Azure's Foundry UI Just Got a MAJOR Upgrade! 🚀 (New Design Revealed) | First Look, Ignite 2025

Azure AI Foundry has a brand new, streamlined interface! In this exclusive first look, we dive deep into the major UI overhaul just announced at Microsoft Ignite 2025. I'll guide you through every section of the new Foundry experience, highlighting what's changed, what's improved, and how it simplifies building and managing your AI agents and models.

We'll compare the old vs. new UI side-by-side, create a new agent with custom MCP tools, explore the new workflow designer, and much more. If you're an AI developer, data scientist, or just curious about Azure's AI platform, this video is your essential guide to the future of Azure AI Foundry.

🔍 In this video, we cover:
00:00 - Introduction & Old UI Overview
00:45 - Accessing the NEW Azure Foundry UI
01:50 - Project Creation & Key Differences
03:32 - Discover Page: Model Catalog & Leaderboards
06:47 - The BUILD Section: Creating AI Agents
09:19 - Connecting Custom MCP Tools (Live Demo)
12:30 - Testing the New Agent with MCP Tools
14:43 - Publishing, Traces, and Monitoring
16:40 - NEW! Workflow Designer
17:51 - Custom Models & AI Services
19:43 - Fine-tuning & Knowledge Bases
21:46 - Operate Section & AI Gateway

🚀 Key New Features:

Completely redesigned, intuitive navigation

Integrated MCP server setup (no more VS Code needed!)

New "Workflow" section for sequential agent orchestration

Enhanced model discovery with leaderboards and filters

Improved agent monitoring with traces and run analytics

Streamlined tool and knowledge base management

This new UI is currently in preview, but it shows the exciting direction Microsoft is taking. What do you think of the changes? Let me know in the comments!