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.

Which portal experience should you use for new projects?

Foundry (New) - it's the future of the platform — The new Foundry portal is the recommended experience for all new projects, featuring the simplified agent-first interface and latest capabilities.

Foundry Portal: New vs Classic [2026]

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🏭 What Is Microsoft Foundry? 5 min 50 BASE XP⌨ HANDS-ON LAB

Two Portal Experiences

As of 2026, the Foundry portal at ai.azure.com offers two distinct experiences accessible via a toggle in the top banner:

Feature	Foundry (New)	Foundry (Classic)
Focus	Agent-first, simplified	Full ML lifecycle, hub-based projects
Project Type	Foundry resource (simplified)	Hub + Project (Azure ML workspace)
Prompt Flow	Not available (use Agent Framework)	Available (retiring April 2027)
Agent Service	Full support	Limited
Model Catalog	Full access	Full access
Recommended For	New projects, agent development	Legacy projects, Prompt Flow users

🆕 NEW (May 2026): Azure AI Foundry Agent Service - Managed Memory (Preview) gives agents long-term memory. The service manages user preferences, conversation history, and personalisation, consolidating information to keep storage efficient. Integrates with both the Microsoft Agent Framework and LangGraph.

🚧 Important: Prompt Flow in the classic portal has ended development and is scheduled for retirement on April 20, 2027. Microsoft recommends migrating to the Microsoft Agent Framework for new orchestration workloads.

When to Use Which

Use New Portal for all new projects - it's the future of the platform
Use Classic Portal only if you have existing hub-based projects or need Prompt Flow features not yet migrated
Don't start new projects in Classic - they will need migration eventually

⌨ HANDS-ON LABQuery Foundry Projects in Hub

⭐ +150 XP

List all child developer projects attached to the central Foundry enterprise Hub.

1List projects linked to your central Foundry Hub.

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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FOUNDRY VERIFICATION

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What is happening to Prompt Flow in the Azure AI Foundry Classic portal?

It's being expanded

It has ended development and is retiring April 2027

It's being made the default

It's being open-sourced