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Build an AI agentCheck whether a task needs an agent at all, then choose the lightest Microsoft route that fits: a ready-made agent, Agent Builder, Copilot Studio, Foundry Agent Service, or code with Microsoft Agent Framework.
Govern AI agentsKeep an inventory of every agent, give each one an identity and an accountable human sponsor, limit what it can reach and watch what it does, using Microsoft Agent 365, Microsoft Entra Agent ID, Purview, Defender and Foundry Control Plane.
Build custom AI modelsPick the least custom option that meets quality: prebuilt Foundry Tools, fine-tuning foundation models in Microsoft Foundry, or full custom training with Azure Machine Learning or Azure Databricks on GPU infrastructure.
Ground AI in company dataGive assistants and agents permission-aware access to company documents and data through retrieval (Azure AI Search and Foundry IQ) or Microsoft 365 grounding (Work IQ), instead of retraining models on private content.
Prepare data for AIClean up permissions, label sensitive content, retire stale files and set AI-specific data controls so Microsoft Copilot, agents and other AI apps work only with current, appropriately shared data.
Use AI in customer serviceAdd AI to customer service in layers: Copilot help for representatives, autonomous agents for case and knowledge work, and self-service agents over chat and voice that hand off to people with the full conversation.
Run AI at the edgeRun models close to where data is created: on a single device with Foundry Local or a Copilot+ PC NPU, or on site with Azure Local, Azure Arc and Azure IoT Operations when connectivity, latency or sovereignty rule out a cloud round trip.
Automate business processesAutomate repeatable work with rules-based flows first (Power Automate cloud and desktop flows, Azure Logic Apps), and add AI steps or agents only where inputs are messy or a step needs judgment.

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Technology 12

Case study 10

Industry 1

EducationHow schools and universities use Microsoft technology: Copilot for staff, age-gated Copilot Chat for students 13 and older, agent building in class, and campus operations data, under FERPA and the EU AI Act rules for education.

Comparison 1

Copilot Studio, Foundry Agent Service or the Agents SDK?Four Microsoft agent options at different layers. Copilot Studio is the low-code SaaS builder, Foundry Agent Service is the Azure platform that runs agents, the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK carries messages between an agent and channels such as Teams, and Agent Framework is the code SDK for agent logic.