This course is intended for software developers wanting to build AI infused applications that leverage Microsoft Foundry. Topics in this course include developing generative AI apps, building AI agents, and solutions that implement knowledge connections or tools in your agentic applications. This course also covers multimodal capabilities and understanding of complex content.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Build generative AI applications using Microsoft Foundry, including RAG pipelines, prompt optimization, and responsible AI practices
- Develop AI agents that integrate tools, memory, MCP, and multi-agent orchestration using Azure AI Agent Service and the Microsoft Agent Framework
- Implement multimodal solutions that process and generate images, video, speech, and complex documents
- Apply text analysis and natural language solutions using Azure AI Language services and generative AI capabilities in Foundry
- Build information extraction and knowledge grounding pipelines using Azure AI Search, Content Understanding, and document intelligence
Audience Profile
This course was designed for software engineers concerned with building, managing and deploying AI solutions that leverage Microsoft Foundry. They are familiar with Python and have knowledge on using APIs and SDKs to build agents and generative AI solutions on Azure.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- be familiar with fundamental AI concepts and services in Azure
- programming experience
- experience using REST APIs and SDKs to build cloud-connected applications
- understanding of basic AI/ML concepts such as machine learning models and inferencing
Prior experience with Azure AI services is helpful but not required
1. Develop generative AI apps in Azure
- Plan and prepare to develop AI solutions on Azure
- Select, deploy, and evaluate Microsoft Foundry models
- Develop a generative AI chat app with Microsoft Foundry
- Develop generative AI apps that use tools
- Optimize generative AI model performance with Microsoft Foundry
- Implement a responsible generative AI solution in Microsoft Foundry
2. Develop AI agents on Azure
- Develop AI agents with Microsoft Foundry and Visual Studio Code
- Integrate custom tools into your agent
- Integrate MCP Tools with Azure AI Agents
- Build knowledge-enhanced AI agents with Foundry IQ
- Integrate your agent with Microsoft 365
- Build agent-driven workflows using Microsoft Foundry
- Develop an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework
- Orchestrate a multi-agent solution using the Microsoft Agent Framework
- Discover Azure AI Agents with A2A
3. Develop natural language solutions in Azure
- Analyze text with Azure Language in Foundry Tools
- Develop a text analysis agent with the Azure Language MCP server
- Develop a speech-capable generative AI application
- Create speech-enabled apps with Azure Speech in Microsoft Foundry Tools
- Develop a speech agent with the Azure Speech MCP server
- Develop an Azure Speech Voice Live Agent in Microsoft Foundry
- Translate text and speech with Microsoft Foundry Tools
4. Extract insights from visual data on Azure
- Develop a vision-enabled generative AI application
- Generate images with AI
- Generate videos with Microsoft Foundry
- Analyze images with Content Understanding
- Create a multimodal analysis solution with Azure Content Understanding
- Create an Azure Content Understanding client application
- Extract data with Azure Document Intelligence
- Create a knowledge mining solution with Azure AI Search
1. Develop generative AI apps in Azure
- Plan and prepare to develop AI solutions on Azure
- Select, deploy, and evaluate Microsoft Foundry models
- Develop a generative AI chat app with Microsoft Foundry
- Develop generative AI apps that use tools
- Optimize generative AI model performance with Microsoft Foundry
- Implement a responsible generative AI solution in Microsoft Foundry
2. Develop AI agents on Azure
- Develop AI agents with Microsoft Foundry and Visual Studio Code
- Integrate custom tools into your agent
- Integrate MCP Tools with Azure AI Agents
- Build knowledge-enhanced AI agents with Foundry IQ
- Integrate your agent with Microsoft 365
- Build agent-driven workflows using Microsoft Foundry
- Develop an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework
- Orchestrate a multi-agent solution using the Microsoft Agent Framework
- Discover Azure AI Agents with A2A
3. Develop natural language solutions in Azure
- Analyze text with Azure Language in Foundry Tools
- Develop a text analysis agent with the Azure Language MCP server
- Develop a speech-capable generative AI application
- Create speech-enabled apps with Azure Speech in Microsoft Foundry Tools
- Develop a speech agent with the Azure Speech MCP server
- Develop an Azure Speech Voice Live Agent in Microsoft Foundry
- Translate text and speech with Microsoft Foundry Tools
4. Extract insights from visual data on Azure
- Develop a vision-enabled generative AI application
- Generate images with AI
- Generate videos with Microsoft Foundry
- Analyze images with Content Understanding
- Create a multimodal analysis solution with Azure Content Understanding
- Create an Azure Content Understanding client application
- Extract data with Azure Document Intelligence
- Create a knowledge mining solution with Azure AI Search