Understanding Azure Skills for Microsoft Foundry

Unlock the power of Azure Skills within Microsoft Foundry, a new way to build intelligent, production‑ready AI experiences using familiar cloud tools and modern orchestration patterns. This session gives you a practical, developer‑focused walkthrough of how Azure Skills work, why they matter, and how they connect your applications, data, and workflows into a unified AI-powered ecosystem. Whether you're exploring Foundry for the first time or looking to deepen your cloud‑native AI capabilities, you’ll leave with a solid understanding of how to design, register, and integrate skills that make your apps smarter, faster, and more adaptable.
We’ll break down real examples, discuss best practices, and highlight the architectural patterns that help teams ship reliable AI features at scale. Perfect for cloud engineers, AI builders, and anyone curious about the next evolution of Microsoft’s developer tooling.