Feb 24
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In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to build intelligent, domain-specific AI agents using Microsoft Foundry Agent Service. We’ll go step by step—from creating a basic agent to extending it with custom tools, external data, and live integrations. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have built your own Contoso PizzaBot, an AI assistant capable of: - Following tailored system prompts - Using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to answer questions from custom documents - Calling custom tools like a pizza calculator - Integrating with an MCP server for live menu and order management https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/LabDay1 Join the conversation on the Microsoft Foundry Discord: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Discord Sign up for an Azure Free Trial: https://aka.ms/AzureFreeTrialYT Get hands-on with today's MCP lab repo: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/LabDay1 Catch up on-demand: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/OnDemand Chapters 00:00 – Welcome & Overview: Building a Pizza Ordering Agent 01:54 – Introduction to the Workshop and Demo Preview 06:08 – What Are AI Agents? Components and Key Concepts 09:00 – Workshop Setup: Requirements and Environment Configuration 15:04 – Deploying Microsoft Foundry Resource and GPT Model 18:02 – Creating Your First Agent in Python 28:57 – Adding System Prompts and Agent Instructions 36:06 – Enhancing Agent Knowledge with File Search and Vector Stores 45:57 – Adding Function Calling: Pizza Calculator Tool 52:15 – Integrating MCP Server for Pizza Ordering 57:07 – Running the Agent and Placing an Order 1:02:00 – Wrap-Up: Best Practices and Open Source MCP Server