Infrastructure

Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate

Microsoft positions its unified SQL Server database platform as critical infrastructure for agentic AI, enabling agents to reliably access and coordinate structured enterprise data.

Monday, March 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Microsoft Azure BlogBY sys://pipeline

Microsoft explores how its SQL Server and database platform can support agentic AI systems through unified data infrastructure. The piece addresses practical integration of databases with AI agents for improved data coordination and structured data access.

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Thinking in Text and Images: Interleaved Vision--Language Reasoning Traces for Long-Horizon Robot Manipulation

Robots can better handle complex, multi-step manipulation tasks by reasoning aloud through interleaved text and visual traces, combining planning and perception to improve robustness.