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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 solution architectures
  • Survey of Azure AI services utilized for agent development
  • Planning an agent workflow from user request to response generation

Azure Environment and Tooling Setup

  • Review of Azure resources employed in a basic agent solution
  • Navigating Azure AI Foundry and associated tools
  • Establishing access, project configurations, and model connections

Constructing a Basic Agent

  • Defining the agent's role, instructions, and expected behavior
  • Incorporating Azure OpenAI models into an agent workflow
  • Testing prompts and enhancing response quality
  • Completing a hands-on agent building exercise

Integrating Knowledge and Retrieval

  • Introduction to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Linking the agent to documents and corporate content
  • Utilizing Azure AI Search to provide grounded answers
  • Verifying relevance and minimizing inaccurate responses

Evaluation, Safety, and Governance

  • Implementing guardrails and responsible AI practices
  • Assessing agent quality through practical test scenarios
  • Managing access, data handling, and usage policies

Deployment and Operational Readiness

  • Deployment strategies for internal and customer-facing solutions
  • Monitoring agent behavior, usage patterns, and performance metrics
  • Troubleshooting common issues and improving reliability
  • Future steps for extending the solution post-course

Requirements

  • Fundamental knowledge of cloud concepts and essential Azure services
  • Experience with web applications, APIs, or the Microsoft Azure portal
  • Basic programming proficiency in a modern language

Target Audience

  • Developers aiming to build AI-driven applications on Azure
  • Solution architects investigating agent-based solutions for business scenarios
  • Technical professionals looking for a practical entry point into Azure AI agent development
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