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This course is designed to teach participants how to create, deploy, and manage intelligent AI agents using Azure AI Foundry. Students will learn to integrate advanced AI capabilities through agents into scalable, customizable solutions.

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What You'll Learn

  • Describe core concepts related to AI agents
  • Describe options for agent development
  • Create and test an agent in the Azure AI Foundry portal
  • Describe the purpose of AI agents
  • Explain the key features of Azure AI Agent Service
  • Build an agent using the Azure AI Agent Service
  • Integrate an agent in the Azure AI Agent Service into your own application
  • Describe the benefits of using custom tools with your agent.
  • Explore the different options for custom tools.
  • Build an agent that integrates custom tools using the Azure AI Agent Service.
  • Use Semantic Kernel to connect to an Azure AI Foundry project
  • Create Azure AI Agent Service agents using the Semantic Kernel SDK
  • Integrate plugin functions with your AI agent
  • Build AI agents using the Semantic Kernel SDK
  • Develop multi-agent solutions
  • Create custom selection and termination strategies for agent collaboration

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for developers, data scientists, and IT professionals who want to build intelligent AI-driven solutions in Azure. It is ideal for individuals with a basic understanding of programming and cloud technologies looking to enhance their skills in creating scalable and interactive AI agents for business or personal projects.

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Prerequisites

Familiarity with fundamental AI concepts and services in Azure. Consider completing the Get started with artificial intelligence learning path first.

Learning Journey

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Module 1: Develop AI agents with Microsoft Foundry and Visual Studio Code
Learn how to build, test, and deploy AI agents using Microsoft Foundry Agent Service through both the Azure portal and Visual Studio Code extension.

Module 2: Integrate custom tools into your agent
Built-in tools are useful, but they may not meet all your needs. In this module, learn how to extend the capabilities of your agent by integrating custom tools for your agent to use.

Module 3: Integrate MCP Tools with Azure AI Agents

Enable dynamic tool access for your Azure AI agents. Learn how to connect MCP-hosted tools and integrate them seamlessly into agent workflows.

Module 4: Build knowledge-enhanced AI agents with Foundry IQ
Learn how to connect AI agents with enterprise knowledge using Foundry IQ. You'll explore how Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solves the knowledge problem for AI agents, discover how Foundry IQ provides a shared knowledge platform that multiple agents can access, improve retrieval quality through data optimization, and configure agent instructions for consistent, cited responses.

Module 5: Integrate your agent with Microsoft 365
Learn how to publish Microsoft Foundry agents to Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, access workplace data with Work IQ, and test your integrated agents.

Module 6: Build agent-driven workflows using Microsoft Foundry
Workflows enable you to orchestrate AI agents and other components to create intelligent applications. Learn how to build and manage workflows using Microsoft Foundry.

Module 7: Develop an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework
This module provides engineers with the skills to begin building Microsoft Foundry Agent Service agents with Microsoft Agent Framework.

Module 8: Orchestrate a multi-agent solution using the Microsoft Agent Framework
Learn how to use the Microsoft Agent Framework SDK to develop your own AI agents that can collaborate for a multi-agent solution.

Module 9: Discover Azure AI Agents with A2A
Learn how to implement the A2A protocol to enable agent discovery, direct communication, and coordinated task execution across remote agents.

 

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    Exams typically consist of multiple-choice, multiple-select, and case study questions, and some may include lab simulations to evaluate your practical skills.

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    However, Microsoft Applied Skills credentials and Fundamentals certifications do not expire.

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