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Azure AI apps and agents
Build innovative AI solutions on a complete, enterprise-grade AI app platform.
OVERVIEW
Explore the Azure AI difference
- Build, optimize, and govern AI apps and agents with a unified, interoperable AI platform.
- Get more than 11,000 models—including foundation, open, task, and industry-specific models—for your use cases.
- Leverage agent and multi-agent orchestration frameworks, tracing, and debugging tools.
- Provide context for retrieval-augmented generation at scale and automate workflows.
- Monitor and optimize AI with evaluations, safety filters, and robust security controls.
- Reimagine DevOps with AI agents that build, fix, and ship.
- Put developers at the center of innovation with an AI-infused development experience.
- Extend AI across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from ideation to coding, testing, and operations.
- Reduce time to market for AI apps and agents with AI platform services.
- Develop applications and agents with cloud databases built for AI scale and performance.
- Fuel apps and AI agents with any type or amount of data, at high performance.
- Use native vector search, langauge models, and Microsoft Foundry services right within your database.
- Enable powerful apps and AI agents with language models trained on unique organizational data.
- Get flexible deployment options and accelerate AI development with serverless GPUs.
- Improve developer experience through AI assistance, broad language support, and automation.
- Automatically scale for business growth and get AI-powered application performance management.
- Adjust spend with detailed cost analysis tools, policies, and intelligent recommendations.
- Extend AI innovation to the edge by running AI models locally with privacy and offline access.
- Enhance the safety of generative AI applications with advanced guardrails for responsible AI.
- Reduce risk with continuous observability and governance.
- Detect, prevent, and respond to emerging AI threats and vulnerabilities from agent creation to runtime.
- Find and fix vulnerabilities earlier in the software development lifecycle.
- Unlock human potential with AI you can trust.
Products
Everything you need to build AI apps and agents at scale
Microsoft Foundry
Bring AI apps and agents to production fast with Microsoft Foundry, an enterprise-grade AI platform with a comprehensive catalog of models, agents, and tools.
GitHub
Increase AI app and agent-development velocity and inspire continuous innovation with GitHub Copilot, the world’s most widely adopted AI developer tool.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Build AI-ready apps with a fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL.
Azure Cosmos DB
Power intelligent apps with high-performance, real-time data, ingested and processed at any scale.
Azure SQL Database
Fuel resource-intensive apps, keep mission-critical workloads running at peak performance, and modernize SQL data.
Azure Kubernetes Service
Develop, deploy, and scale cloud-native apps on managed Kubernetes in Azure or at the edge.
Azure App Service
Modernize and scale your applications to accelerate time to market and deliver new experiences.
Azure API Management
Enable intelligent and agentic apps by securely and easily exposing popular AI models to your intelligent app developers.
Foundry Models
Innovate faster with more than 11,000 models from creators such as Microsoft, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, Meta, xAI, Black Forest Labs, Stability AI, Core42, Nixtla, NVIDIA, and Hugging Face.
Foundry Agent Service
Create AI agents that automate complex business processes, completing specific tasks while keeping humans in control.
Foundry tools
Build cutting-edge, market-ready AI applications with customizable tools, APIs, and models.
Foundry IQ
Connect agents to one context layer for data, memory, and RAG pipelines.
Azure Machine Learning
Use an enterprise-grade AI service for the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle.
Content Safety in Foundry Control Plane
Enhance the safety of generative AI applications with advanced guardrails for responsible AI.
Foundry Local
Manage models, agents, and their components on Windows and MacOS devices.
Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Build AI-ready apps with a fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL.
Azure Cosmos DB
Power AI apps with high-performance and real-time data, ingested and processed at any scale.
Azure SQL Database
Fuel resource-intensive apps, keep mission-critical workloads running at peak performance, and modernize SQL data.
Azure HorizonDB (preview)
Build and scale mission-critical apps on high-performance PostgreSQL.
Azure Kubernetes Service
Develop, deploy, and scale cloud-native apps on managed Kubernetes in Azure or at the edge.
Azure App Service
Modernize and scale your applications to accelerate time to market and deliver new experiences.
Azure Container Apps
Run modern apps and microservices using serverless containers.
Azure Functions
Execute event-driven serverless code with an end-to-end development experience.
Azure API Management
Enable intelligent and agentic apps by securely and easily exposing popular AI models to your intelligent app developers.
Azure Managed Redis
Accelerate your AI application performance and empower RAG AI application development with the latest Redis innovations.
GitHub Copilot
Increase AI app- and agent-development velocity. Inspire continuous innovation with GitHub Copilot, the world’s most widely adopted AI developer tool.
GitHub Enterprise
Build, scale, and deliver secure software with the GitHub AI-powered developer platform.
Visual Studio
Empower your development journey and redefine the way you code with the seamless interoperation of the Visual Studio platform and GitHub Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot Studio
Build your own agents and enhance Microsoft 365 Copilot using Copilot Studio.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Protect cloud and AI apps with security posture management and runtime threat protection.
Foundry Control Plane
Unify management to deliver visibility, governance, and control for AI agents, models, and tools.
GitHub Advanced Security
Fix security issues faster and reduce risk with GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security
USE CASES
Explore AI use cases
Unlock business innovation and improve customer experiences.
Build personalized experiences, customer-facing agents, and product assistants.
Drive AI-powered knowledge and process automation.
Enhance employee productivity with agents and AI tools for content creation and training.
Accelerate innovation with agentic innovation labs and AI-powered research and discovery.
CUSTOMER STORIES
See how customers are innovating with Azure AI
“The governance and observability in Microsoft Foundry provide what KPMG firms need to be successful in a regulated industry"
Sebastian Stöckle, Global Head of Audit Innovation and AI at KPMG International
95,000
Auditors using KPMG Clara
140
Countries supported
“Having our infrastructure and AI foundation on Microsoft is a competitive advantage to Carvana. It puts us in a position to run fast, adapt to the market, and innovate with less complexity.”
Michael Graf, Associate Director, Engineering, Carvana
45%
Decrease in calls per sale in 2 years
100%
Visibility into customer interactions
“Now I just ask a question as I would ask you a question—and get what I need in seconds. It used to take hours, sometimes not even possible until after the Combine.”
Jacqueline Davidson, VP of Football Research, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
300+
Elite prospects
32
Competing clubs
“Azure’s breadth and depth lets us create something that delivers real value across every part of our business.”
Carl Brisco, Chief Technology Officer and Senior VP, The ODP Corporation
10K+
Documents structured and indexed
20%
More sales opportunities
“We trust Microsoft Foundry as a comprehensive platform for designing, customizing, and managing AI solutions.”
James Garrett, CTO, Assembly Software
25+
Hours saved by law firms per case
40
Hours of document drafting down to minutes
“What truly impressed us about building this solution with Microsoft Foundry stack, was its remarkable accuracy and the ease of deployment.”
Steve Frederickson, Head of Product, Answer Engine, Capacity
4.2x
Cost savings versus prior pipeline
97%
First shot tagging success rate
Significant business impact
Learn the value of Microsoft Foundry
See how Microsoft Foundry drives ROI in this commissioned Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting.
RESOURCES
Implement generative AI excellence
Solution accelerators
AI solution accelerators
Launch AI products faster with enterprise-grade, customizable solutions built on trusted architectures.
Code templates
Code templates and tutorials
Start coding right into your apps with step-by-step instructions.
Build with AI
AI app template gallery
Get started with AI with ready-to-use application templates.
Azure Essentials for AI
Empower your cloud and AI journey
Establish a foundation at the start of every project for successful cloud and AI adoption.
AI CoE
Establish AI CoE
Discover how to scale AI across your organization by establishing a robust Center of Excellence (CoE).
AI Architectures
Browse Azure AI architectures
Get AI architecture guidance for Azure platform services (PaaS) for AI.
AI model selection
Select the right AI model
Find the right AI model for your use case from among thousands.
Model selection
Choose and deploy models from Foundry Models
Find and deploy models, work with benchmarking tools, and create multimodal applications.
Model Mondays
Learn from experts
Join us for Model Mondays as we unpack the features and functionality of a model each week with the experts who know them best.
Multi-agent apps
Build and scale AI apps and agents
This e-book is your roadmap to fast tracking AI agents—secure, governed, and ready to scale on Azure.
Agentic AI
Create agentic AI solutions
Build and integrate agents into applications and learn advanced model fine-tuning techniques.
Build powerful and secure agents
Securely build and scale AI agents with Microsoft Foundry to streamline work and innovate faster.
Secure responsible AI apps and agents
Design, govern, and observe AI apps and agents with security, safety, and observability capabilities.
Build scalable AI apps on Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Create generative AI applications using Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Build scalable AI apps on Azure Cosmos DB
Master building, deploying, and scaling intelligent applications with Azure Cosmos DB.
Build scalable AI apps on Azure SQL
Learn how to use Azure SQL Database to build AI applications.
Simplify AI innovation with Azure
Reduce operations overhead and streamline AI development using Azure managed databases.
Implement agentic DevOps workflows
Automate developer workflows with AI-powered agents and GitHub Actions for intelligent CI/CD.
Accelerate developer productivity with GitHub Copilot Agents
Examine GitHub products and AI-enhanced tools to boost technical decision-makers' understanding of enterprise developer productivity solutions.
Build, test, and deploy applications securely
Master secure application deployment using GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and Azure app platform services with integrated database solutions.
Implement platform engineering with GitHub and Azure
Design scalable platform infrastructure with self-service capabilities, DevOps automation, and security best practices using Azure and GitHub.
Programs
Build intelligent, trusted agents with Microsoft Agent Factory
Shift from ideas to outcomes faster with role-based AI tools and training, deep expertise, and a single plan.
Programs
Azure Accelerate
Fuel your cloud and AI transformation with experts and investments throughout your AI adoption journey.
Next steps
Choose the Azure account that’s right for you
Pay as you go or try Azure free for up to 30 days.
E-book
PostgreSQL: Fueling AI Solutions
Build smarter apps and agents with the AI-ready Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Programs
Azure Accelerate
Fuel your cloud and AI transformation with experts and investments throughout your AI adoption journey.