Tag: AI agents
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Microsoft Copilot Studio, from First Agent to Autonomous Workflow (Azure Gen AI Series, Part 22)
Copilot Studio builds low-code agents on Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. Where building is free, where Copilot Credits start, and when to reach for pro-code instead.
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Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, and Microsoft Agent Framework on Azure (Azure Gen AI Series, Part 21)
Semantic Kernel and AutoGen merged into Microsoft Agent Framework in 2026. Here is how the unified SDK works, what a migration costs, and where I would still wait.
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Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, from First Agent to Production (Azure Gen AI Series, Part 13)
Foundry Agent Service is the managed runtime in Azure AI Foundry that stores an agent, runs it against a conversation thread, and calls tools. Here is how the pieces fit, when to switch to standard setup, and where it breaks.
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Bedrock Reference Architectures for Chatbot, RAG, Agentic, and Batch (AWS Gen AI Series, Part 29)
Most AWS generative AI features are one of four shapes: chatbot, RAG, agentic, or batch. Here is how each maps to Amazon Bedrock services, what it costs, and which one to reach for first.
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Amazon Bedrock Agents, Action Groups, and the AgentCore Shift (AWS Gen AI Series, Part 13)
How Bedrock agents turn one question into several model calls, how action groups and return of control work, what a request really costs, and why new builds now start on AgentCore.
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AI Agents: What Actually Works, and What’s Hype (GenAI Series, Part 16)
An AI agent is a model in a loop that plans, calls tools, and observes results. What agents genuinely do well today, and why reliability, not intelligence, is the real bottleneck.
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Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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