Sprint · Agentic AI
Foundry Agent PilotFrom use case to a production-ready agent.
A single-purpose AI agent for one well-defined use case — discovered, designed, built, and deployed on the Microsoft Agent Framework + Foundry Agent Service. Plus a 30-day support window after handover.
4 weeksAgentic AI
Who it's for
Is this sprint for you?
- Teams ready to ship their first production agent
- CTOs/Heads of Engineering with a clear use case
- Companies that want a pattern to scale from
- Innovation labs ready to graduate from POC
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
- Production-ready agent on Microsoft Foundry
- Source code in your repo (.NET or Python)
- Evaluation harness with golden dataset
- Observability dashboard (traces + metrics)
- Governance & runbook documentation
- Knowledge-transfer sessions with your engineering team
- 30-day support window post-deployment
Timeline
Week-by-week — 4 weeks.
- 01
Week 1 — Discover
Workflow mapping, agent brief, success metrics, build/buy decision. Deliverable: 1-page agent design doc.
- 02
Week 2 — Design & scaffold
Architecture, tool inventory, evaluation criteria, governance plan. Initial agent scaffold deployed to Foundry.
- 03
Week 3 — Build
Core agent logic, tool calls, evaluations, traces, content safety. Closed pilot with a small user group.
- 04
Week 4 — Harden & hand off
Production hardening, FinOps, security review, runbook, knowledge transfer. Go-live.
Stack
What we use.
The Microsoft AI ecosystem we lean on for this sprint.
Primary stackMicrosoft Agent FrameworkFoundry Agent ServiceAzure OpenAIAzure AI SearchMCPApplication Insights
Scope
What's not included.
We're explicit about scope so you can decide whether you need to scale up — or stop here.
- Multi-agent orchestration (see Multi-Agent POC)
- Net-new MCP server development (see MCP Integration)
- End-user interface design beyond a thin pilot UI
FAQ
Common questions.
- What kind of agent works best for a 4-week pilot?
- Single-task agents with clear success criteria: a customer support triage agent, a document classification agent, an internal knowledge agent. Anything requiring complex multi-agent orchestration is better suited to our 6-week Multi-Agent POC.
- Whose Azure tenant does it run in?
- Yours. We deploy into your subscription with managed identities, scoped RBAC, and your governance rules. You own everything from day one.
- .NET or Python?
- Whichever your team uses. The Microsoft Agent Framework is polyglot — same patterns, different language.
Ready to scope your Foundry Agent Pilot?
A discovery brief is enough to confirm fit and start the 5-day clock.