12. Practice & Resources

Quick Reference Guide

Task	Command / Code
Create agent	`client.agents.create_agent(model, name, instructions)`
Add tools	`toolset.add(CodeInterpreterTool())`
Send message	`client.agents.send_message(agent_id, text)`
Create search index	`index_client.create_index(index_def)`
Query search	`search_client.search(search_text, vector_queries=...)`
Deploy model	Portal → Model Catalog → Deploy

Useful Resources

Study Plan

Week	Topic	Activities
1	Foundations & Setup	Read Ch 1-3, setup Azure + SDK
2	Agents & Tools	Read Ch 4, build first agent with tools
3	RAG & Search	Read Ch 5, build RAG pipeline
4	Gateway & IQ	Read Ch 6-7, configure gateway
5	Multi-Modal & Orchestration	Read Ch 8-9, multi-modal pipeline
6	MAF & A2A	Read Ch 10-11, A2A communication
7	Capstone Project	Build end-to-end solution

Bootcamp & Certificate Path

Microsoft Learn: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Microsoft Learn: Azure AI Engineer (AI-102)
Foundry-specific learning paths on Microsoft Learn

✏️ Final Capstone: Build an end-to-end solution that includes: (1) an agent with multiple tools, (2) a RAG knowledge base, (3) an AI Gateway with rate limiting, (4) multi-modal document processing, and (5) agent-to-agent communication between two specialized agents.