About this course
Explore the practical steps involved in building and improving AI agents in Microsoft Foundry. The demonstrations include Python, VS Code, visual workflows, model selection, trusted tools, context, and troubleshooting. They provide a compact tour of development decisions rather than a certification program.
What you can learn
- Compare code and visual agent workflows
- Choose and route models for agent tasks
- Connect tools and relevant context
- Investigate slow or incorrect agent responses
Course at a glance
| Provider | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Microsoft Developer |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Language | English |
| Selected lessons | 12 |
| Video duration | 1h 17m · allow extra time for reflection and practice |
| Details checked | 9 October 2026 |
Try this learning exercise
Map an agent that answers product documentation questions. Identify its input, knowledge source, model choice, permitted tools, and a fallback response for questions outside the documentation.
How to follow the course
Choose a lesson from the list or search for a specific topic. Use Previous and Next to continue, and mark lessons complete as you go. Progress is saved in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access, tools and certificates
The selected public YouTube videos are free to watch. No paid subscription, payment card, examination, or software purchase is required for this video learning path. This listing does not include a Microsoft certification, assessed assignment, or instructor feedback.
The learning exercise above can be completed as a written plan without provisioning services. Reproducing demonstrations with Azure, hosted models, enterprise products, hardware, or optional software may require an account, separate access, or paid resources. Those activities are not required to complete the video course. Recorded interfaces and commands may differ from current versions.
Official Microsoft Developer playlist source ↗
Related courses for your next step
- Review a lower-level optionGoogle Agent Fundamentals: Free Introductory Course
Focus: Agent concept literacy · Goal-oriented system analysis
Beginner - Compare another approachFree Microsoft Foundry Course: Model Optimization
Focus: Compare deployment and evaluation workflows · Review tool-calling accuracy in AI agents
Intermediate - Compare another approachFree AI Agent Context Course: Foundry IQ and Work IQ
Focus: Connect knowledge sources to a data pipeline · Query a knowledge base across sources
Intermediate
Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Microsoft Foundry Course: AI Agent Development | Intermediate | Compare code and visual agent workflows · Choose and route models for agent tasks · Connect tools and relevant context | 1h 17m of video; practice time is additional |
| Google Agent Fundamentals: Free Introductory Course | Beginner | Agent concept literacy · Goal-oriented system analysis · Chatbot–agent comparison | 1 hour 30 minutes; official estimate, individual study time varies. |
| Free Microsoft Foundry Course: Model Optimization | Intermediate | Compare deployment and evaluation workflows · Review tool-calling accuracy in AI agents · Understand where supervised fine-tuning fits | 19m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free AI Agent Context Course: Foundry IQ and Work IQ | Intermediate | Connect knowledge sources to a data pipeline · Query a knowledge base across sources · Understand context-aware agent interactions | 2h 7m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Microsoft. Videos play from the Microsoft Developer channel on YouTube.
Report a correction
Questions & discussion
Share a useful question or correction. Comments appear after moderation. Please avoid personal or sensitive information.