Introduction to Azure AI Foundry: Exploring Services and Capabilities

1h 37mIntermediate2025-03-14

Authors

Walt Ritscher

Programmer, UI Designer, Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning

Learn-it Labs

Course details

Discover the power of Azure AI Foundry. In this course from Learn-it Labs, instructor Walt Ritscher shows you how to make your web applications smarter and more efficient using advanced AI models and services. Explore what the Foundry is and where to find it, including hubs, projects, and the management center, along with how to use essential tools such as models, playgrounds, AI services, agents, code, and fine-tuning techniques. Find out how to locate, compare, and benchmark different models within the model catalog, and learn the steps to deploy them effectively. Walt shares tips for enhancing models using playgrounds by testing DALL-E models and chat models, and creating and editing simple prompt flows using the prompt flow editor and Python template code. This course is an ideal fit for web developers, data scientists, AI enthusiasts, and anyone interested in leveraging AI to elevate their application development skills.

Skills covered

Azure AI FoundryMachine LearningCloud AdministrationGenerative AIAzureCloud PlatformsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingMicrosoftOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Make Visual Studio more productive for your web applications

1. Getting Started

02 - What is the Foundry
03 - Where to find the foundry
04 - Hubs, projects, etc.
05 - Management center

2. The Tools

06 - Models, playgrounds, and AI services
07 - Agents, code, fine-tuning, prompt flow
08 - Tracing, evaluation safety, security
09 - Assets, endpoints, data, indexes

3. Find a Model in the Model Catalog

10 - Explore the models
11 - Learn details about a model
12 - Compare models and benchmarks
13 - Deploy a model

4. Enhance the Model

14 - Explore the playgrounds
15 - Test a DALL E model in the images playground
16 - Test the chat model in the playground

5. Prompt Flow

17 - What is a prompt flow
18 - Load and edit system instructions
19 - Create a simple prompt flow
20 - Explore the prompt flow editor
21 - The Python template code
22 - Use a standard prompt flow
23 - Use search engine results with Serp API
24 - Deploy a prompt flow or playground

6. Research and More

25 - Explore new models in Azure AI Foundry Labs
26 - Learn more about Azure and AI