Azure AI AgentMap

Free to learn · beginner friendly

Build a real
AI agent
on Azure

Start from nothing. Learn what an AI model actually does, write the agent yourself in about 50 lines, then put it on Microsoft Azure.

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27
lessons, start to finish
£0
to run every one
0
things to install

What you are building

An agent is a loop. It asks the model what to do, does that one thing, tells the model what happened, and goes round again until there is nothing left to do.

The agent loopA question goes to the model. The model asks for a tool. Your code runs the tool and feeds the result back. On the next turn the model answers without asking for a tool, and the loop exits.you aska questionmodelpicks a toolyour coderuns the toolanswerno tool neededfeed the result back, then ask againno tool call, so the loop exits
That is the whole machine. You write it by hand in Module 2, then point it at Azure.

How the course goes

Four stages, in order. You can start anywhere, but each stage explains the one after it.

  1. Stage 01

    See what an AI model really does

    It guesses the next few letters, over and over. That is the whole trick. Once you see it, nothing later feels like magic.

    8 short lessons · no code needed

  2. Stage 02

    Build the agent yourself

    About 50 lines of Python, typed by you, running in this tab. It asks a model a question, uses a tool, and answers.

    5 modules · you write every line

  3. Stage 03

    Move it onto Azure

    The same agent, now on Microsoft's cloud. Logins, costs, search, and the errors that catch everyone out.

    13 modules · Azure AI Foundry

  4. Stage 04

    Ship a real one

    A help desk agent that looks things up, raises a ticket, and can be safely handed to other people.

    Capstone project

Fair questions

Do I need to know how to code?
No. Level 0 teaches you the small amount of Python you need, in the browser, one idea at a time. If you can follow a recipe you can follow this.
Do I need an Azure account?
No. Every lesson runs on recorded answers, so nothing costs money and nothing can break. When you do want your own account, the course shows you how.
What is an AI agent, in one sentence?
A program that asks an AI model what to do next, does it, tells the model what happened, and repeats until the job is done.
How long does it take?
About 22 hours of hands-on work. Each lesson is 15 to 90 minutes and your progress is saved in this browser.

Start with lesson one

About twenty minutes, and it needs nothing but this tab.

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