About us
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is a community group focused on providing a place for Practitioners, Professionals, Engineers, Data Scientists, Administrators, Architects, Business Analysts, Students and enthusiast to learn the insights of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and share the ideas. The targeted topics are Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Bot Framework, Cognitive Services, next-generation technologies, and many more topics related to Artificial Intelligence.
Each meeting is free of charge and will feature an Artificial Intelligence related technical discussion. Food and beverages will be served with Vegetarian options available. We will also provide the option of attending the meetings online.
If you’re interested in speaking, sponsoring or for more information, contact organizing committee.
Upcoming events
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- $100.00
RSVPs are on Eventbrite - AI Agents Bootcamp Washington DC 2026
Microsoft Corporation, 11955 Freedom Dr, Reston, VA, USMake sure to RSVP here at the Eventbrite site https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-agents-bootcamp-washington-dc-tickets-1992498807570
🚀One-Day Hands-On Workshop: Build Enterprise AI Agents with Copilot Studio & Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)
📅 Date: July 17, 2026
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
🏢 Venue: 11955 Freedom Dr · Reston, VA
🎯 Level: Beginners to Intermediate
Artificial Intelligence has moved beyond chatbots. Today's AI agents can reason, orchestrate workflows, interact with enterprise systems, retrieve knowledge, and automate business processes with minimal human intervention. Organizations across every industry are investing in AI agents to improve productivity, reduce operational costs, and create entirely new digital experiences. This intensive one-day bootcamp is designed to help developers, solution architects, enterprise architects, consultants, IT professionals, and technical leaders build enterprise-ready AI agents using Microsoft's modern AI platform. During this hands-on workshop, Microsoft AI MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer Prashant G Bhoyar will guide you through building intelligent agents using both Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry ( Azure AI Foundry ), giving you practical experience with Microsoft's complete AI agent ecosystem. Rather than focusing only on theory, you'll spend the day designing, building, testing, and deploying real AI agents while learning the architectural patterns and best practices used in enterprise environments.
Morning Workshop (9:00 AM – 12:30 PM)## Building Enterprise Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio
Learn how to rapidly create intelligent agents using Microsoft's low-code platform. Topics include:
- Introduction to Generative AI and AI Agents
- Agentic AI and autonomous agents
- Copilot Studio architecture
- Building conversational agents
- Prompt engineering best practices
- Enterprise knowledge integration
- Power Automate and workflow automation
- Agent actions and Tools
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Responsible AI principles
- Common enterprise agent architectures
- Evaluating AI use cases and ROI
- Hands-on labs building enterprise agents
Afternoon Workshop (1:30 PM – 5:00 PM)
## Building Enterprise Agents with Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)
Take your AI agent development to the next level using Microsoft's developer-first AI platform. Topics include:
- Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry) Overview
- Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry) Agent Service
- Azure OpenAI Service
- Working with GPT, reasoning, and open-source models
- Leveraging Foundry IQ and Azure AI Search for intelligent, context-aware retrieval
- Knowledge grounding and embeddings
- Microsoft Agent Framework
- MCP integration
- Tool calling and enterprise orchestration
- Agent evaluation and observability
- Responsible AI and governance
- Hands-on labs building production-ready AI agents
What You'll Learn :
By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to:- Understand modern AI agent architectures and enterprise design patterns
- Build conversational and autonomous AI agents
- Create enterprise copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Develop AI agents with Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry) and Microsoft Foundry Agent Service (Azure AI Agent Service)
- Connect agents to enterprise knowledge and business systems
- Use Azure AI Search and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Apply prompt engineering techniques that improve agent performance
- Integrate models, tools, workflows, and enterprise data
- Evaluate AI use cases and measure business value
- Apply Responsible AI practices throughout the development lifecycle
Workshop Resources
Every attendee will receive access to cloud resources for the hands-on labs, including:
- Microsoft Copilot Studio
- Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)
- Microsoft Foundry Agent Service ( Azure AI Agent Service)
- Azure OpenAI Service
- Microsoft Foundry IQ (Azure AI Search)
Cloud resources valued at approximately USD $500 will be provided for the workshop. Participants are also welcome to use their own Azure subscriptions if preferred.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is ideal for:- Solution Architects
- Enterprise Architects
- Software Developers
- AI Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
- Technical Consultants
- IT Professionals
- Technology Leaders
- Anyone looking to build production-ready AI agents using Microsoft's AI platform
Attendee Requirements.
Please bring your own Windows or Mac laptop. Your workstation should include:
- A modern web browser (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari)
- Camera, speakers, microphone, and reliable internet connectivity
- Access to Azure and Microsoft Copilot Studio
- (Recommended) Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio 2022, Rider, or another IDE capable of running Python or C#
Tablets are not suitable for the hands-on labs. Seats Are Limited. This is a fully hands-on bootcamp with instructor-led labs. To ensure every attendee receives individual guidance and support, registration is intentionally limited. Reserve your seat today and spend a full day learning how to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry).
1 attendee - $400.00
Hands-On : Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI : Better Together
·OnlineOnlineHands-On Online Workshop: Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI : Better Together
Date: 24 July 2026, 10 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time
Level: Beginners/IntermediateRegistration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-copilot-studio-microsoft-fabric-azure-ai-better-together-tickets-1983680029367?aff=oddtdtcreator
Who Should Attend?
This hands-on workshop is open to developers, senior software engineers, IT pros, architects, IT managers, citizen developers, technology product managers, IT leaders, enterprise architects, chief analytics officers, chief information officers, chief technology officers, and decision-makers interested in learning how Generative AI can help infuse artificial intelligence into next-generation apps and agents.
Experience with C#, Python, or JavaScript is helpful but not required. You don't need prior knowledge of AI either. Although this isn't a data & analytics-focused workshop, data scientists, data stewards, and technically-minded data protection officers will also find it very valuableDescription:
An AI agent is a powerful companion capable of managing a variety of interactions and tasks—from handling complex conversations to autonomously deciding the best actions based on instructions and context. Agents coordinate language models along with instructions, context, knowledge sources, topics, actions, inputs, and triggers to achieve your desired outcomes.
Copilot Studio is a graphical, low-code tool designed for creating agents, including building automations with Power Automate and extending Microsoft 365 Copilot with your own enterprise data and scenarios. One standout feature of Copilot Studio is its ability to connect to other data sources through either prebuilt or custom plugins, as well as integration with Azure AI Foundry. This flexibility allows users to easily build sophisticated logic, ensuring that agent experiences are both powerful and intuitive.
Microsoft Fabric is an analytics platform that supports end‑to‑end data workflows, including data ingestion, transformation, real‑time stream processing, analytics, and reporting. It provides integrated experiences such as Data Engineering, Data Factory, Data Science, Real‑Time Intelligence, Data Warehouse, and Databases, which operate over a shared compute and storage model.
Microsoft Foundry is a unified AI platform that includes the Azure AI Foundry portal (formerly Azure AI Studio) and the Azure AI Foundry SDK—a unified SDK featuring pre-built app templates. This SDK gives developers easy access to popular models through a single interface, simplifies the integration of Azure AI into applications, and helps evaluate, debug, and improve application quality and safety throughout development, testing, and production.
In this day-long virtual hands-on workshop, Microsoft AI and Business Applications MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer, Prashant G Bhoyar, will cover these topics in detail:- Key Concepts: Agents, Multimodal Apps, and Autonomous Agents
- Microsoft Foundry Overview
- Microsoft Fabric Overview
- Fundamentals of Prompt Engineering
- Microsoft Copilot Studio Deep Dive
- Fundamentals Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, Work IQ
- Understanding the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Integrating Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Fabric for End-to-End AI Solutions
- Evaluating Use Cases and Measuring ROI
- Implementing evaluation, tracing, and testing frameworks for AI agents
- Best Practices for Building and Scaling AI Solutions
- Responsible AI: Ethics and Responsible Deployment
By the end of the workshop, you'll have practical experience building next-generation multimodal applications and AI Agents using Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft Foundry.
Workshop Resources:
Access to Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Azure OpenAI services (valued at USD 500) will be provided for hands-on labs, allowing you to build enterprise-grade multimodal applications and agents. However, you're encouraged to use your own Copilot Studio and Azure subscriptions if available.
Attendee Workstation Requirements:
You must bring your own computer (Windows or Mac) with:- Camera, speakers, microphone, and a reliable internet connection. Tablets will not work for this workshop.
- A modern browser (Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari).
- Access to www.azure.com and https://copilotstudio.microsoft.com.
- Nice to have is the ability to run C# 10 or Python code, using Visual Studio 2022, VSCode 1.66+, Visual Studio for Mac, Rider, or similar IDE.
1 attendee
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