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Choose the Appropriate Foundry Services
MS DocsModel catalog in Azure AI FoundryBrowse LLMs, SLMs, multimodal models; filter by task, provider, license›MS DocsAzure AI Foundry overviewUnified platform for building AI apps: projects, hubs, deployments, tools›MS DocsAzure AI services overviewFull catalog of Azure AI cognitive services and when to use each›MS LearnIntroduction to Azure AI FoundryFoundry portal, projects, hubs, model catalog, playground walkthrough›
MS DocsAzure AI Search overviewVector, semantic, hybrid search; indexers, skillsets, knowledge stores›MS DocsAzure AI Foundry Agent Service overviewAgent workflows, tool integration, memory, orchestration capabilities›MS DocsRAG in Azure AI FoundryRetrieval-augmented generation: indexing, grounding, response quality›
Set Up AI Solutions in Foundry
MS DocsCreate and manage Azure AI Foundry projectsProject creation, hub selection, resource provisioning, workspace settings›MS DocsDeployments overview in Azure AI FoundryStandard, provisioned, batch deployments; capacity planning, SKU selection›MS LearnDevelop generative AI solutions with Azure AI Foundry (LP)7-module path: hub, project, model deploy, RAG, agents, safety, evaluation›
Manage, Monitor, and Secure AI Systems
MS DocsManage Azure OpenAI quotas and limitsToken-per-minute, request-per-minute quotas; capacity reservations, auto-scale›MS DocsMonitor Azure AI FoundryModel performance, safety events, grounding quality, latency dashboards›MS DocsAzure AI Search performance and scalingReplicas, partitions, query unit planning, SLA tiers›
MS DocsSecurity in Azure AI FoundryManaged identity, private networking, keyless credentials, RBAC policies›MS DocsKeyless authentication to Azure AI servicesDefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, no-key patterns across SDK›MS DocsAzure AI services network isolationPrivate endpoint, VNet integration, IP firewall rules for AI services›
Implement Responsible AI
MS DocsAzure AI Content Safety overviewText and image moderation, harm categories, severity levels, custom blocklists›MS DocsConfigure content filters in Azure OpenAIFilter severity, categories (hate, violence, sexual, self-harm), custom policies›MS DocsGroundedness detection in Azure AI Content SafetyDetect hallucinations and ungrounded content in AI responses›
MS DocsEvaluation in Azure AI FoundryBuilt-in evaluators: relevance, coherence, fluency, safety, groundedness›MS LearnResponsible AI principles and practicesMicrosoft's responsible AI framework: fairness, reliability, transparency, privacy›MS DocsAzure AI Foundry trace logging and observabilityTracing agents and flows, provenance metadata, audit trail configuration›MS DocsAgent behavior governance in Azure AI FoundryOversight modes, tool-access controls, approval workflows, human-in-the-loop›
Build Generative Applications Using Foundry
MS DocsAzure OpenAI models overviewGPT-4o, o1, o3, Phi-4, multimodal model capabilities and API patterns›MS DocsAzure OpenAI chat completions APISystem messages, user turns, function calls, streaming, token management›MS LearnDevelop apps with Azure OpenAI Service (LP)Build chat apps, image gen, speech, embeddings using OpenAI SDK›
MS LearnImplement retrieval-augmented generation in Azure AI FoundryIngest documents, create index, ground prompts, evaluate quality›MS DocsPrompt Flow in Azure AI FoundryDesign DAG-based flows: inputs, LLM nodes, tool nodes, branching›MS DocsAzure AI Foundry SDK — develop generative appsazure-ai-projects, azure-ai-inference SDK patterns for RAG and flows›
Build Agents Using Foundry
MS DocsCreate your first agent in Azure AI FoundryAgent definition: instructions, model, tools, memory, conversation tracking›MS DocsFunction calling in Azure OpenAIDefine tool schemas, handle tool calls, multi-turn function workflows›MS LearnDevelop AI agents using Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel (LP)Semantic Kernel SDK: plugins, planners, memory, multi-agent patterns›
MS DocsAzure AI Foundry Agent tools overviewFile search, code interpreter, custom functions, knowledge stores, APIs›MS DocsAzure AI Search tool in Foundry AgentsConnect AI Search index to agent as grounding and retrieval tool›MS DocsAgent conversation history and memoryThread management, message persistence, conversation context strategies›
MS DocsMulti-agent solutions with Azure AI FoundryOrchestrator/sub-agent patterns, agent handoffs, shared context›MS DocsSafeguards and approval flows for autonomous agentsHuman-in-the-loop controls, intervention points, approval workflow design›MS DocsMonitor and evaluate deployed agentsAgent run tracing, token usage, error analysis, safety event detection›
Optimize and Operationalize Generative AI Systems
MS DocsTracing in Azure AI Foundry productionOpenTelemetry traces, token analytics, latency breakdowns, safety signals›MS DocsPrompt Flow observability and loggingFlow run history, token usage, latency per node, error traces›MS LearnManage and evaluate Azure OpenAI solutionsMonitoring quotas, latency, quality metrics, safety events in production›
Image and Video Generation Solutions
MS DocsDALL-E image generation in Azure OpenAIGenerate images from prompts, variations, inpainting, editing with DALL-E 3›MS LearnGenerate images with Azure OpenAIDALL-E API: prompt design, image sizes, quality, n parameter, response formats›MS DocsImage editing workflows: inpainting and mask-based editsEdit existing images with prompts, masked regions, reference media›
Multimodal Understanding Workflows
MS LearnAnalyze images with Azure AI VisionImage analysis API: objects, faces, text, descriptions, smart crops›MS DocsAzure AI Vision image analysis 4.0Dense captions, tag extraction, background removal, smart crops›MS DocsGPT-4o vision capabilities in Azure OpenAIImage understanding, grounded Q&A, multi-image reasoning, video frames›
MS DocsAzure AI Content Understanding overviewUnified multimodal extraction: visual, audio, document analysis in Foundry Tools›MS DocsConfigure Content Understanding pipelinesSingle-task and pro-mode pipelines for visual characteristics, field extraction›MS DocsAzure AI Vision object detectionCustom model training, object detection, image classification in Vision Studio›
Responsible AI for Multimodal Content
MS DocsAzure AI Content Safety — image moderationClassify unsafe visual content, harm categories, severity thresholds›MS DocsPrompt injection detection via embedded image textDetect indirect prompt injection attacks using text embedded in images›MS DocsVisual policy rules: watermarks, brand safetyCustom categories, brand usage enforcement, prohibited content detection›
Language Model Text Analysis
MS LearnAnalyze text with Azure AI LanguageNER, PII detection, key phrase extraction, summarization, opinion mining›MS DocsAzure AI Language overviewText analytics: sentiment, entities, language detection, summarization›MS DocsNamed entity recognition in Azure AI LanguageExtract persons, organizations, locations, events with NER API›MS DocsDocument summarization in Azure AI LanguageExtractive and abstractive summarization for documents and conversations›
MS DocsSentiment analysis and opinion miningPositive/negative/neutral sentiment, aspect-level opinion extraction›MS DocsAzure Translator overviewText translation, transliteration, language detection, custom models›MS DocsPII detection in Azure AI LanguageIdentify and redact personally identifiable information in text›
Implement Speech Solutions
MS DocsAzure AI Speech — speech-to-textReal-time and batch transcription, custom speech models, diarization›MS DocsAzure AI Speech — text-to-speechNeural TTS voices, SSML, voice cloning, custom neural voice›MS DocsAzure AI Speech translationReal-time speech translation, multilingual support, custom models›MS LearnImplement speech-enabled apps with Azure AI SpeechSTT, TTS, translation in Python: SDK patterns, streaming, batch processing›
Build Retrieval and Grounding Pipelines
MS LearnImplement knowledge mining with Azure AI Search (LP)5-module path: indexing, full-text, vector, semantic, skillsets, knowledge stores›MS DocsAzure AI Search: create an indexIndex schema, field types, analyzers, vector configuration, semantic config›MS DocsHybrid search in Azure AI SearchCombine keyword BM25 and vector similarity with Reciprocal Rank Fusion›MS DocsSemantic ranking in Azure AI SearchRe-rank results using language model understanding, semantic captions›
MS DocsAI enrichment with skillsets in Azure AI SearchBuilt-in skills: OCR, entity extraction, key phrases, image captioning›MS DocsRAG solution architecture in Azure AI SearchChunking, embedding, indexing, retrieval, grounding patterns end-to-end›MS DocsConnect Azure AI Search to Foundry agent toolsUse search as agent tool: query types, filters, vector fields, top-k›
Extract Content from Documents
MS LearnExtract data from forms with Azure AI Document IntelligencePrebuilt and custom models: invoices, receipts, ID docs, custom fields›MS DocsAzure AI Document Intelligence overviewRead API, Layout API, prebuilt models, custom models, add-on capabilities›MS DocsDocument Intelligence Layout modelExtract text, tables, selection marks, bounding boxes with layout analysis›MS DocsAzure AI Content Understanding — document extractionStructured/markdown output for downstream RAG using Content Understanding›
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Develop generative AI solutions with Azure AI Foundry7 modules — hub, project, model deploy, RAG, agents, safety, evaluationDevelop AI agents using Azure OpenAI and Semantic KernelSemantic Kernel SDK, plugins, planners, memory, multi-agent patternsDevelop apps with Azure OpenAI ServiceChat, images, speech, embeddings, function calling using OpenAI SDKImplement knowledge mining with Azure AI Search5 modules — indexing, full-text, vector, semantic, skillsetsImplement Azure AI solutions for natural language processingText analytics, translation, speech, conversational AI
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