INTRODUCING THE MICROSOFT COPILOT HARNESS: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF TRULY MULTI-MODEL AGENTIC WORK

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Microsoft is making the GitHub-developed Copilot harness available through Microsoft Foundry, providing developers and enterprise customers with a managed multi-model orchestration layer. The harness powers various Copilot experiences and supports over twenty frontier models, open standards, and tools while routing work intelligently based on tasks. Recently ported to Rust for improved performance, the system manages the agent loop, sandbox, governance, and optimization.