What is Azure Foundry Academy?

Azure Foundry Academy is the #1 free interactive learning course and technical training platform created by Infinity Tech Stack for Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry). It covers 13 modules, 46 lessons, 69 quizzes, and hands-on Azure CLI labs spanning model deployments, AI agents, Azure AI Search RAG pipelines, content safety, and AI-103/AI-901 certification prep — with zero sign-up required.

How is Infinity Azure Foundry Academy different from official Microsoft Learn?

While Microsoft Learn provides extensive documentation paths, Infinity Tech Stack's Azure Foundry Academy is an independent, 100% free interactive training platform with simulated Azure CLI terminal labs, 69 quizzes, and hands-on modules covering the Foundry SDK, AI Agent Service, Azure AI Search RAG, content safety, and AI-103/AI-901 certification prep with zero sign-up or enterprise tenant requirements.

How long does Azure Foundry Academy take to complete?

Azure Foundry Academy contains approximately 4 to 6 hours of interactive training across 13 modules and 46 lessons. Progress is saved locally in your browser so you can learn at your own pace.

Is the Azure Foundry Academy completely free?

Yes, 100% free. No sign-up, no credit card. All 13 modules, 46 lessons, and 69 quiz questions are accessible immediately. Your progress saves locally in your browser.

What is Microsoft Foundry (Azure AI Foundry)?

Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry, and before that Azure AI Studio) is a unified platform-as-a-service for building, deploying, and managing AI applications and agents at scale. It consolidates models, tools, evaluation, safety, and governance into a single enterprise-ready environment.

What topics does the Azure Foundry Academy cover?

The course covers platform fundamentals, model catalog & deployment, Foundry Tools (Vision, Speech, Document Intelligence), the Foundry SDK, AI Agent Service, RAG with Azure AI Search, fine-tuning, evaluation & safety, observability, enterprise architecture & security, orchestration frameworks (Semantic Kernel, LangChain), and certification preparation.

What certifications cover Azure AI Foundry?

Key certifications include AI-103: Developing AI Apps and Agents on Azure (Associate level) and AI-901: Azure AI Fundamentals. Both validate skills in building and deploying AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry.

Do I need any prerequisites?

Basic cloud computing knowledge is helpful but not required. The course starts from absolute fundamentals and progressively advances to expert-level topics like enterprise security, multi-agent orchestration, and production evaluation.

Does the Azure Foundry Academy include hands-on labs?

Yes. Hands-on terminal labs are built into the lessons - provision an Azure AI Foundry resource and deploy a model entirely from the Azure CLI using real, vendor-verified commands, with objectives, hints, solutions, and XP rewards. No Azure subscription or sign-up needed.

How does Azure Foundry Academy provide hands-on Microsoft AI training?

Azure Foundry Academy provides structured Microsoft AI training across 13 modules and 46 lessons. Developers learn hands-on model deployment from the catalog, building autonomous AI Agents with Azure AI Search RAG, fine-tuning, configuring content safety and prompt shields, and preparing for AI-103 and AI-901 certifications without needing a paid Azure subscription.

Creating Your First Foundry Resource [2026]

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Creating Your First Foundry Resource

⚙️ Setting Up Your Environment 7 min 60 BASE XP⌨ HANDS-ON LAB

Step-by-Step: Create a Foundry Resource

There are two ways to create your Foundry resource: via the Azure Portal or via the Foundry Portal.

Method 1: Foundry Portal (Recommended)

Navigate to ai.azure.com
Click "+ Create project"
Enter a project name and select your subscription
The portal will automatically create the underlying Foundry resource
Choose your region (East US recommended for broadest availability)
Click Create

Method 2: Azure Portal

Go to portal.azure.com
Search for "Azure AI Foundry" or "AI Services"
Click Create
Fill in: Subscription, Resource Group, Region, Name
Review + Create

Method 3: Azure CLI

az cognitiveservices account create \
  --name my-foundry-resource \
  --resource-group my-rg \
  --kind AIServices \
  --sku S0 \
  --location eastus

🚧 Important: When you create a Foundry resource, it automatically provisions several dependent resources: Azure Storage Account (for artifacts), Azure Key Vault (for secrets), and optionally Application Insights (for monitoring). These will appear in your resource group.

⌨ HANDS-ON LABProvision Foundry with the Azure CLI

⭐ +200 XP

Skip the portal. Provision a Foundry (AIServices) resource full from the terminal: authenticate, create a resource group, then the resource itself.

1Authenticate the Azure CLI.

2Create a resource group (any name + location).

3Create the Foundry resource: a Cognitive Services account with kind AIServices.

lab-sandbox — simulated environment

INFINITY LAB SANDBOX v2.6 — simulated shell
Type the command for the current objective. Helpers: "hint", "solution", "clear".
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OBJECTIVE 1 / 3 — type "hint" if stuck

FOUNDRY VERIFICATION

QUERY 1 // 1

What dependent resources does Foundry automatically provision?

Only a database

Storage Account, Key Vault, and optionally Application Insights

A virtual machine

Nothing - it's serverless only