Microsoft Events presents an advanced demo-driven session featuring Alicia Frame, Ramachandra Kota, and Omkar More. They explore fine-tuning in Microsoft Foundry for Azure OpenAI and open-source models, highlighting synthetic data strategies and AI-powered agent development.

AI Fine-Tuning in Microsoft Foundry: Building Production-Ready Agents

Session Overview

This Microsoft Ignite breakout session explores how fine-tuning in Microsoft Foundry enables the creation of agents that excel in practical scenarios. The session covers:

• Model selection and customization (Azure OpenAI, OSS)
• Synthetic data generation for training
• Tool calling, data extraction, and workflow execution
• Multi-agent strategies for high-quality results
• Real-world applications, including contract repository solutions

Key Topics and Demos

1. Practical Model Fine-Tuning

• Steps: choosing models, generating relevant training data, evaluating model performance.
• Announcement: Microsoft Foundry now supports automatic synthetic data generation for training, simplifying the data preparation process.

2. Synthetic Data Generation

• Utilizes Swagger definitions to guide automatic generation of quality data.
• Demonstrated multi-agent collaboration to improve synthetic data quality.
• Example: Creating diverse scenarios for agent training.

3. Advanced Agent Capabilities

• Agents are designed for accuracy and reliability in production.
• Demo: Foundry launching RFT using models like GPT-5 and O4 Mini for complex query handling.

4. Real-World Application: AI-Powered Contract Repository

• ‘Navigator’ is introduced as an AI-powered solution for storing and processing contracts.
• Data extraction: AI identifies key contract details and relationships, enabling the processing of millions of documents daily.

5. Scalable AI Workflows

• Focus on building agents that perform, not just respond.
• Covers workflow execution and best practices for scaling agents in enterprise environments.

Speaker Information

• Alicia Frame
• Ramachandra Kota
• Omkar More

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Ignite Plans – Agentic Solutions
• Microsoft Ignite On-Demand Sessions

Summary

This session empowers technical practitioners to leverage Microsoft Foundry and Azure OpenAI for advanced model fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, and deploying robust, scalable AI agents in production workflows.