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Your Agent Is Only as Smart as Its Context

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Oct 06, 2026 · Product Launches

Microsoft IQ gives enterprise agents grounded context via four intelligence sources for meaningful outcomes

“Models give agents intelligence but contexts give that intelligence meaning”

Microsoft introduced 'Microsoft IQ,' a framework that connects enterprise agents to four distinct context sources—including Web IQ and Foundry IQ—enabling agents to go beyond generic responses and deliver grounded, business-specific outcomes. The demo showcased a supply chain autopilot built on Azure AI Foundry that dynamically routes queries to the appropriate IQ source. This matters because it signals Microsoft's enterprise AI differentiation strategy: context architecture, not just model capability, as the competitive moat.

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