Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft’s modern platform for building, deploying, governing, and scaling AI solutions, all in one place. In this introductory session, you’ll learn what Azure AI Foundry is, why it exists, and how organizations are using it to move from experiments to secure, production-grade AI.

We’ll walk through the newest capabilities, including integrated model catalogs, prompt flow orchestration, secure data connections, centralized governance, responsible AI tooling, evaluation frameworks, and integration with Microsoft Fabric and Copilot Studio. You’ll see how Foundry supports both traditional data science workflows and GenAI solutions, while keeping security, compliance, and cost management front and center.

This session is designed for business, IT, and technical leaders who want a clear, practical understanding of the Azure AI platform, without needing deep technical expertise.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Explain what Azure AI Foundry is and where it fits in the Microsoft AI ecosystem

Understand the latest features that enable secure, governed AI development

Recognize common enterprise use cases and solution patterns

Describe how GenAI apps are built and monitored within Foundry

Identify the benefits for IT, security, data, and business teams

Session type: keynote-style introduction

Level: 100 (conceptual, non-technical)

Suitable for mixed business + technical audiences

Aligns to Microsoft’s Responsible AI and security principles