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Foundry Local is Microsoft's on-device runtime for running AI models locally within the Microsoft Foundry platform. Coverage on WindowsForum.com centers on the September 2026 Foundry release wave, which brought Foundry Local 2.1 alongside broader agent infrastructure updates. The discussion highlights how local model execution fits into enterprise AI workflows, particularly for developers and IT teams building agents that need to run without constant cloud dependency. Related topics in the same release include scheduled Agent Routines, on-demand Tool Search, Agent-to-Agent protocols, and the GPT-6 model family reaching general availability.
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    Microsoft Foundry September 2026: GPT-6 GA, Agent Routines and Foundry Local 2.1

    If you have spent the last year gluing together cron jobs, overflowing system prompts, and giant JSON schemas just to keep an enterprise AI agent from hallucinating its way through a Monday morning report, Microsoft’s September 2026 platform rollup for Microsoft Foundry is aimed squarely at your...