Microsoft Foundry Now Lets You Build a Searchable Q&A Agent from Meeting Recordings

Microsoft Foundry, formerly Azure AI Foundry following a rename formalized in January 2026, combines Fast Transcription and Foundry IQ to turn recorded meetings into a queryable knowledge base. The pipeline works by detecting new audio files in a blob container, transcribing them with speaker labels via Fast Transcription, and indexing the resulting text through Foundry IQ. An event-driven architecture using Azure Event Grid and a queue ensures reliable processing and prevents overloading the Speech resource during bulk uploads. Once indexed, a Foundry agent can answer specific questions about meeting decisions and attribute responses to the speakers who made them, with references back to the original recording. The system is built using the 2.x preview of the azure-ai-projects SDK, targeting the new Foundry portal and its Responses-based agent surface.
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