Introducing Microsoft Foundry Tools - BRK192

Explore Microsoft Foundry Tools in this 40-minute conference session from Microsoft Ignite 2025, where speakers Xiaoying Guo, Vinod Kurpad, and Zhuoqun Li introduce production-ready tools designed for agentic AI applications. Discover how AI agents can leverage specialized tools for document parsing, call transcription, custom translation, and other workflows powered by large language models. Learn about the suite of Microsoft Foundry tools that seamlessly integrate into AI applications through APIs or as MCP servers. Follow along with a comprehensive live demonstration featuring an AI agent handling insurance claim processing, including retrieving historical data from Azure Database, analyzing claim approval times, and processing documents through Content Understanding capabilities. Understand the bring-your-own-model functionality that allows selection of specific model versions like GPT-4.0 or 4.1, examine agent analysis results with extracted data and confidence indicators, and see database integration with Cosmos DB in action. Gain insights into data privacy considerations, including techniques for redacting sensitive information in translated documents, making this session valuable for developers and architects working with AI agents and Microsoft Azure services.