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Foundry Control Plane

Foundry Control Plane is the unified management hub inside the Microsoft Foundry ecosystem, letting you build, run, monitor and govern multi-agent apps on Azure from a single pane of glass.
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Features of Foundry Control Plane

Single front door for the entire Foundry stack—manage every agent in one place.
Built-in observability blades for real-time health, traces and metrics.
One-click flow from build to deploy to operate—no context-switching.
Plugs natively into Foundry Models, Agent Service and Tools.
Central point for enterprise security, policy and compliance controls.
Appears side-by-side with DevOps, Data and Infra services in the Azure portal.
Team-aware RBAC and lifecycle policies keep large orgs in sync.

Use Cases of Foundry Control Plane

Roll out multi-agent projects on Azure without juggling multiple consoles.
Monitor agent fleets, traces and KPIs through the embedded observability UI.
Coordinate model updates, agent releases and tool rollouts from a single node.
Enforce AI governance policies—approval gates, audit logs, cost quotas.
Let distributed teams share the same control plane while keeping permissions tight.
Wire Foundry into existing Azure DevOps or data pipelines for end-to-end cloud workflows.

FAQ about Foundry Control Plane

QWhat is Foundry Control Plane?

It’s the management hub of the Microsoft Foundry ecosystem that unifies building, operating, monitoring and governing multi-agent applications on Azure.

QWhich pain points does it solve?

It ends the sprawl of separate tools by giving teams one console to handle build, run, observe and govern for any number of agents.

QHow does it relate to Microsoft Foundry?

Microsoft Foundry is the full platform; Control Plane is the unified management layer you land on first.

QDoes it include observability?

Yes—dedicated Observability blades surface logs, metrics and distributed traces for every agent.

QWho should use it?

Platform engineers, MLOps teams, AI governance officers and anyone building enterprise-grade agent systems on Azure.

QAre APIs or architecture docs available?

The current page is high-level; check the official Azure docs for detailed specs and REST endpoints.

QDoes it integrate with other Azure services?

Absolutely—it sits alongside DevOps, Data and Infrastructure services in the Azure portal for native cloud workflows.

QWhere can I find pricing?

Pricing details aren’t shown here; visit the Azure pricing page or contact your account team for up-to-date rates.