Microsoft Foundry Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Microsoft Foundry. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L46	Diagnosing and fixing hosted agent, evaluation/observability, webhook, and service issues, including health checks, recovery from data loss, and known bugs/workarounds.
Best Practices	L47-L61	Best practices for configuring and tuning Foundry agents: tools, routing, system messages, safety, evaluation, latency/throughput, and operating provisioned deployments.
Decision Making	L62-L105	Guides for choosing models, deployments, hosting, networking, billing modes, and upgrade/migration paths (Assistants→Foundry, preview→GA, Azure OpenAI→Foundry), plus cost/perf optimization and DR.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L106-L113	Design patterns for secure, scalable Foundry agents: VNet networking, private retrieval with Foundry IQ, shared session pooling, and high availability architectures.
Limits & Quotas	L114-L133	Quotas, rate limits, regions, and throughput settings for agents, models (Claude, Azure OpenAI, partner), vector stores, sessions, AI Gateway, and evaluation, including gov/enterprise options.
Security	L134-L181	Identity, RBAC, networking, guardrails, data privacy, compliance, and policy controls for securing Foundry agents, models, tools, traces, and infrastructure.
Configuration	L182-L250	Configuring and operating Foundry agents and models: YAML schemas, runtime contracts, networking, storage, observability, evaluations, OpenTelemetry, Azure OpenAI, and private/managed connectivity.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L251-L341	Patterns and code to integrate Foundry agents and models with tools, data, MCP, Azure/OpenAI APIs, tracing, memory, voice, search, and external services for end-to-end agent solutions.
Deployment	L342-L367	Deploying and managing Foundry hosted agents and models: infrastructure setup, CI/CD, private registries, publishing to Copilot/Teams, evaluations, red teaming, and healthcare/model-specific deployments.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Check hosted agent project health with agent doctor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/agent-doctor
Troubleshoot Microsoft Foundry hosted agent issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/debug-hosted-agent
Recover Foundry Agent Service from resource and data loss	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/agent-service-operator-disaster-recovery
Troubleshoot Foundry evaluation and observability issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/troubleshooting
Set up and troubleshoot Azure OpenAI webhooks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/webhooks
Known issues and workarounds for Microsoft Foundry services	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/reference/foundry-known-issues

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply tool usage best practices in Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/tool-best-practice
Optimize hosted agent instructions, tools, skills, and models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/optimize-agent-targets
Optimize toolbox tool search to reduce context costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/tool-search
Use Task Adherence signals for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/guardrails/task-adherence
Evaluate Microsoft Foundry AI agents with built-in evaluators	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/evaluate-agent
Design effective system messages for Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/advanced-prompt-engineering
Apply routing modes and best practices for model router	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-router-how-it-works
Apply safety system message templates in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/safety-system-message-templates
Apply best practices for vision fine-tuning	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-vision
Optimize Azure OpenAI latency and throughput in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/latency
Operate provisioned throughput deployments in production	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/provisioned-get-started

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Check Foundry Agent Service feature availability in Azure Government	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/azure-government
Choose networking options for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/networking-options
Plan migration from Assistants API to Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/migrate
Decide and migrate to new Foundry agent model	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/migrate-agent-applications
Migrate Foundry hosted agents from preview to latest backend	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/migrate-hosted-agent-preview
Choose the right web grounding tool for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/web-overview
Choose the right Microsoft Foundry build approach	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/choose-build-approach
Decide when and how to adopt Microsoft Foundry GA	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/general-availability
Plan and manage Microsoft Foundry cost usage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/manage-costs
Optimize Foundry model cost and performance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/how-to-optimize-cost-performance
Understand Claude CCU billing and migration in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/claude-models-billing
Choose Azure vs Anthropic hosting for Claude	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/claude-models-hosting-comparison
Choose the right Foundry deployment type	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/deployment-types
Choose Foundry deployment types in Azure Government	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/deployment-types-gov
Manage model versioning and upgrade policies in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/model-versions
Choose and manage model version policies in Foundry Gov	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/model-versions-gov
Select Azure-sold Foundry Models by capability and region	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure
Select Foundry Models by Azure region and deployment type	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure-region-availability
Decide when to upgrade from GitHub Models to Foundry Models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/quickstart-github-models
Plan disaster recovery for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/agent-service-disaster-recovery
Use Foundry model leaderboard for selection	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/benchmark-model-in-catalog
Choose Microsoft Foundry SDKs and endpoints for projects	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/sdk-overview
Interpret and compare Foundry evaluation results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/evaluate-results
Select and use healthcare AI models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/healthcare-ai/healthcare-ai-models
Choose integration patterns for Microsoft Foundry APIs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/integrate-with-other-apps
Plan migration from Foundry classic to current portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/navigate-from-classic
Upgrade Azure OpenAI resources to Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/upgrade-azure-openai
Use Ask AI to upgrade or switch Foundry models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/optimization-model-upgrade
Choose GPT Realtime Transcribe for low-latency streaming	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/gpt-realtime-whisper
Use Foundry model retirement schedule for migrations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
Use Azure Government model retirement schedule for migrations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule-gov
Plan around Foundry Models lifecycle and retirements	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirements
Plan for Foundry model lifecycle in Azure Government	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirements-gov
Decide when to use Azure OpenAI prompt transformation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/prompt-transformation
Choose PTU billing mode and manage costs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/provisioned-throughput-billing
Identify retired Foundry models and alternatives	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/retired-models
Estimate and manage fine-tuning costs in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-cost-management
Use Foundry model router with agents for optimal model selection	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/model-router-agents
Size provisioned throughput units for Foundry model workloads	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/provisioned-throughput-sizing
Migrate from preview to GA GPT Realtime API protocol	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-preview-api-migration-guide

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Design networking for Foundry Agent Service with BYO VNet	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/agents-networking-deep-dive
Design private agentic retrieval architecture with Foundry IQ	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-tutorial-private-overview
Pool multiple users onto shared Foundry agent sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/multiplex-session-users
Design high availability for Microsoft Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/high-availability-resiliency

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Quotas, limits, and regions for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/limits-quotas-regions
Manage vector store limits and file search behavior	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/vector-stores
Create and manage Foundry hosted agent sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/manage-hosted-sessions
Evaluation rate limits, regions, and enterprise options in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/evaluation-regions-limits-virtual-network
Set AI Gateway token limits and quotas in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/configuration/enable-ai-api-management-gateway-portal
Configure token rate limits and quotas in Foundry Control Plane	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/how-to-enforce-limits-models
Compare Claude models, quotas, and regions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/claude-models
Use partner and community models in Foundry catalog	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-from-partners
Reference quotas and limits for Foundry Models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/quotas-limits
Manage Foundry model deployment quotas and TPM limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/quota
Manage provisioned throughput quotas for Foundry models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/provisioned-throughput
Use Azure OpenAI global batch processing and quotas	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/batch
Manage Azure OpenAI quota and rate limits in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/quota
Use reinforcement fine-tuning with cost safeguards	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/reinforcement-fine-tuning
Azure OpenAI quotas and limits in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/quotas-limits
Reference quotas and limits for Azure OpenAI in US Government	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/quotas-limits-gov

Security

Topic	URL
Configure Agent 365 identity and governance for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/agent-365-integration
Configure and govern agent identities in Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/agent-identity
Configure authentication for Agent2Agent tools	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/agent-to-agent-authentication
Reference permissions for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agent-permissions
Configure RBAC roles and environment for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/environment-setup
Understand Foundry Agent Service data and access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/faq
Attach RAI guardrail policies to Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/add-hosted-agent-guardrails
Publish and secure Microsoft Foundry agent applications	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/agent-applications
Configure and share Microsoft Foundry agent endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/configure-agent
Configure Agent 365 data collection for Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/configure-agent-365-data-collection
Assign Agent 365 observability app role in Entra	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/grant-agent-365-permissions
Isolate user sessions and data in Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/isolate-sessions-per-user
Control and disable Grounding with Bing access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/manage-grounding-with-bing
Configure authentication for MCP servers in Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/mcp-authentication
Use isolation keys for Foundry hosted agent partitioning	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/pass-isolation-keys
Securely configure the computer use tool for agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/computer-use
Govern MCP tools via AI gateway and API Management	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/governance
Configure toolbox authentication and identity passthrough	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/tool-authentication
Configure private networking for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/virtual-networks
Map elevated roles to admin tasks in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/administrator-guide
Configure authentication and authorization in Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/authentication-authorization-foundry
Configure customer-managed keys for Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/encryption-keys-portal
Use Microsoft Foundry in Azure Government	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/foundry-azure-government
Apply role-based access control in Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/rbac-foundry
Govern Foundry agent infrastructure as Entra admin	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/govern-agent-infrastructure-entra-admin
Configure compliance and security for Foundry control plane	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/how-to-manage-compliance-security
Create and apply Foundry guardrail policies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/quickstart-create-guardrail-policy
Configure Entra ID keyless auth for Foundry Models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/configure-entra-id
Configure guided safety and security guardrails for agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/guardrails/guided-set-up
Create custom Azure Policy rules for Foundry resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/custom-policy-definition
Restrict Microsoft Foundry preview features with RBAC and tags	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/disable-preview-features
Secure Foundry with managed virtual network isolation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/managed-virtual-network
Use Azure Policy to govern Foundry model deployment	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/model-deployment-policy
Enforce Foundry model router choices with Azure Policy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/model-router-policy
Secure Foundry MCP Server with RBAC and policies	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/mcp/security-best-practices
Control and govern trace data collection in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/concepts/trace-data
Configure Entra auth for Foundry trace ingestion	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-ingestion-entra-authentication
Secure sensitive Microsoft Foundry trace data with RBAC	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/traces-sensitive-content
Understand default Guardrail safety policies in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/default-safety-policies
Design safety system messages for Azure OpenAI in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/system-message
Apply safety evaluation to fine-tuned models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-safety-evaluation
Configure data privacy and security for Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/responsible-ai/agents/data-privacy-security
Understand data privacy for Claude models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/responsible-ai/claude-models/data-privacy
Understand data privacy and security for Foundry Models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/responsible-ai/openai/data-privacy

Configuration

Topic	URL
Define Foundry hosted agents with agent.yaml schema	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/agent-yaml-reference
Use azure.yaml to configure hosted Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/azure-yaml-reference
Configure and troubleshoot Foundry capability hosts for data routing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/capability-hosts
Implement the Foundry hosted agent runtime contract	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agent-contract
Inspect local hosted agents with Agent Inspector	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/agent-inspector
Configure BYOM models with Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/ai-gateway
Author azure.yaml configuration for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/author-azure-yaml
Configure Foundry project context for azd AI commands	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/cli-project-context
Configure environment variables for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/configure-hosted-agent-env-variables
Configure OpenTelemetry export for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/configure-hosted-agent-telemetry
Configure Connected Foundry Models in Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/connected-models
Configure optimizer evaluation datasets and evaluators	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/create-optimizer-dataset
Disable classic agents and assistants in Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/disable-classic-agents
Enable Agent2Agent endpoints for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/enable-agent-to-agent-endpoint
Configure private inbound connectivity for Foundry IQ	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-tutorial-private-inbound
Configure private outbound dependencies for Foundry IQ	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-tutorial-private-outbound
Install and verify azd Foundry AI extensions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/install-cli-foundry-extensions
Create and manage memory stores in Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/memory-usage
Stream and filter logs for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/monitor-hosted-agent-logs
Configure private skill catalogs in Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/private-skill-catalog
Configure private tool catalogs with Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/private-tool-catalog
Register external agents for Foundry observability and evaluation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/register-external-agent
Run Foundry hosted agents locally with azd	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/run-hosted-agent-locally
Configure structured inputs for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/structured-inputs
Author and attach skills to Foundry agent toolboxes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/skills
Create and manage toolboxes for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/toolbox
Configure and manage toolboxes for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/toolbox
Reconfigure model deployment for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/update-hosted-agent-model
Automate azd AI usage with coding agents and scripts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/use-cli-with-coding-agents
Configure Foundry Agent Service to use existing Azure resources	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/use-your-own-resources
Reference built-in evaluators and parameters in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/concepts/built-in-evaluators
Register and configure custom agents in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/control-plane/register-custom-agent
Configure synthetic data generation in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/fine-tuning/data-generation
Configure Claude Code with Microsoft Foundry securely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/configure-claude-code
Configure Claude Desktop to use Microsoft Foundry inference	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/configure-claude-desktop
Configure guardrails and controls in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/guardrails/how-to-create-guardrails
Configure Foundry managed network access to on-premises	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/access-on-premises-resources
Configure bring-your-own storage for Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/bring-your-own-azure-storage-foundry
Set up BYOS for Speech and Language in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/bring-your-own-azure-storage-speech-language-services
Configure private endpoints for Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/configure-private-link
Use the Microsoft Foundry Skill with coding agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/use-microsoft-foundry-skill
Configure diagnostic logging for Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/diagnostic-logging
Run model and agent evaluations in Foundry portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/evaluate-generative-ai-app
Enable and configure Fireworks models in Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/fireworks/enable-fireworks-models
Import and deploy custom Fireworks models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/fireworks/import-custom-models
Configure health and performance alerts for Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/stay-informed-service-health
Run Foundry agent evaluations with azd CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/azure-developer-cli-evaluation
Configure and interpret Foundry agent monitoring dashboard	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/how-to-monitor-agents-dashboard
Log end user feedback with OpenTelemetry in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/log-end-user-feedback
Use Ask AI to interpret Foundry monitoring dashboards	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/optimization-dashboard
Analyze agent traces with Trace Replay in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-replay
Configure OpenTelemetry tracing for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-setup
Annotate Foundry traces with human feedback signals	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-annotations
Configure evaluation test suites for hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/quickstarts/quickstart-evaluate-hosted-agent
Configure and use Azure OpenAI v1 API in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/api-version-lifecycle
Configure priority processing tiers for Foundry models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/priority-processing
Automate Azure OpenAI deployments and TPM quota settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/automate-quota-deployments
Configure Azure OpenAI image generation models	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/dall-e
Configure direct preference optimization fine-tuning	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-direct-preference-optimization
Configure prompt caching for Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/prompt-caching
Create and manage reusable skills for Responses API shell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/skills
Configure spillover traffic management for provisioned Azure OpenAI deployments	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/spillover-traffic-management
Monitor Azure OpenAI Foundry with Azure Monitor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/monitor-openai-reference
Configure Azure OpenAI Realtime API events in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/realtime-audio-reference
Set up core Microsoft Foundry resources and access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/tutorials/quickstart-create-foundry-resources

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Add Responses or Invocations protocol adapters to hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/add-protocol-adapter
Build real-time voice agents using Foundry WebSockets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/build-voice-agent
Connect Foundry agents to Foundry IQ knowledge bases	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-connect
Validate private agentic retrieval with Foundry IQ	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/foundry-iq-tutorial-private-retrieval
Invoke Foundry hosted agents using azd commands	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/invoke-hosted-agent
Enable agent optimizer integration for hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/make-agent-optimizer-ready
Connect Foundry agents to remote A2A endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/agent-to-agent
Integrate Azure AI Search indexes with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/ai-search
Integrate Azure Speech MCP tool with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/azure-ai-speech
Integrate Azure Functions as tools for agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/azure-functions
Use Bing grounding tools with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/bing-tools
Configure browser automation tool for Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/browser-automation
Deploy a Foundry hosted agent with browser automation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/browser-automation-hosted-agent-quickstart
Use Code Interpreter tool with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/code-interpreter
Use managed MCP connector namespaces from Foundry Tools Catalog	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/connectors
Connect Microsoft Fabric data agents to Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/fabric
Connect Foundry agents to Fabric IQ data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/fabric-iq
Configure file search tool and vector stores for agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/file-search
Implement function calling with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/function-calling
Configure image generation tool in Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/image-generation
Integrate Foundry agents with MCP server endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/model-context-protocol
Integrate OpenAPI tools with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/openapi
Use reminder_preview tool for self-scheduling agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/reminder-tool
Ground Foundry agents with SharePoint content	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/sharepoint
Connect hosted agents to Foundry toolboxes over MCP	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/use-toolbox-hosted-agent
Configure and use the web search tool in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/web-search
Integrate Work IQ and Microsoft 365 with Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/work-iq
Add declarative agent workflows using Foundry VS Code toolkit	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/vs-code-agents-workflow-low-code
Connect Foundry IQ knowledge base to hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/quickstart-foundry-iq-hosted-agent
Use Foundry memory store for persistent agent memory	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/quickstart-memory-hosted-agent
Integrate web search and Learn MCP tools via Foundry toolbox	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/quickstart-toolbox-agent
Call Foundry Responses API from application code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/responses-api
Run fine-tuning jobs with azd extension	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/fine-tuning/fine-tune-cli
Generate text with Foundry Models via Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/generate-responses
Deploy and call Hugging Face models in Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/hugging-face-models
Deploy and use Claude models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-claude
Deploy and use FLUX image models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-flux
Deploy and call MAI image models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/use-foundry-models-mai-image
Deploy and call DeepSeek reasoning models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/tutorials/get-started-deepseek-r1
Integrate third-party safety guardrails with Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/guardrails/third-party-integrations
Configure and manage Microsoft Foundry connections	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/connections-add
Use admin-connected gateway models in evaluations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/evaluate-admin-connected-models
Host Microsoft Agent Framework agents on Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/framework-hosted-agents
Build LangGraph agents with Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-agents
Host LangGraph agents on Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-hosted-agents
Add Foundry long-term memory to LangChain apps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-memory
Integrate Foundry Content Safety middleware in LangChain	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-middleware
Use Foundry Toolbox tools and skills in LangChain	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-toolbox
Trace LangChain apps with Foundry and Azure Monitor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/langchain-traces
Run AI Red Teaming Agent scans locally	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/run-scans-ai-red-teaming-agent
Migrate Azure AI Inference SDK calls to OpenAI SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/model-inference-to-openai-migration
Integrate Azure Key Vault with Microsoft Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/set-up-key-vault-connection
Use Foundry MCP Server tools and prompts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/mcp/available-tools
Build and register custom MCP servers with Azure Functions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/mcp/build-your-own-mcp-server
Connect VS Code to Foundry MCP Server securely	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/mcp/get-started
Add OpenTelemetry client-side tracing to Foundry agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-client-side
Configure OpenTelemetry tracing for AI agent frameworks	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/how-to/trace-agent-framework
Instrument hosted agents with OpenTelemetry tracing in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/observability/quickstarts/quickstart-tracing-hosted-agent
Use Azure OpenAI audio completions API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/audio-completions-quickstart
Implement Azure OpenAI chat completions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/chatgpt
Configure and use Codex CLI with Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/codex
Call o3-deep-research via Azure OpenAI Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/deep-research
Generate Azure OpenAI embeddings with SDKs and REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/embeddings
Fine-tune Foundry models via Python and REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning
Fine-tune Azure OpenAI tool calling behavior	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-functions
Implement function calling with Azure OpenAI in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/function-calling
Call Azure OpenAI vision-enabled chat models via API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/gpt-with-vision
Configure JSON mode responses for Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/json-mode
Use Foundry model router to route prompts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/model-router
Optimize latency with predicted outputs in Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/predicted-outputs
Integrate GPT Realtime API for low-latency audio	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio
Connect GPT Realtime API to SIP endpoints	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-sip
Stream GPT Realtime audio via WebRTC in Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-webrtc
Connect to GPT Realtime API via WebSockets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/realtime-audio-websockets
Use the Azure OpenAI Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/responses
Call Foundry models via Responses API with routing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/responses-model-routing
Run shell commands with Azure OpenAI Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/shells
Apply structured outputs in Azure OpenAI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/structured-outputs
Use tool search with Azure OpenAI Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/tool-search
Enable and configure web search tool in Responses API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/web-search
Use Azure OpenAI Responses API over WebSockets in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/websockets
Use Azure OpenAI image and audio REST APIs (GA)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/reference
Use Azure OpenAI image and audio REST APIs (preview)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/reference-preview
Use Azure OpenAI image, audio, and video REST APIs (preview)	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/reference-preview-latest
Use Azure OpenAI SDKs across supported languages	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/supported-languages
Use Azure OpenAI transcription models for speech to text	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/whisper-quickstart
Get started coding with the Microsoft Foundry SDK	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/quickstarts/get-started-code

Deployment

Topic	URL
Scaffold and customize hosted agent infrastructure with azd Bicep	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/cli-infrastructure
Deploy Foundry hosted agents via azd, SDK, or REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/deploy-hosted-agent
Deploy Foundry hosted agents with private Azure Container Registry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/deploy-hosted-agent-private-azure-container-registry
Initialize Foundry hosted agent projects with azd	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/init-agent-project
Manage lifecycle and versions of Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/manage-hosted-agent
Publish Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/publish-copilot
Publish private-network Foundry agents to Microsoft 365 and Teams via REST	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/publish-copilot-virtual-network
Configure CI/CD pipelines for Foundry hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/set-up-ci-cd-cli
Deploy custom code interpreter with Dynamic Sessions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/custom-code-interpreter
Update Foundry hosted agent endpoints and cards with azd	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/update-agent-endpoint-cli
Create and deploy hosted agent workflows from VS Code	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/vs-code-agents-workflow-pro-code
Deploy existing Python agent code to Foundry Agent Service	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/quickstart-deploy-own-code
Set up GitHub Actions CI/CD for hosted agents	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/quickstarts/set-up-cicd-hosted-agent
Deploy Foundry models with CLI and Bicep	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/how-to/create-model-deployments
Recover Foundry Agent Service from regional platform outages	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/agent-service-platform-disaster-recovery
Deploy open-source models on Foundry managed compute	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/deploy-models-managed
Run cloud evaluations with Foundry SDK in CI/CD	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/cloud-evaluation
Run AI Red Teaming Agent scans in the cloud	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/develop/run-ai-red-teaming-cloud
Run Foundry agent evaluations in Azure DevOps	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/evaluation-azure-devops
Run Foundry agent evaluations in GitHub Actions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/evaluation-github-action
Deploy CxrReportGen Premium healthcare model in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/healthcare-ai/deploy-cxrreportgen-premium
Deploy MedImageInsight Premium healthcare model in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/how-to/healthcare-ai/deploy-medimageinsight-premium
Deploy fine-tuned Azure OpenAI models in Foundry	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/how-to/fine-tuning-deploy