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Agents and MCP Study Guide

Agent workflows, assistant-building, MCP foundations, and Copilot extension resources grouped together.

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Google Workspace with Gemini

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Gemini in Gmail

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Gemini in Google Docs

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Gemini in Google Sheets

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Responsible AI with GitHub Copilot

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Fine-tune a language model with Microsoft Foundry

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Get started with Microsoft Copilot

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Boost your productivity with Microsoft Copilot

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Copilot Foundations

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Prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility

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AI Agents Course

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) Course

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Build Your Own Chatbots

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Integrate your agent with Microsoft 365

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Develop an AI agent with Microsoft Agent Framework

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Integrate custom tools into your agent

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Develop a RAG-based solution with your own data using Microsoft Foundry

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Evaluate and optimize AI agents through structured experiments

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Develop a text analysis agent with the Azure Language MCP server

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Develop AI agents with Microsoft Foundry and Visual Studio Code

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Manage prompts for agents in Microsoft Foundry with GitHub

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Integrate MCP Tools with Azure AI Agents

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Build knowledge-enhanced AI agents with Foundry IQ

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Develop an AI agent with Microsoft Foundry Agent Service

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Develop AI agents with the Microsoft Foundry extension in Visual Studio Code

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Develop a speech agent with the Azure Speech MCP server

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Introduction to building copilots for startups

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Get started with AI agent development on Azure

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Get started with generative AI and agents in Azure

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Introduction to generative AI and agents

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Orchestrate a multi-agent solution using the Microsoft Agent Framework

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Develop a multi-agent solution with Microsoft Foundry Agent Service

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Build agent-driven workflows using Microsoft Foundry

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Discover Azure AI Agents with A2A

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Maximize the Cost Efficiency of AI Agents on Azure

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Get started with AI applications and agents on Azure

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Develop AI agents on Azure

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MCP Course

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Agents Course

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MCP Course

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Optimize and fine-tune AI agents for production

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