Agentic AI patterns with Azure AI Foundry and Microsoft Agent Framework

Coding Agents like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code proved what works: plan–act loops, tool calling, retrieval/memory, and built-in critique/evaluation. Come to this session to see those patterns distilled and how best to apply them in real world apps.

We’ll use Microsoft Agent Framework and Azure AI Foundry to compose multi-tool agents, connect data sources, add guardrails, and measure quality end-to-end.

Expect pragmatic guidance, examples, and a reference flow you can reuse decide when to use an agent, wire up tools and memory, evaluate behavior, and ship safely behind enterprise controls.

You’ll leave with a mental model, starter templates, and deployment tips to move from “cool demo” to production-grade agentic AI systems!

Our speaker tonight is Vin Kamat, Principal Architect at H&R Block. Vin is based in Houston and will be presenting in person!

Food and soft drinks will be served at ~5:30pm on the 10th floor - we will kick off the discussion there @6pm after everyone has had a chance to eat, meet anyone else you'd like to and have a chat :-). Feel free to start arriving from 5pm on if you are nearby. PLEASE RSVP so we have an accurate food count.

PARKING: For free parking please park across the street on the third and fourth floors of the parking garage at 12711 Queensbury; parking in the Microsoft building is not free.

In-person: 750 Town and Country Blvd #1000 · Houston, TX
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@HoustonAzureUserGroup