Develop AI Agents on Azure (AI-3026)

Course Duration

1 Day

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with fundamental AI concepts and services in Azure.

Course Description

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more functional and accessible, and AI agents are a key component of this evolution. This learning path helps you understand AI agents, including when to use them and how to build them, using Azure AI Agent Service and Semantic Kernel Agent Framework. By the end of this course, you will have the skills needed to develop AI agents on Azure.

Learning Objectives

• Understand what AI agents are and when to use them in enterprise solutions
• Use Azure AI Agent Service to build and deploy AI agents
• Integrate custom tools into agents to extend their capabilities
• Develop AI agents using the Semantic Kernel Agent Framework
• Orchestrate multi-agent solutions with group chat, selection strategies, and termination logic

Course Outline

Module 1: Get Started with AI Agent Development on Azure

• What are AI agents?
• Options for agent development
• Azure AI Agent Service

Module 2: Develop an AI Agent with Azure AI Agent Service

• What is an AI agent
• How to use Azure AI Agent Service
• Develop agents with the Azure AI Agent Service

Module 3: Integrate Custom Tools into Your Agent

• Why use custom tools
• Options for implementing custom tools
• How to integrate custom tools

Module 4: Develop an AI Agent with Semantic Kernel

• Understand Semantic Kernel AI agents
• Create an Azure AI agent with Semantic Kernel
• Add plugins to Azure AI agent

Module 5: Orchestrate a Multi-Agent Solution Using Semantic Kernel

• Understand the Semantic Kernel Agent Framework
• Create an agent group chat
• Design an agent selection strategy
• Define a chat termination strategy

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