Building the Next Generation of Intelligent Apps in Microsoft Azure

This workshop explores how developers and organizations can harness Azure’s advanced AI, machine learning, and cloud services to create smarter, more responsive applications. This session covers best practices and key tools to help you design scalable, secure, and intelligent solutions that drive innovation and deliver value.

Agenda:
Building the Next Generation of Intelligent Apps on Azure:
Introduction: The Age of AI in the Cloud
⦁ Why AI is central to modern apps
⦁ How Azure AI fits into the Microsoft ecosystem
Azure AI Overview
⦁ Cognitive Services, Azure OpenAI, Custom Vision, Speech, etc.
⦁ Responsible AI principles in Azure
Building Your First AI Workflow
⦁ Demo flow: Ingest -> Enrich -> Predict -> Act
⦁ Sample scenario: AI-powered customer support chatbot
Integrating AI into Your Application
⦁ Calling Azure OpenAI APIs
⦁ Combining with Logic Apps / Power Automate / Functions
Deployment & Scaling Considerations
⦁ Cost, security, governance
⦁ Monitoring and improving models
Imagine Cup 2026:
⦁ Imagine Cup is not just a competition
⦁ Path and Prizing
⦁ Categories
⦁ Eligibility Requirements
⦁ Steps for student founders
Start Learning AI:
⦁ Getting Started on Microsoft Learn
⦁ Make Profile
⦁ Start Learning AI
⦁ Learning Paths