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Foundations of AI Agents on Azure

  • Definition of AI agents and how they differ from standard chatbots.
  • Common business use cases and solution patterns.
  • Overview of Azure AI services utilised for agent development.
  • Planning an agent workflow from user request to response.

Azure Environment and Tooling Setup

  • Reviewing the Azure resources involved in a simple agent solution.
  • Navigating Azure AI Foundry and related tools.
  • Preparing access, project settings, and model connections.

Building a Basic Agent

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

Connecting Knowledge and Retrieval

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

Evaluation, Safety, and Governance

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

Deployment and Operational Readiness

  • Deployment options for internal and customer-facing solutions.
  • Monitoring agent behaviour, usage, and performance.
  • Troubleshooting common issues and enhancing reliability.
  • Next steps for extending the solution post-course.

Requirements

  • Fundamental understanding of cloud concepts and core Azure services.
  • Experience with web applications, APIs, or navigating the Microsoft Azure portal.
  • Basic programming experience in any modern language.

Audience

  • Developers keen on building AI-powered applications on Azure.
  • Solution architects investigating agent-based solutions for business use cases.
  • Technical professionals seeking a practical introduction to Azure AI agent development.
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