--- title: Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA description: Microsoft's Browser Automation Tool in Microsoft Foundry has reached general availability, giving AI agents a managed browser to navigate websites, fill forms,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft's Browser Automation Tool in Microsoft Foundry has reached general availability, giving AI agents a managed browser to navigate websites, fill forms,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BTaJipqFp.png og:image:alt: Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Microsoft's Browser Automation Tool in Microsoft Foundry has reached general availability, giving AI agents a managed browser to navigate websites, fill forms, and run multistep workflows using natural-language instructions. Built on Playwright Workspaces, it works with Prompt agents, Hosted agents, and GitHub Copilot harness, and integrates natively with Foundry Toolboxes via an MCP-compatible endpoint. It supports both public websites and private applications behind an Azure virtual network, with identity and RBAC controls. Live View and Take control let humans observe or intervene in active browser sessions, while approval gates, tool allow lists, and least-privilege access support governance. A code sample shows wiring the tool into a toolbox and attaching it to a hosted agent via Python. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Microsoft Foundry's Browser Automation Tool let agents access internal company websites? It connects agents to private applications protected behind an Azure virtual network using Playwright Workspaces private network connectivity, so an agent can move between public and internal systems within one workflow while the organization's network boundaries stay intact. Private network connection must be configured during Playwright Workspace provisioning, and Microsoft Entra identities with Azure RBAC scope agent access per workload. _Teams wiring agents into internal portals can track how daily.dev surfaces new browser-automation capabilities like this._ ### How do I integrate Microsoft Foundry's browser automation tool with an agent using MCP? Add the Browser Automation Tool to a Foundry Toolbox, which exposes an MCP-compatible endpoint; then attach that toolbox to a Prompt agent or Hosted agent as an MCP tool. A Python example uses BrowserAutomationToolboxTool with a project_connection_id, creates a toolbox version, and connects it via FoundryToolbox pointed at the toolbox's MCP URL. _Developers wiring MCP tools into agent workflows follow releases like this one on daily.dev._ ### What human oversight features does Microsoft Foundry provide for browser automation agents? Live View and Take control let people observe an active browser session in real time and temporarily interact with the browser directly to resolve unexpected states, complete supervised steps, or steer the workflow before handing control back to the agent. These pair with screenshots, traces, console messages, and network activity logs for debugging and governance. _Anyone building reviewable, human-in-the-loop agent workflows can watch for updates like this via daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bickov** · 0 upvotes > Live View and Take control cover the sessions someone is watching. Most runs nobody watches. Browser agents usually send the model a screenshot after each step, and here that includes private apps behind the VNet. Are those screenshots stored with the run trace, and for how long? On an internal admin page one frame can hold customer records or an API token. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft Foundry Tackles the AI Agent Tool Problem Nobody Talks About](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-foundry-tackles-the-ai-agent-tool-problem-nobody-talks-about-msoxw2ziz) · DevOps.com · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introducing Toolboxes in Foundry](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-toolboxes-in-foundry-lcwb5gnuf) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building AI apps and agents with Microsoft Foundry](https://daily.dev/posts/building-ai-apps-and-agents-with-microsoft-foundry-tdq7h47dl) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp"},"datePublished":"2026-10-19T10:34:51.156Z","dateModified":"2026-10-19T10:35:16.018Z","description":"Microsoft's Browser Automation Tool in Microsoft Foundry has reached general availability, giving AI agents a managed browser to navigate websites, fill forms,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DevBlogs","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DevBlogs","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/8f68b453325f482ebeb73fb780092713","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"ai-agents,automation,mcp","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DevBlogs","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Browser automation tool in Microsoft Foundry is now GA"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/browser-automation-tool-in-microsoft-foundry-is-now-ga-btajipqfp","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Live View and Take control cover the sessions someone is watching. 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