CAIP Foundations

Foundational capabilities for the Cloud and AI Platform (CAIP). Covers Microsoft Foundry, Agent Framework, Semantic Kernel, Azure AI services, custom agent development, and Microsoft Fabric data platform.

Platform Overview

📖 Microsoft Foundry Documentation

Official documentation hub for Microsoft Foundry — the unified platform for building, evaluating, and deploying AI models and agents. Covers project setup, SDKs, model catalog, agent service, evaluation, and governance.

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📝 A Developer’s Guide to Managing Models, Cost and Quality in Microsoft Foundry

Practical guidance for selecting, managing, and governing models in Microsoft Foundry, with concrete advice on balancing quality, performance, and cost in production AI solutions.

Tags: CAIP · blog · architect, developer · public · recommended · Microsoft Foundry · model governance · @jwallquist_microsoft · 2026-06-17

📝 Foundry IQ: Build smarter agents faster with unified knowledge and serverless retrieval

Introduces Foundry IQ, a new Microsoft Foundry capability that combines unified knowledge management with serverless retrieval, enabling partners to build retrieval-augmented agents without custom infrastructure. Explains how it simplifies knowledge ingestion, reduces build complexity, and accelerates enterprise agent delivery cycles.

Tags: CAIP · blog · architect, developer · public · recommended · Microsoft Foundry · retrieval-augmented generation · @JW-Sthlm · 2026-06-17

Agent Development

🎓 Develop AI Agents with Microsoft Foundry

Nine-module Microsoft Learn path covering agent creation, tool integration, multi-agent workflows, testing, and deployment with Microsoft Foundry.

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🎓 Training for Microsoft Foundry

Self-paced learning paths on Microsoft Learn — from AI fundamentals to intermediate and advanced Foundry topics including model deployment, agent development, evaluation, and responsible AI.

Tags: CAIP · course · developer, architect · public · foundational · Microsoft Foundry · — · @jwallquist_microsoft · 2026-09-08

📖 Semantic Kernel Documentation

Official documentation for Semantic Kernel — AI agent framework, plugins, planners, memory, and multi-agent orchestration for .NET, Python, and Java.

Tags: CAIP · documentation · developer · public · recommended · Semantic Kernel · agent orchestration · @jwallquist_microsoft · 2026-09-08