Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Create an AI agent

Validate your technical skills and open doors to new possibilities of advancement with Microsoft Applied Skills.

At a glance

Overview

Warning

This credential will retire on May 28, 2026. You will no longer be able to earn this credential after this date.

To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to Create an AI agent.

Candidates for this credential should have experience creating agents by using Microsoft Foundry.

They should also be familiar with generative AI concepts.

Skills earned upon completion

Prepare for the assessment

Take the assessment

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

Evaluated in this assessment

  • Create and configure agents by using the Microsoft Foundry portal
  • Add knowledge sources and tools to an agent
  • Orchestrate multiple agents

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Applied Skills Resources

Study guide for Applied Skills

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare.

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