Building Agentic Solutions with Microsoft Foundry

Description

Bringing AI into production involves much more than model deployment. Organizations need to control how agents access data, respond to users, and operate within governance policies. Microsoft Foundry offers a unified platform for building, scaling, and managing intelligent agents across an enterprise. This book helps you unlock Foundry’s full potential through proven practices, clear examples, and actionable guidance. Building Agentic Solutions with Microsoft Foundry is a hands-on guide for cloud engineers, AI developers, and technical leaders using Azure to implement enterprise-ready AI. You’ll learn how to deploy large language models, connect them to secure data sources, manage quotas and usage, and architect agentic workflows. This book will become a trusted reference as you bring intelligent agents into your organization. Deploy large language models using Microsoft Foundry servicesConfigure retrieval-augmented generation with MCP tools to enable data accessBuild multi-agent workflows with Foundry IQ knowledge basesMonitor usage and track performance with built-in observability featuresApply reference architectures and patterns suited for enterprise environmentsGovern compliant and secure AI applications with confidence using scalable management tools