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Unleash the Power of Autonomous AI: The Definitive Guide to Microsoft AI Foundry In the rapidly evolving landscape of 2026, the shift from basic chatbots to Autonomous AI Agents has redefined the enterprise. The Microsoft Foundry Handbook is the first comprehensive, hands-on engineering guide designed to take you from architectural theory to deploying high-scale, production-ready AI agents on the world's most advanced platform. Whether you are a software architect, a DevOps engineer, or a technical leader, this book provides the ""blueprints"" for building a new class of digital coworkers. You will master the art of Agentic Orchestration, leveraging Microsoft's unified ecosystem to create systems that don't just chat, but reason, plan, and execute complex business missions with precision. Inside the Microsoft Foundry Handbook: The Foundry Architecture: Deep dive into the Hub-and-Project model, ensuring your AI infrastructure is secure, scalable, and compliant from day one. Agentic Frameworks: Master the convergence of Semantic Kernel and AutoGen, building multi-agent ""superfactories"" that coordinate specialized tasks across your organization. The NPU Revolution: Learn to build ""Local-First"" AI, optimizing Small Language Models (SLMs) like Phi-4 to run directly on the user's hardware for zero-latency, privacy-first performance. Advanced FinOps: Navigate the economics of AI with expert strategies for Token Pricing, Model Routing, and Provisioned Throughput (PTUs) to ensure your agents are as profitable as they are powerful. Enterprise Security: Implement Ambient Security and Identity-First AI using Microsoft Entra, protecting your data against prompt injection and unauthorized exfiltration. Continuous Evaluation: Move beyond manual testing with automated AI-Assisted Judges that monitor for performance degradation and semantic drift in real-time. Why This Book? Written by an expert technical author for a developer-first audience, this handbook skips the hype and focuses on exhaustive, hands-on prose. Every chapter includes real-world illustrations and step-by-step logic drawn from official 2026 Microsoft documentation. You won't just learn what an agent is; you will learn how to build a fleet of them that transforms your enterprise. What You Will Achieve: By the end of this guide, you will be able to architect a Hybrid Inference strategy-seamlessly switching between high-power cloud models and efficient local NPUs. You will be equipped to manage millions of agentic invocations, maintain 99.9% reliability, and prove a measurable ROI to your stakeholders. Stop building simple prompts. Start building the future of work. Grab your copy of the Microsoft Foundry Handbook today and lead the Agentic Revolution.

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