod: Securing Postgres the Right Way | POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026

Learn how to secure Postgres from common blind spots across development and production. Sakshi Nasha ☁️ a (Software engineer) shares her approach in her talk “From Dev to Prod: Securing Postgres the Right Way” at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026.

2. pg_duckdb in Action: Accelerating Analytics on Azure Database for PostgreSQL

pg_duckdb in Action: Accelerating Analytics on Azure Database for PostgreSQL | POSETTE 2026

See how … Read the rest “5 Highlights Thursday | 25th June 2026 (#114 Edition)”

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5 Highlights Thursday | 11th June 2026 (#113 Edition)

Taswar Bhatti June 11, 2026 No Comments

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 | GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Foundry & Community Sessions

You could watch Microsoft Build 2026 Day 2 on YouTube if you missed it! Start your morning with GitHub, VS Code, and everything Copilot, then dive into a full day of live programming and breakouts.

2. Scott and Mark learn…how agents reshape software engineering

Scott and Mark learn...how agents reshape software engineering | BRK247

Join Scott Hanselman & Mark Russinovich on this … Read the rest “5 Highlights Thursday | 11th June 2026 (#113 Edition)”

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5 Highlights Thursday | 4th June 2026 (#112 Edition)

Taswar Bhatti June 4, 2026 No Comments

Published: 2026-06-04
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5-highlights-thursday-4th-june-2026-112-edition-taswar-bhatti-uac1f

Here is the #112 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 1 LIVE | Opening Keynote, Live Coding & Demos

If you have missed it don’t worry you can watch the MS Build Day 1 again on Youtube.

2. OpenClaw + Windows: Microsoft Build 2026

Watch Samantha Song and Scott Hanselman demo OpenClaw on Windows, and are joined on stage by @Peter Steinberger, the Claw Father himself, to talk about the latest in OpenClaw, at Microsoft Build 2026.

3. Building

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