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Course Outline

Foundations of AI Agents on Azure

  • Defining AI agents and their distinction from standard chatbots.
  • Common commercial use cases and solution patterns.
  • Overview of Azure AI services utilized for agent development.
  • Strategizing an agent workflow from user request to response delivery.

Azure Environment and Tooling Setup

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

Building a Basic Agent

  • Defining the agent's role, instructions, and expected behavior.
  • Leveraging Azure OpenAI models within an agent workflow.
  • Testing prompts and enhancing response quality.
  • Executing a hands-on agent construction exercise.

Connecting Knowledge and Retrieval

  • Introduction to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
  • Linking the agent to documents and proprietary business content.
  • Utilizing Azure AI Search to support grounded answers.
  • Validating relevance and minimizing inaccurate responses.

Evaluation, Safety, and Governance

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

Deployment and Operational Readiness

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

Requirements

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

Target Audience

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

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