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Get started with an AI template

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This document refers to the Microsoft Foundry (classic) portal.

🔄 Switch to the Microsoft Foundry (new) documentation if you're using the new portal.

Note

This document refers to the Microsoft Foundry (new) portal.

Streamline your code-first development with prebuilt, task-specific Azure AI templates. These ready-to-use, customizable templates help you skip setup, reduce friction, and deliver value faster with trusted, scalable infrastructure. Built on insights from over 2,000 customer engagements, AI solution templates significantly reduce time from concept to production at scale.

AI solution templates include customizable code samples, pre-integrated Azure services, and GitHub-hosted quick-start guides. Development teams can focus on outcomes instead of setup, building solutions for popular use cases like live voice agents, release management, and data unification.

These templates harness the power of multi-agent, agentic AI, enabling you to automate workflows, optimize operations, reduce costs, and make faster, data-driven decisions.

Important

Starter templates, manifests, code samples, and other resources made available by Microsoft or its partners (“samples”) are designed to assist in accelerating development of agents and AI solutions for specific scenarios. Review all provided resources and carefully test output behavior in the context of your use case. AI responses may be inaccurate and AI actions should be monitored with human oversight. Learn more in the transparency documents for Agent Service and Agent Framework.

Agents and AI solutions you create may be subject to legal and regulatory requirements, may require licenses, or may not be suitable for all industries, scenarios, or use cases. By using any sample, you are acknowledging that Agents, AI solutions, or other output created using those samples are solely your responsibility, and that you will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and relevant safety standards, terms of service, and codes of conduct.”

Available templates include:

Available templates:

Template Popular customer use cases
Get started with AI chat Build interactive chat applications

Baseline Microsoft Foundry chat reference architecture
Get started with AI agents Create autonomous AI agents
Build agentic apps to unify data Embed analytics across applications with instant data visualization for:
• Sales performance analysis
• Customer insights and reporting
• Natural language analysis on structured data
Create a multi-agent release manager assistant Enable AI-powered release planning for:
• Cross-system release coordination
• Real-time dependency mapping and release health assessment
• Advanced visualization for retrieved insights
• Safe update mechanisms built into AI agents
Create a call center voice agent Develop interactive voice agents for:
• Customer support
• Product catalog navigation
• Self-service solutions
Unlock insights from conversational data Extract knowledge from conversations

Build a conversation knowledge mining solution
Multi-agent workflow automation Automate complex workflows

Build a multiple-agent workflow automation solution
Multi-modal content processing Process diverse content types

Extract and map information from unstructured content
Generate documents from your data Create documents automatically

Build a document generation system
Improve client meetings with agents Enhance meeting productivity
Modernize your code with agents Update legacy code
Build your conversational agent Create conversational experiences
Retrieve and summarize SharePoint data Retrieve content from SharePoint sites

Prerequisites

Benefits of AI solution templates

AI templates in Microsoft Foundry provide:

  • Faster time-to-value: Skip boilerplate code and infrastructure setup to move from concept to production quickly
  • Reduced engineering overhead: Pre-integrated Azure services eliminate deployment friction
  • Trusted infrastructure: Build with confidence on Microsoft's secure, scalable AI platform
  • Modular and interoperable foundation: Scale solutions efficiently across your organization
  • Best practices built-in: Leverage proven patterns and frameworks from thousands of customer engagements

Start with a sample application

Tip

Because you can customize the left pane in the Microsoft Foundry portal, you might see different items than shown in these steps. If you don't see what you're looking for, select ... More at the bottom of the left pane.

  1. Sign in to Microsoft Foundry. Make sure the New Foundry toggle is off. These steps refer to Foundry (classic).
    Sign in to Microsoft Foundry. Make sure the New Foundry toggle is on. These steps refer to Foundry (new).
  2. Open your project.
  3. On the left pane, select Templates.
  4. Find the solution template you want to use.
  5. Select Open in Github to view the entire sample application.
  6. In some cases, you can also view a step-by-step tutorial that explains the AI code.
  1. Sign in to Microsoft Foundry. Make sure the New Foundry toggle is off. These steps refer to Foundry (classic).
    Sign in to Microsoft Foundry. Make sure the New Foundry toggle is on. These steps refer to Foundry (new).
  2. Select Discover from the upper-right navigation.
  3. Select Solution templates from the left pane.
  4. Select Open in Github to view the entire sample application.
  5. In some cases, you can also view a step-by-step tutorial that explains the AI code.

Explore the sample application

Once you're looking at the GitHub repository for your sample, refer to the README for more instructions and information on how to deploy your own version of the application.

Instructions vary by sample, but most include how to:

  • Open the solution in the location of your choice:
    • GitHub Codespaces
    • VS Code Dev Containers
    • Your local IDE
  • Deploy the application to Azure
  • Test the application

The README also includes information about the application, such as the use case, architecture, and pricing information.

Deploy templates quickly

With quick-deploy options, you can launch any Foundry template in minutes. These architectures and implementations are customizable while staying Well-Architected Framework (WAF) aligned using Azure Verified Modules. Use tools such as PSRule and TFlint to test that your modified implementation is production-ready.

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