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Microsoft Foundry
The A-to-Z Guide to Building and Governing Enterprise AI Agents
Updated 10-page preview from the 7 August 2026 manuscript, with the book introduction and table of contents. The complete edition is not linked here yet.
The download is an updated 10-page preview from the 7 August 2026 manuscript: book introduction and contents, not complete chapters. The full edition is not linked here yet.
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Microsoft Foundry from A to Z
Twenty-two chapters take you from the first resource through models, RAG and agents to governance, security, GenAIOps and publishing into Microsoft 365.
Part I: Understanding the Platform
- 01From Copilots to Agents: The Road to Microsoft Foundry
- 02Understanding Microsoft Foundry: Architecture and Building Blocks
- 03Getting Started: Your First Foundry Resource and Project
- 04The Model Catalog: Choosing the Right Model
- 05Deploying Models: Deployment Types, Quotas, and Cost
- 06Talking to Models in Code
Part II: Building Intelligent Solutions
- 07Grounding AI in Your Data: RAG, Azure AI Search, and Foundry IQ
- 08Your First Agent with Foundry Agent Service
- 09Agent Tools: Giving Your Agent Hands
- 10Multi-Agent Systems, Memory, and the Agent Framework
- 11Fine-Tuning: Teaching the Model Your Domain
- 12Beyond Text: Speech, Vision, Documents, and Real-Time Voice
Part III: Governance and Security
- 13Identity and Access: RBAC, Keys, and Agent Identities
- 14Network Security and Data Protection
- 15Guardrails: Content Safety in Practice
- 16Evaluations and Red Teaming: Trust but Verify
- 17The Foundry Control Plane: Governing AI at Scale
- 18Agent 365 and Enterprise-Wide Agent Governance
Part IV: Operating, Publishing, and the Edge
- 19From Prototype to Production: GenAIOps
- 20Publishing Agents: Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Copilot Studio
- 21Foundry at the Edge: Foundry Local, Windows, and VS Code
- 22The Road Ahead
Built for the step from demo agent to production
An agent is ready for the enterprise only when identity, networking, guardrails, evaluation, cost and operations work together.
- Choose and deploy models with a deliberate view of quotas, deployment types and cost
- Combine RAG, Foundry IQ, tools, memory and multi-agent systems in working solutions
- Design RBAC, agent identities, network isolation, data protection and content safety end to end
- Evaluate, red-team and operate agents with GenAIOps, then publish them to Teams or Microsoft 365
Every example as runnable code
The repositories are organized by chapter. A separate companion repository contains the Teams application from Chapter 20.
Questions about the free Microsoft Foundry book
What is included in the free download?
The free download contains ten selected preview pages. It is not the complete book. Newsletter signup is optional.
When does the complete edition launch?
The complete edition is not linked for download here yet. The updated preview is available now.
Who is this book for?
Developers, architects, IT administrators, security teams and decision makers who want to understand Microsoft Foundry as a complete enterprise AI platform and operate it in production.
Does the book include runnable code?
Yes. The Python examples are organized by chapter in a public GitHub repository, and Chapter 20 has a separate companion repository for the Teams application.
Bring Microsoft Foundry to your team
I also deliver the architecture, agent and governance material as technical deep dives and practical workshops.