Microsoft Reactor

Ready to build AI that actually does things? In this hands-on session, Aaron Stark walks you through creating your first AI agent using Microsoft Foundry—Microsoft’s unified platform for building, deploying, and managing AI applications.

You’ll learn how to move beyond simple chat completions to agents that can reason, plan, and take action. We’ll cover the core concepts of agentic AI, explore Microsoft Foundry’s agent capabilities, and build a working agent live—from prompt engineering to tool integration to deployment.

Whether you’re an AI-curious developer or already building with Azure OpenAI, this session gives you the practical skills to start building agents that can transform how your applications interact with the world.

What you’ll learn:

• What makes an AI agent different from a chatbot
• Microsoft Foundry’s agent development capabilities
• How to design agent workflows with reasoning and tool use
• Connecting agents to external data and APIs
• Best practices for testing and deploying agents in production