Microsoft Developer’s Seth Juarez demystifies Azure AI Foundry, guiding viewers through model selection and agent building with practical advice for newcomers.

Getting Started with Azure AI Foundry: A Beginner’s Guide

Presented by Seth Juarez, this session helps developers overcome the initial hurdles of working with Azure AI Foundry. Viewers will learn how to:

• Choose and deploy your first AI model on Azure AI Foundry
• Build agents for conversational interfaces and integrate them with applications
• Understand the workflow from model selection to live agents
• Grasp how Azure AI Foundry can influence modern coding structures in AI-powered solutions

Step-by-Step Roadmap

1. Model Selection:

   • Learn to identify and select appropriate AI models for your use case using Azure AI Foundry’s interface.
   • Tips on evaluating model capabilities and relevance.

2. Building Agents:

   • Walkthrough of building interactive agents that leverage your selected models.
   • Overview of integrating agents into real-world applications.

3. Development Insights:

   • How Azure AI Foundry enables rapid prototyping and deployment.
   • Key architectural considerations for scalable AI solutions.

Resources

• Get Started with Azure AI Foundry

About the Presenter

Seth Juarez, Microsoft Developer advocate, specializes in making advanced AI tools accessible to the developer community.

For developers and technical consultants, this session shortens the learning curve and offers actionable advice to begin leveraging Azure AI Foundry in production projects.