AZ526742 - Public Preview: Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning Updates

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Published

Nov 18, 2025

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • November 2025
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Product

Microsoft Foundry

Tag

Microsoft Ignite
Features

Category

AI + machine learning

Description

Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning is updated to reflect a complete redesign of Foundry’s UI, delivering an agent-first experience for developers and data scientists. The new interface streamlines model creation, evaluation, and deployment, integrates with VS Code, and modernizes navigation. With unified workflows and enhanced usability, enterprises can accelerate AI development, reduce friction, and future-proof their agent ecosystem. Public preview launches with full migration planned after July 2025. As a part of this update, Microsoft Foundry now supports Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) for GPT-5, enabling developers to adapt large language models for specialized, context-aware applications. This update empowers teams to optimize model performance for unique business scenarios, driving innovation and improved outcomes. 

Microsoft Foundry now additionally supports fine-tuning for non-OpenAI models like Mistral using the same APIs, UI, and workflows as GPT-4.1. Developers can fine-tune, deploy, and manage models with full parity across training and deployment, benefiting from quota management and developer tier hosting. This unified experience lowers costs, accelerates iteration, and simplifies production deployment for custom AI solutions. 

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