Agentic AI with Microsoft Foundry: Design and develop intelligent AI solutions and autonomous agents with Microsoft’s Agent Framework

Balamurugan Balakreshnan, Sina Fakhraee, PhD, Jay Padhya, Minsoo Thigpen

Agentic AI with Microsoft Foundry is your complete guide to creating intelligent, enterprise-ready AI copilots and agents using Microsoft’s unified AI development platform. Whether you’re building with GPT models, integrating private data, or orchestrating multi-agent workflows, this book equips you with the technical foundation and practical skills to succeed.
You’ll begin by mastering Microsoft Foundry essentials, including setting up your workspace, exploring the Model Catalog, and applying prompt engineering techniques for high-quality LLM outputs. You’ll then fine-tune large language models, implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and integrate cognitive search capabilities to give your AI real-world context.
The second half of the book dives deep into building and extending AI agents using the Agent Framework, covering everything from configuring tools and connectors to orchestrating multi-agent systems capable of reasoning, retrieving, and acting autonomously. You’ll also learn how to evaluate and govern your AI responsibly, monitor deployments effectively, and scale solutions for enterprise use.
By the end, you’ll have built a production-ready AI copilot that leverages Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI models, and Microsoft’s Agent Framework, bringing together intelligence, automation, and ethical AI design.