AI Agents-Beginner to Pro-Azure AI Foundry Agent Service

Unlock the potential of AI agents with this comprehensive course, designed to guide you from a complete beginner to an expert using the Azure AI Agent Service. In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, leveraging AI automation is no longer optional – it's essential for businesses and developers seeking to stay competitive. This course equips you with the crucial knowledge and practical skills to efficiently build and deploy AI agents. Whether you're new to artificial intelligence or aiming to deepen your understanding, you'll gain hands-on experience within Azure's powerful AI ecosystem, giving you a significant advantage.

Stop letting uncertainty hold you back from harnessing the power of AI agents in real-world applications. Through clear, step-by-step guidance, engaging demos, and practical use cases, you'll discover how AI agents function, learn how to seamlessly integrate them with Azure AI Foundry, and master various Action and Knowledge tools. By the course's conclusion, you'll be proficient in function calling, code interpreter, Bing search, and Azure AI Search, empowering you to create intelligent, scalable, and fully automated solutions.

Course Contents:

• Section 1: Intro to AI Agents
  • Understanding AI Agents: A foundational overview.
  • What is Agentic AI and its potential.
  • How AI Agents Work: A detailed explanation of the underlying mechanisms.
  • Real-world Use Cases of AI Agents.
• Section 2: Azure AI Foundry Basics (For Absolute Beginners)
  • Introduction to Azure AI Foundry: A comprehensive overview.
  • What is Azure AI Foundry and its architecture.
  • Understanding Projects vs Hubs within the Foundry.
  • How Azure AI Foundry differs from Azure OpenAI Service.
  • Navigating the Azure AI Foundry Portal.
  • Model Benchmarks and accessing playgrounds.
  • Introduction to the Management Centre.
• Section 3: Assistants API - A Refresher
  • Deep dive into the Assistants API: Key concepts and components.
  • Understanding Assistants API Architecture.
  • Mastering Function Calling with practical examples.
  • Multiple demo sessions showcasing Function Calling with Python code.
• Section 4: Azure AI Agent Service
  • Introduction to the Azure AI Agent Service: Core functionalities.
  • What is Azure AI Agent Service and its architecture.
  • Assistants API vs Azure AI Agent Service: A comparative analysis.
  • Model, Region Support, and Pricing details.
  • Hands-on demos of the Azure AI Agent Service.
• Section 5: Understanding Azure SDK for Python
  • Introduction to the Azure SDK for Python: Getting started.
  • Setup, sample code, and creating AI agents using the SDK.
• Section 6: Azure AI Agent Service Action Tools - Function Calling
  • Implementing Function Calling with the Azure AI Agent Service.
  • Workflow and practical implementation of Function Calling.
• Section 7: Azure AI Agent Service Action Tools - Code Interpreter
  • Understanding and implementing the Code Interpreter for AI agents.
  • Practical use cases of the Code Interpreter.
• Section 8: Azure AI Agent Knowledge Tools - Bing Search
  • Integrating Bing Search with AI agents: A hands-on guide.
  • Implementing Bing Search for enhanced knowledge retrieval.
• Section 9: Azure AI Agent Knowledge Tools - File Search
  • Setting up and implementing File Search for AI agents.
  • Query processing and utilizing local file data.
• Section 10: Azure AI Agent Knowledge Tools - Azure AI Search
  • Hands-on implementation of Azure AI Search with AI agents and Python code.
  • Leveraging Azure AI Search for scalable knowledge management.