Building On‑Prem AI Agents with Azure Local, Foundry Local, and Microsoft Agent Framework
A practical architecture and implementation guide for deploying AI agents on-premises using Azure Local, Foundry Local, and Microsoft Agent Framework.
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A practical architecture and implementation guide for deploying AI agents on-premises using Azure Local, Foundry Local, and Microsoft Agent Framework.
On March 31, 2026, Microsoft launched Agent Evaluation in general availability, fundamentally changing how teams validate Copilot agents. This guide explains how Agent Evaluation and the Copilot Studio Kit serve different—but complementary—roles in your quality assurance strategy, and when to use each one.
Azure Local is Microsoft's distributed infrastructure solution that extends Azure capabilities to customer-owned environments. This article provides a comprehensive overview of Azure Local, Foundry Local, and Microsoft 365 Local, their use cases, deployment options, and best practices for IT architects and decision-makers considering on-premises Azure solutions. With an appendix on agentic AI use cases on Azure Local and Foundry Local.
Archived post - content may be outdate Motivation As an escalation point, live chat is a critical aspect of text chatbots, providing a human touch to the interaction. While chatbots can handle basic inquiries, they may lack the capacity to manag...
Archived post - content may be outdate Motivation Two of our “Power Virtual Agents in a Day” guests’ most frequently asked questions can be answered in three distinct ways. Herein, I will discuss the answers to these queries: How can I ...
Archived post - content may be outdate Bots are handy tools in today’s fast-paced digital world, serving as virtual assistants to help users accomplish various tasks. These bots primarily perform two essential functions: answering user queries or...
Archived post - content may be outdate In my previous articles, I focused on the how, and here I will switch the perspective and dig deeper into the why. To bring us to standard wording: Business process automation (BPA)It is defined as automat...
Archived post - content may be outdate Power Virtual Agents and PowerFX are two powerful tools that can create complex logic for bots to manipulate data. With these tools, you can create bots with more complex logic without the need for extensive...
Archived post - content may be outdate Power Virtual Agents is a powerful tool that allows users to populate their chatbots with existing web pages or files. With AI-assisted authoring technology, this feature recognizes a webpage’s or online fil...
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I’m a Microsoft MVP, specializing in agentic AI, autonomous systems, and the Microsoft Power Platform—with a focus on Copilot Studio and Azure AI Services. This blog provides practical insights and real-world approaches to building secure, scalable, and responsible AI solutions. Your feedback is always welcome—let’s start the conversation.