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Run Untrusted AI Agent Code Safely with Azure Container Apps Sandboxes
Microsoft just shipped the infrastructure layer that makes AI agents actually deployable. Azure Container Apps Sandboxes: hardware isolation, sub-second startup, pay-zero-when-idle.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
This solves a critical deployment blocker for enterprises running untrusted agent code at scale. It's the infrastructure play that turns agent frameworks from demos into production workloads.
The key facts
6 to knowAzure Container Apps Sandboxes now in public preview
Hardware-isolated environments for untrusted agent-generated code
Sub-second startup time from OCI disk images
Scales to thousands of instances simultaneously
Zero cost when idle
New ARM resource type: Microsoft.App/SandboxGroups
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Publisher excerpt: Microsoft has announced the public preview of Azure Container Apps Sandboxes. This new ARM resource type is Microsoft.App/SandboxGroups, runs untrusted code generated by agents in hardware-isolated environments. Each sandbox starts from an OCI disk image in less than a second. It can scale to…