Featured top picks

This article brings together the history of top picks from the AI learning hub organized by publication date in descending order. Explore a curated selection of noteworthy AI content to inspire your AI learning journey.

May 2026

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May 5 Learn more about Microsoft Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Azure AI Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Explore Model Context Protocol (MCP) Engage with interactive MCP code examples in C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust, Python, and TypeScript.
Manage agents at scale View your agent inventory, monitor agent health, and perform lifecycle operations using the Foundry portal.
Access self-paced labs Build real projects in your own environment, apply modern workflows, and explore AI tools.

April 2026

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April 3 Learn more about Microsoft Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Azure AI Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Deploy your first hosted agent Build, test, and deploy a containerized AI agent using Foundry tools then try it live in the Foundry playground.
Take the AI Agents for Beginners course Explore how AI agents work and how to build them using open-source frameworks, examples, and best practices.
Gain an Introduction to AI in Azure Use this course to understand fundamental concepts related to AI and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions.

March 2026

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March 3 Get started with Microsoft Foundry Explore documentation to design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry.
Use the Microsoft Fabric data agent Transform enterprise data into conversational Q&A systems, allowing users to interact with data through chat and uncover data-driven and actionable insights.
Review GitHub Copilot CLI Review these docs for a technical walkthrough on how to best use GitHub Copilot CLI with real day-to-day terminal workflows.
Take the new course: Introduction to AI in Azure Take this course to understand fundamental concepts related to AI and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions.

February 2026

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February 4 Get started with Microsoft Foundry Explore documentation to design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry.
Automate your business with Foundry Agent Service Read this article and learn to orchestrate models and tools into trusted, end-to-end AI agents with Foundry Agent Service.
Start learning AI concepts for developers and technology professionals Get a basic introduction to core AI concepts with this learning path and then dive into common AI solutions.
Define a Microsoft AI strategy to create business value in nonprofit Learn how to incorporate AI technologies that can support your nonprofit business value through this training module.

January 2026

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January 6 Learn more about Microsoft Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Foundry FastTrack: From Idea to Prototype Build your first AI prototype in Foundry—fast. Join the challenge to turn an idea into a working agent in just a few guided steps.
New year, new Foundry Unlock the next era of AI development: Experience a modern, flexible, and scalable workspace built for multi‑agent innovation with the new Microsoft Foundry portal.
Build applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode Learn how to build applications and understand how Agent Mode iteratively manages, refactors, and improves your codebase.

December 2025

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December 4 Learn more about Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Discover new Outlook for Windows This learning path empowers you to confidently navigate the new Outlook for Windows experience and make the most of its powerful features.
Visit the Learn MCP Server GitHub repository The Microsoft Learn MCP Server is a remote MCP Server that enables clients like GitHub Copilot and other AI agents to bring trusted and up-to-date information directly from Microsoft's official documentation. 
Guidance for your AI-powered growth AI Skills Navigator is an agentic learning space, bringing together AI-powered skilling experiences and credentials that help individuals build career skills and organizations worldwide accelerate their business.

November 2025

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November 18 Learn more about Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Use your data securely with the Microsoft Foundry portal playground Learn to securely use Foundry's playground chat on your data by using Microsoft Entra ID role-based access control.
Learn to create and run agents with Agent Framework Get up and running quickly with a basic agent using the Agent Framework and Azure OpenAI.
GitHub training Learn, develop, and gain essential GitHub skills and demonstrate foundational GitHub objectives through fun, interactive modules.

September 2025

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September 29 Learn more about Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Build with Foundry Take the Foundry Challenge and learn to create, test, and deploy generative AI copilots using Azure's most powerful tools.
Innovate with Foundry Learn new skills and discover the power of Foundry with step-by-step guidance. Start your journey today by exploring our learning paths and modules.
Get a direct line to information with Microsoft Learn MCP Server Learn how to supercharge your workflow with the Microsoft Learn MCP Server in this video, and then explore the Learn MCP Server for yourself.

August 2025

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August 29 Visit the Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale.
Build with Foundry Take the Foundry Challenge and learn to create, test, and deploy generative AI copilots using Azure's most powerful tools.
Deploy a fine-tuned model for inferencing Learn about deployment types for fine-tuned models and the concepts of all deployment types.
Get started with machine learning in Azure Learn how to design a model training solution for machine learning projects.
August 11 Visit the Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Build collaborative, multi-agent systems Connect focused, reusable agents that collaborate seamlessly—scaling both performance and maintainability.
Get ready to use the Microsoft Foundry SDK Use part 1 of this tutorial to set up a project and development environment to build a custom retrieval (RAG) app with the Microsoft Foundry SDK.
Develop a RAG-based solution with your own data using Foundry Learn how Foundry provides support for adding data, creating indexes, and integrating them with generative AI models to help you build RAG-based solutions.

July 2025

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July 28 Visit the Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Develop an AI app with the Microsoft Foundry SDK Learn to use the Microsoft Foundry SDK to develop AI applications with Foundry projects.
Code samples: Connect Foundry Agent Service with MCP servers Extend the capabilities of your Foundry agent by connecting it to tools hosted on remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
Integrate MCP Tools with Azure AI Agents Enable dynamic tool access for your Azure AI agents. Learn how to connect MCP-hosted tools and integrate them seamlessly into agent workflows.
July 14 Visit the Foundry Design, customize, and manage AI applications and agents at scale. Foundry provides a unified platform of models, agents, tools, and safeguards for AI development teams.
Develop an AI app with the Microsoft Foundry SDK Learn to use the Microsoft Foundry SDK to develop AI applications with Foundry projects.
Develop a multi-agent solution with Agent Service Break down complex tasks with intelligent collaboration and learn how to design multi-agent solutions using connected agents.
Prepare security and compliance to support Microsoft 365 Copilot Demonstrate your ability to set up Microsoft 365 security and compliance to support Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.