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to capability.

Exploring what AI can do in the Microsoft world—and what it takes to make it useful.

11 articles · Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft Foundry

RAG explained: answers grounded in your information

What retrieval-augmented generation adds, and why a citation is only the beginning of trust.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft Foundry

Context engineering: give AI the right working information

Move beyond prompt wording to the information, tools and boundaries surrounding a request.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft Foundry

Memory architecture: what should an agent remember?

Separate session context, durable preferences and authoritative business records.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft Foundry

AI system architecture: the model is one component

Understand the services and responsibilities around a dependable business AI application.

2 min read · AI foundations
Business Central

Software engineering basics still matter in AI

Why data types, APIs, version control and tests remain essential when AI writes or runs code.

2 min read · AI foundations
Copilot Studio

Agents and dynamic workflows: what is the difference?

Choose between predefined steps, adaptive decisions and a combination of both.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft 365

Microsoft’s Frontier vision: what it means for your team

Connect Microsoft’s direction with practical skills, business ownership and measurable adoption.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft Foundry

The Frontier Transformation Engineer badge: requirements and expectations

Understand Microsoft’s partner skilling pathway, the delivery skills it emphasises and where to check current requirements.

2 min read · AI foundations
Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and Foundry: which one fits?

Understand the three entry points, why they overlap and how to access the right one.

3 min read · AI foundations
Business Central

Microsoft Agent 365: governing Business Central agents in production

What Agent 365 does, how to use it and how identity, permissions and oversight protect Business Central processes.

7 min read · AI foundations
Copilot Studio

Start with a task. Then build an agent.

The most useful agent begins with a clear job, a defined boundary and a way to know it worked.

4 min read · Practical insight

Applied AI in your business

What we can help you achieve.

From everyday productivity to connected business systems, we help teams assess where AI fits, build the right capability and put it to work. These illustrative engagement scenarios show the kinds of business needs we can support.

Microsoft Foundry · Connected systems

Give service teams a clearer customer picture.

Customer-facing teams piece together information from documents and business systems before they can respond to a request.

How we help Assess and develop a tailored AI assistant that brings permitted information into a reviewable briefing, with appropriate access controls and source references.

Intended outcome Better-informed responses, with employees retaining responsibility for customer commitments.

Business Central · EDI · Copilot Studio

Bring order exceptions into focus.

Operations teams investigate orders held up by missing information or mismatches between trading-partner messages and business records.

How we help Review the integration process and assess where an AI-assisted exception summary can support the team alongside established validation and approval controls.

Intended outcome Clearer exception handling and less manual investigation, with business-system changes remaining controlled.

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