Microsoft Events presents an Ignite 2025 session on building, deploying, and scaling AI agents with Microsoft Foundry, featuring technical demonstrations and implementation insights from KPMG.

Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Microsoft Foundry

Session Overview

This intermediate-level (200) session from Microsoft Ignite 2025 provides strategies and demonstrations for developers building agentic applications using Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft's unified AI-native platform.

Key Topics Covered

• Challenges in AI Agent Deployment & Governance
  • Overview of complexities involved in deploying agentic applications at scale, including real-time business context integration and governance.
• Microsoft Foundry Platform Capabilities
  • Introduction and announcement of new features for centralized management of agents, policy enforcement, visibility, and custom tooling.
  • Turnkey solutions for building and deploying AI-powered agents.
• Technical Demonstrations
  • Live demonstration of code-based agent creation:
    • Example: Multi-Agent Coupon Generation Workflow using Python.
    • Integration of workflows to automate business processes.
  • AI Gateway integration for central policy, security, and visibility management.
• Enterprise Integration & Governance
  • Detailed walkthrough on connecting agentic workflows to real business process automation.
  • Discussion on policy-driven governance and visibility for enterprise systems.
• Customer Success: KPMG Case Study
  • Insights into accelerating AI innovation and achieving business impact using Microsoft Foundry in real-world enterprise scenarios.

Chapters Breakdown

• 0:00 — Challenges in deploying AI agents and governance complexities
• 4:21 — Introducing Microsoft Foundry for agent management
• 5:32 — Announcement of augmented Foundry capabilities
• 13:44 — Turnkey platform for agentic apps and agents
• 25:55 — Code-Based Agent Creation Demo
• 28:37 — Multi-Agent Workflow with Python
• 32:43 — Connecting workflows to business process automation
• 40:01 — AI Gateway integration: policy and visibility management
• 42:45 — Summary and best practices for building, integrating, and governing agents

Key Takeaways

• How to leverage Microsoft Foundry for building scalable, governed, and enterprise-ready agents
• Integrate agentic applications with real-time business context and custom tools
• Implement multi-agent workflows in Python
• Deploy agents with centralized policy management using AI Gateway
• Best practices for enterprise governance and integration

Additional Resources

• Microsoft Ignite Sessions and Information
• Session Code BRK113: Detailed Agenda and Speaker Profiles

Speakers

• Robert Finlayson
• Shawn Henry
• Mike Hulme
• Balan Subramanian