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Agentic Retrieval & Foundry IQ

📚 RAG & Grounding 9 min 80 BASE XP

Next-Generation RAG

Agentic Retrieval (also called Agentic RAG) goes beyond simple search — the AI model intelligently decomposes complex queries into multiple sub-queries for more comprehensive retrieval.

Standard RAG vs Agentic Retrieval

FeatureStandard RAGAgentic Retrieval
Query ProcessingSingle search queryAI decomposes into multiple sub-queries
Context GatheringTop-K nearest resultsMulti-source, cross-referenced results
Complex QuestionsOften misses contextHandles multi-hop reasoning
CostLowerHigher (multiple LLM calls)

Foundry IQ

Foundry IQ is Microsoft's evolved search intelligence layer (building on Azure AI Search) that enables grounded responses from multiple data sources across multi-cloud environments.

💡 Key Insight: Use standard RAG for simple factual Q&A. Switch to Agentic Retrieval when users ask complex, multi-faceted questions that require synthesizing information from multiple sources.
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How does Agentic Retrieval differ from standard RAG?
It uses a different database
The AI decomposes complex queries into multiple sub-queries for comprehensive retrieval
It doesn't use embeddings
It's cheaper
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