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Introduction
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Microsoft Foundry Core Concepts, Environment & Setup
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- Automation vs. AI Agents: When Enterprises Need Agents (4:34)
- AI Agents Core Components (4:59)
- Microsoft Foundry & Agent Framework Architecture (8:10)
- Setting-Up Azure AI and Microsoft Foundry (10:15)
- Setting Up Azure CLI (3:24)
- Setting Up VS Code with the AI Toolkit and Microsoft Foundry (8:22)
- Setting Up the Python Environment (6:04)
- Agent Architecture in Python: How AI Agents Communicate with Azure AI Services (8:08)
- Azure AI Projects SDK vs. Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) SDK (10:03)
- Prototyping AI Agents Using the AI Toolkit VS Code Extension (3:35)
- Creating an Agent Using the AI Toolkit (6:34)
- The Big Picture: How Microsoft Foundry Fits Together (10:10)
- Let's Have Some Fun (+ More Resources)
Building a Customer Support AI Agent with Microsoft Foundry and Python
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- Building the Customer Support AI Agent in Microsoft Foundry (5:59)
- Testing the Agent in the Foundry Playground (3:51)
- Calling the Agent from VS Code (8:47)
- Tool Calling in Microsoft Foundry (3:15)
- Agent Tools in Microsoft Foundry (7:34)
- Adding a File Search Tool to the Customer Support Agent (8:24)
- Testing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in Preview / Playground (5:00)
- Prompt Engineering for Enterprise AI Agents (Best Practices) (8:23)
- Debugging Agents with Traces (7:19)
- Memory in the Foundry Agent Service (8:03)
- Knowledge for Foundry Agents (8:20)
- Enabling Strict Grounding for the Customer Support Agent (8:28)
- Guardrails: Safety, Control, and Prompt Shields for Enterprise AI Agents (4:28)
- Reassigning Guardrails (5:16)
- Exercise: Imposter Syndrome (2:55)
- Creating New Guardrails (6:00)
- Best Practices for Agent Guardrails (4:13)
- Building a Front-End for the Agent Using Streamlit (4:39)
- Testing the Agent Client App and Walking Through the Code (8:08)
- Course Check-In
AI Agents vs. AI Workflows in Microsoft Foundry
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- AI Agents vs. AI Workflows in Microsoft Foundry (6:42)
- Building Your First AI Workflow in Microsoft Foundry – Part 1 (6:01)
- Diving into the Microsoft Foundry Interface for Building Workflows - Part 1 (6:18)
- Diving into the Microsoft Foundry Interface for Building Workflows - Part 2 (7:22)
- Building Your First AI Workflow in Foundry – Part 2: Agent Configuration & Execution (11:48)
- Calling the Workflow from Python (8:10)
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Project: Human‑in‑the‑Loop Content Pipeline
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- Project Overview (Proof of Concept) (2:07)
- Creating the Workflow + First Agent (3:28)
- Adding the Refiner Agent (3:29)
- Human-in-the-Loop Approvals in Enterprise AI Workflows (4:54)
- If/Else Logic and Building a Regeneration Loop (6:07)
- Testing the Loop and Delivering the Final Approved Result (4:39)
- Implement a New Life System
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Where To Go From Here?
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