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Agentic RAG: Basic RAG Plus MCP Tool Calls

That second question isn't a retrieval problem — it's a computation problem that depends on live, structured, user-specific data. This is exactly the gap agentic RAG closes: it keeps the semantic search RAG is good at, and bolts on tool calls (via MCP) so the agent can reach into live systems, fetch real numbers, and reason over them before answering. A simple way to think about it:

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Microsoft Security Blog

128 Seconds to disruption: Microsoft Defender stops ransomware at QNET

Microsoft Defender automatically isolated a compromised QNET endpoint in 128 seconds, stopping a multi-stage attack before the payload could persist or spread. The post 128 Seconds to disruption: Microsoft Defender stops ransomware at QNET  appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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