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Foundations of AI Agents on Azure

  • Definition of AI agents and their distinction from standard chatbots
  • Typical business use cases and established solution patterns
  • Overview of Azure AI services utilized in agent development
  • Mapping out an agent workflow from initial user request to final response

Azure Environment and Tooling Setup

  • Reviewing the Azure resources essential for a basic agent solution
  • Navigating Azure AI Foundry and associated tools
  • Configuring access, project settings, and model connections

Building a Basic Agent

  • Establishing the agent's role, instructions, and anticipated behavior
  • Incorporating Azure OpenAI models into the agent workflow
  • Refining prompts to enhance response quality
  • Executing a practical agent build exercise

Connecting Knowledge and Retrieval

  • Introduction to retrieval-augmented generation
  • Linking the agent to documents and business content
  • Utilizing Azure AI Search to support grounded answers
  • Validating relevance and reducing inaccurate responses

Evaluation, Safety, and Governance

  • Implementing guardrails and responsible AI practices
  • Evaluating agent quality with practical test scenarios
  • Managing access, data handling, and usage considerations

Deployment and Operational Readiness

  • Deployment options for internal and customer-facing solutions
  • Monitoring agent behavior, usage, and performance
  • Troubleshooting common issues and improving reliability
  • Next steps for extending the solution after the course

Requirements

  • Fundamental knowledge of cloud principles and core Azure services
  • Practical experience with web applications, APIs, or the Microsoft Azure portal
  • Basic proficiency in programming using any contemporary language

Target Audience

  • Developers aspiring to create AI-driven applications on Azure
  • Solution architects investigating agent-centric solutions for corporate scenarios
  • Technical professionals seeking a practical introduction to developing AI agents on Azure
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