Microsoft has released Foundry Dev Pack, a single installer that prepares Windows, macOS or Linux machines for building on Microsoft Foundry. It replaces a sequence of initial setup steps with one package covering terminal tools, editor integration and reusable instructions for coding agents.
The pack can install Azure CLI, Azure Developer CLI and the Microsoft Foundry extension for Azure Developer CLI. If Visual Studio Code is present, it also adds the Foundry Toolkit for building, testing, evaluating and deploying from the editor. Foundry Canvas, currently in preview, is installed only when the GitHub Copilot app is available. A Foundry Skill provides coding agents with guidance for common platform workflows.
Developers can then initialize a hosted agent from a template with the command `azd ai agent init`, or start through VS Code or a coding assistant. Distribution follows each operating system’s conventions: WinGet on Windows, Homebrew on macOS and an installation script on Linux. The release does not remove the need for cloud credentials, project configuration or deployment decisions, but it gives teams one supported starting point and should reduce setup differences between developers who prefer terminals, editors or agent-driven workflows.