--- title: Microsoft AI Update July 2026 | daily.dev description: A monthly roundup of Microsoft AI updates for July 2026 covering new model availability, platform features, and tooling. GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna tiers) is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft AI Update July 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A monthly roundup of Microsoft AI updates for July 2026 covering new model availability, platform features, and tooling. GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna tiers) is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jhYoICIdB.png og:image:alt: Microsoft AI Update July 2026 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. # Microsoft AI Update July 2026 **[John Savill's Technical Training](https://daily.dev/sources/john-savill)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A monthly roundup of Microsoft AI updates for July 2026 covering new model availability, platform features, and tooling. GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna tiers) is now available across M365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure Foundry. New Microsoft AI models include MAI Image 2.5 Pro and MAI Voice 2 Flash. Claude Opus 5 and Kimi K3 (2.8T parameters, 1M token context) are available in Foundry. Grok 4.5 and Gemini 3.6 Flash are added to GitHub Copilot. Foundry gains an ROI-for-agents feature in private preview, an APAC data zone in GA, a new project-based portal in GA, and sensitive trace content handling. Copilot Studio adds Foundry IQ support and GitHub Copilot harness integration. M365 Copilot gets @mention for Office agents, track changes in Word, brand kits in Excel/PowerPoint, and meeting recaps in Teams. GitHub Copilot introduces a skills recorder tool and Copilot Vision goes GA. Azure API Management adds an AI gateway tier supporting MCP servers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What's new in Azure AI Foundry](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-azure-ai-foundry-hx3r96xoo) · DevBlogs · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#microsoft-copilot](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-copilot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb) ```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":"Microsoft AI Update July 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T14:48:37.801Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T14:49:01.453Z","description":"A monthly roundup of Microsoft AI updates for July 2026 covering new model availability, platform features, and tooling. GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna tiers) is...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2GpTcz6JVhQ/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2GpTcz6JVhQ/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"John Savill's Technical Training","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":"John Savill's Technical Training","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--4rApg0fT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780213220/logos/john-savill?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/john-savill"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-ai-update-july-2026-jhyoicidb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"llm,github,azure,ai-agents,microsoft-copilot","timeRequired":"PT15M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Microsoft AI Update July 2026","description":"A monthly roundup of Microsoft AI updates for July 2026 covering new model availability, platform features, and tooling. GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna tiers) is...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2GpTcz6JVhQ/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-04T14:48:37.801Z","duration":"PT15M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/jhYoICIdB","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/2GpTcz6JVhQ"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"John Savill's Technical Training","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/john-savill"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Microsoft AI Update July 2026"}]} ```