{"product_id":"9798868824326","title":"Architecting Intelligent Agents in Azure Building Agentic Systems with Python and the Microsoft Agent Framework","description":"\u003ch1\u003eArchitecting Intelligent Agents in Azure\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBuilding Agentic Systems with Python and the Microsoft Agent Framework\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHari Narayn\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Programming \/ Microsoft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eArchitecting Intelligent Agents in Azure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e takes you from your first interaction with an AI agent to deploying a fully orchestrated, production-ready system that can reason, remember, collaborate, and act.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eUsing the Microsoft Agent Framework and Python, this book walks you through every engineering layer behind modern agentic systems, from grounding and memory to tools, semantic recall, and autonomous action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eAcross the chapters, you'll build Thain, an Azure-native feedback agent that evolves into a multi-agent system with the ability to retrieve knowledge, coordinate tasks, and refine its performance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eWith a balanced mix of architecture, hands-on code, and cloud patterns, you'll learn how Azure Cosmos DB, Azure AI Search, Azure Monitor, and serverless components come together to form intelligent, self-improving enterprise agents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eWhether you're an AI engineer, Azure developer, or solution architect, this book offers a practical, end-to-end guide to building agents that can reason, recall, collaborate, and grow over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You Will Learn:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eBuild a fully functioning agent using Python and the Microsoft Agent Framework\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eImplement reasoning loops, short-term memory, and tool-based actions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAdd persistent memory using Azure Cosmos DB and semantic recall using Azure AI Search\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eCreate safe and governed agents with telemetry, observability, and policy enforcement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eIntegrate external systems through tools for tickets, documents, notifications, and workflows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eOrchestrate collaborative multi-agent systems with shared memory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eDeploy agentic workloads using Azure Functions, CI\/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eOptimize cost, scale, and performance for enterprise production environments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho This Book Is For:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eAI engineers and developers building real agentic systems and evaluating the Microsoft Agent Framework, vector search, and Azure AI services\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eCloud and Azure engineers looking to integrate AI capabilities deeply into existing or new applications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eSolution architects designing AI-native or AI-augmented enterprise platforms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFull-stack engineers transitioning into AI engineering and wanting an end-to-end practical pathway into agentic systems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"scxw227202866\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-IN\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003eHari \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003eNarayn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003e is an AI architect and full-stack engineer with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade systems across the public and private sectors. Based in Melbourne, he currently works within the Victorian State Government, focusing on building intelligent, cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure, serverless architectures, .NET, and modern JavaScript and Python ecosystems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-IN\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003eHari has led the design of durable, high-throughput systems using Azure Durable Functions, Cosmos DB, and AI Search. He has built intelligent agents that combine LLMs, semantic memory, and tool-driven automation. His recent focus is on multi-agent systems, vector search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and the Microsoft Agent Framework. He also works extensively with Azure AI services, serverless computing, and end-to-end engineering using Python, .NET, and cloud-native design principles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-IN\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003eHe aims to connect architecture with practical engineering, supporting teams as they adopt AI responsibly and build systems that scale. He holds multiple industry certifications across Microsoft Azure and cloud architecture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TrackedChange SCXW25990226 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-IN\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25990226 BCX8\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"\u003eHari is passionate about simplicity in engineering and enjoys mentoring developers exploring the AI and cloud space. 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