Your boss just forwarded you the Anthropic Managed Agents announcement
Before you respond, here's what they actually need to hear.
It's a solid launch. Managed agent harness, sandboxed execution, durable sessions. Prototype to production in days. But context matters.
Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry Agent Service has been generally available since May 2025. Nearly a year of production hardening, including health systems already on Azure.
The real differentiator isn't the model. It's the production stack. Identity, governed connectors, data pipelines, and compliance infrastructure that lets regulated organizations actually go live.
And the part that gets overlooked? Claude models are available inside Microsoft Foundry. You don't have to choose the model to choose the platform.
The question for your board isn't "which model?”
It's "which production stack can we trust with PHI?"
Links to both platforms for anyone doing their own evaluation:
Microsoft Foundry Agent Service: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/overview
Claude Managed Agents: https://claude.com/blog/claude-managed-agents
Key details for the healthcare crowd. Azure charges nothing for agent orchestration. Entra ID with RBAC built in. 1,400+ connectors including FHIR, Epic, and Fabric. BAA coverage already in place.
Claude Managed Agents adds $0.08 per active session hour on top of token costs.
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