Class Details
A five-day pro-code masterclass for Agentic Architects and AI Engineers who finished AI-103 and want to know what comes next. The class opens where certification stops: production Foundry architecture, real identity patterns, and the agent infrastructure that runs at scale.
Microsoft Foundry is covered as architects use it. The new resource model, Model Router strategy, and Foundry SDK 2.0 pipeline composition set the foundation. Agent Identity becomes first-class with Entra service principals and On-Behalf-Of flows. MCP moves from concept to production infrastructure via Azure Functions and the Foundry Toolbox, with trace-level evaluation and Prompt Optimizer closing the feedback loop.
The Microsoft Agent Framework separates concerns across three architectural layers. AgentSession persistence, Agent Skills, Second Brain long-term memory patterns, and A2A protocol adapters give agents the composability that survives production. Durable Agents on Azure Durable Functions add checkpointing, human approval gates, and cost-efficient scale-to-zero execution.
Multi-agent team design and Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork integration complete the picture. Magentic orchestration handles complex team topologies with stall detection and replanning. Foundry agent teams are wrapped as MCP servers, secured with Entra SSO and On-Behalf-Of, assembled into Cowork plugins, and distributed to the enterprise through the M365 Agents Toolkit.
Curriculum
Microsoft Foundry Pro Architecture & MCP
- AI Foundry Extension for VS Code
- Utilizing the Microsoft Foundry MCP Server
- Model Router Strategy: Balanced, Cost & Quality Modes
- Foundry SDK 2.0: Chat Clients & Extensions.AI Middleware
- Responses API: Agent, Conversation & Response Objects
- Conversation Continuity & Streaming
- MCP Tool Design: Single-Tool, Multi-Tool & Hybrid
- MCP Authentication & Security
- Evaluator Catalogue: Quality, RAG, Agent-Specific & Custom
- Prompt Optimizer & Task Adherence
Foundry Agent Service Concepts
- Three Agent Kinds: Prompt, Workflow & Hosted Agents
- Conversations, Responses & State Persistence
- Foundry IQ: Query Planner, Reasoning Effort, ACL Sync
- Foundry Toolbox: Shared, Versioned Tool Endpoints for Agents
- Tool Ecosystem: Toolbox, Code Interpreter & MCPs
- Deep Research Pattern with web_search and MCP
- Voice Live API: Realtime Audio & Agent Binding
- Production Tracing, Trace-Level Evaluation & Monitoring
Microsoft Agent Framework Architecture
- Chat Clients, Agents & Workflows Overview
- Deploying MAF Agents as Foundry Hosted Agents
- Agent Pipeline: Middleware, Context Providers & Chat Client
- AgentSession Persistence: In-Memory vs Stateful
- Hosted Agents: Streaming & Background Protocols
- Agent Skills: SKILL.md, SkillsProvider & Progressive Disclosure
- Functional Approach: When Skills Replace Workflows
- Second Brain Patterns & Long-Term Memory
- AG-UI Protocol Adapter: Streaming Events from Agent to UI
Durable Agents: Long-Running & Human-Gated
- Long-Running, Stateful & Human-Gated Workflows
- Durable Agents with Azure Durable Functions
- Flex Consumption & Durable Task Scheduler
- Checkpointing at Superstep Boundaries
- Session Storage Backends: File, Cosmos & Custom
- Human Approval Gates: Suspend, Wait & Resume
Designing Agentic Teams
- Agent Roles & Team Topology: Who Does What
- A2A: Cross-System Agent-to-Agent Protocol
- Sequential Orchestration, Concurrent, Handoff & Group Chat
- WorkflowBuilder, Typed Edges & Pregel Supersteps
- Observability & Workflow Visualization
- Handoff vs Agent-as-Tool: Ownership Semantics
- Magentic Orchestration: Task Ledger, Stall Detection & Replan
- Plan-Review Human-in-the-Loop with Magentic
Foundry Agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork
- Wrapping Foundry Agent Teams as MCP Servers
- MCP Wrapper Design: Tool Scope & Routing
- Identity End-to-End: Entra SSO & On-Behalf-Of
- Cowork Plugin Anatomy
- Crafting Cowork Plugins
- Packaging & Distribution: M365 Agents Toolkit CLI
Class Logistics
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