6-Week Training & Certification Course
Mastering the Microsoft Agent Framework: Building Enterprise-Ready AI Agents with Microsoft Foundry
October 6 – November 10, 2026
Level: Intermediate
Turn AI Innovation into Enterprise Impact — Hands-On, Real-World AI Engineering for the Modern Microsoft Ecosystem
The future of enterprise AI is here — and Microsoft’s Agent Framework is at the center of it. This 6-week intensive program brings together the power of Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, and Microsoft Foundry to show you exactly how today’s leading organizations are operationalizing intelligent, autonomous systems across the Microsoft tech stack.
This isn’t theory — it’s practical AI engineering, built for professionals who want to design, build, and deploy AI agents that think, reason, and act.
Why This Course is a Must-Attend
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1 Aligned with the Fastest-Growing AI Trend
Agentic AI — systems that can plan, reason, and execute autonomously — is transforming how enterprises innovate. Microsoft’s AI Framework, combining Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, and Microsoft Foundry, is setting the standard for this revolution.
You’ll gain insider understanding of how Microsoft’s tools work together to bring real intelligence to enterprise applications.
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2 100% Hands-On, Market-Ready Skills
This isn’t a lecture series — it’s a build series. You’ll get your hands dirty creating real AI agents and connecting them to Microsoft’s ecosystem:
- Develop and deploy an autonomous AI agent using Microsoft AI Framework
- Integrate Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search, and Cognitive Services into real business workflows
- Use Microsoft Foundry to orchestrate, monitor, and scale your agents
- Connect to Cosmos DB or PostgreSQL for powerful vector-based memory
- Walk away with the kind of project portfolio companies are hiring for right now.
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3 Certification That Stands Out
Upon completing the full 6-week program, you’ll earn the Enterprise AI Developer – Microsoft Stack Certification, issued by Live! 360 Events. This credential validates your ability to design, build, and deploy enterprise-ready AI agents using Microsoft’s AI Framework, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, Microsoft Foundry, and the broader Azure ecosystem.
This certification demonstrates to employers and stakeholders that you possess hands-on, practical AI engineering skills — not just theoretical understanding. It’s a career-advancing credential that signals your readiness to build real autonomous systems within the Microsoft stack.
This isn’t just another course — it’s your next career accelerator.
Course Schedule*
Tuesday, October 6
– Week1 - Instruction Session: Introduction and SetUp – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework
- Introduction to Microsoft Foundry
- Demonstration of Microsoft Foundry Setup
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Setup the first project for Microsoft Foundry
- OpenAI
- AzureOpenAI
- Anthropic Claude
- Google Gemini
- XAI Grok4
- Mistral
- Tokenization
Thursday, October 8
– Office Hours – 9:00 – 10:00am (central)
Tuesday, October 13
– Week 2 - Instruction Session: Working with Microsoft Agent Framework – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Working with the Microsoft Agent Framework with local SLMs
- Streaming responses
- Working with Chat History (Agent Session)
- Creating our first agent
Thursday, October 15
– Office Hours – 9:00 – 10:00am (central)
Tuesday, October 20
– Week 3 - Instruction Session: Working with Tools – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Working with Tools
- Function Calls
- Code Interpreter
- Web Search Tool
- MCP Tool
- Agent as a tool
- Structured Output
Thursday, October 22
– Office Hours – 9:00 – 10:00am (central)
Tuesday, October 27
– Week 4 - Instruction Session: Embeddings, Vector Stores, Semantic Search, Agent RG and Reasoning Effort – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Working with Embeddings
- Working with Vector Stores
- Working with Semantic Search
- Working with Agent RAG Tools
- Working with Reasoning Effort
- Working with MultiModal
Thursday, October 29
– Office Hours – 9:00 – 10:00am (central)
Tuesday, November 3
– Week 5 - Instruction Session: AGUI, DevUI, Telemetry – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Working with AGUI (Agent User Interaction Protocop)
- AGUI Server
- AGUI Client
- Working with DevUI
- Working with Telemetry
Thursday, November 5
– Office Hours – 9:00 – 10:00am (central)
Tuesday, November 10
– Week 6 - Final Instruction Session: Workflows and WrapUp – 9:00 – 11:00am (central)
- Working with Workflows
- Sequential Workflows
- Concurrent Workflows
- Handoff Workflows
- Human in the Loop Workflows
* Hands-on Labs to be completed on own time in between live sessions
Enroll today — and lead with Microsoft’s AI Framework at your core.
By the end of this course, you will have built:
- A fully functioning autonomous agent using Microsoft AI Framework
- A Microsoft Foundry project with orchestrated tools & monitoring
- A vector-powered memory system using Cosmos DB or PostgreSQL
- A custom enterprise integration using Azure OpenAI + Cognitive Services
- A final capstone agent solving a realistic enterprise problem
Attendee Workstation Requirements
Bring your own Windows or Mac computer (tablets not supported) with:
- A modern browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari)
- Access to ai.azure.com and copilotstudio.microsoft.com
- Capability to run C# 10 or Python code via Visual Studio 2022, VS Code 1.66+, Visual Studio for Mac, or JetBrains Rider