Microsoft AI-3026 - Develop AI Agents on Azure

What you’ll learn

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe core concepts related to AI agents

• Describe options for agent development

• Create and test an agent in the Azure AI Foundry portal

• Describe the purpose of AI agents

• Explain the key features of Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

• Build an agent using the Azure AI Agent Service

• Integrate an agent in the Azure AI Agent Service into your own application

• Configure and deploy AI agents using the agent designer

• Add tools and capabilities to extend your agents' functionality

• Test agents using the integrated playground

• Generate sample code to integrate agents into applications

• Describe the benefits of using custom tools with your agent

• Explore the different options for custom tools

• Build an agent that integrates custom tools using the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

• Describe how connected agents enable modular, collaborative workflows

• Design a multi-agent solution by defining main agent tools and connected agent roles

• Build and run a connected agent solution

• Explain the roles of the MCP server and client in tool discovery and invocation

• Wrap MCP tools as asynchronous functions and register them with Azure AI agents

• Build an Azure AI agent that dynamically accesses and calls MCP tools during runtime

• Use Microsoft Agent Framework to connect to an Azure AI Foundry project

• Create Azure AI Foundry Agent Service agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework SDK

• Integrate plugin functions with your AI agent

• Build AI agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework SDK

• Understand how and when to use different orchestration patterns

• Develop multi-agent solutions

• Understand the A2A protocol and its role in multi-agent orchestration

• Design discoverable agents for modular, collaborative problem-solving

• Implement A2A strategies to discover and invoke remote agents

Microsoft Azure at Lumify Work

As part of Lumify Group, Lumify Work has skilled more people in Microsoft technologies than any other organisation in Australia and New Zealand. We have a campus in the Philippines, too. We offer the broadest range of instructor-led training courses, from end user to architect level.  We are proud to be the winner of the Microsoft MCT Superstars Award for FY24, which formally recognises us as having the highest quality Microsoft Certified Trainers in ANZ. 

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Who is the course for?

This course is designed for developers, data scientists, and IT professionals who want to build intelligent AI-driven solutions using Azure's powerful AI Agent Service. It is ideal for individuals with a basic understanding of programming and cloud technologies looking to enhance their skills in creating scalable and interactive AI agents for business or personal projects.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with fundamental AI concepts and services in Azure.

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.