Upcoming webinar: Maximize the Cost Efficiency of AI Agents on Azure

AI agents are quickly becoming central to how organizations automate work, engage customers, and unlock new insights. But as adoption accelerates, so do questions about cost, ROI, and long-term sustainability. That’s exactly what the Maximize the Cost Efficiency of AI Agents on Azure webinar is designed to address.

The webinar will provide practical guidance on building and scaling AI agents on Azure with financial discipline in mind. Rather than focusing only on technology, the session helps learners connect AI design decisions to real business outcomes—covering everything from identifying high-impact use cases and understanding cost drivers to forecasting ROI.

Whether you’re just starting your AI journey or expanding AI agents across the enterprise, the session will equip you with strategies to make informed, cost-conscious decisions at every stage—from architecture and model selection to ongoing optimization and governance.

Who should attend?

If you are in one of these roles and are a decision maker or can influence decision makers in AI decisions or need to show ROI metrics on AI, this session is for you.

• Developer
• Administrator
• Solution Architect
• AI Engineer
• Business Analyst
• Business User
• Technology Manager

Why attending the webinar?

In the webinar, you’ll hear how to translate theory into real-world scenarios, walk through common cost pitfalls, and show how organizations are applying these principles in practice.

Most importantly, the webinar helps you connect the dots faster, turning what you’ve learned into actionable insights you can apply immediately, ask questions live, and gain clarity on how to maximize ROI while scaling AI responsibly.

If you care about building AI agents that are not only innovative but also efficient, governable, and financially sustainable, this training—and this webinar that complements it—are well worth your time.

Register for the free webinar today for the event on March 5, 2026, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).

Who will speak at the webinar?

Your speakers will be:

Carlotta Castelluccio: Carlotta is a Senior AI Advocate with the mission of helping every developer to succeed with AI, by building innovative solutions responsibly. To achieve this goal, she develops technical content, and she hosts skilling sessions, enabling her audience to take the most out of AI technologies and to have an impact on Microsoft AI products’ roadmap.

Nitya Narasimhan: Nitya is a PhD and Polyglot with 25+ years of software research & development experience spanning mobile, web, cloud and AI. She is an innovator (12+ patents), a visual storyteller (@sketchtedocs), and an experienced community builder in the Greater New York area. As a senior AI Advocate on the Core AI Developer Relations team, she acts as "developer 0" for the Microsoft Foundry platform, providing product feedback and empowering AI developers to build trustworthy AI solutions with code samples, open-source curricula and content-initiatives like Model Mondays. Prior to joining Microsoft, she spent a decade in Motorola Labs working on ubiquitous & mobile computing research, founded Google Developer Groups in New York, and consulted for startups building real-time experiences for enterprise. Her current interests span Model understanding & customization, E2E Observability & Safety, and agentic AI workflows for maintainable software.

Moderator

Lee Stott is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, working in the Core AI Developer Relations Team. He helps developers and organizations build responsibly with AI and cloud technologies through open-source projects, technical guidance, and global developer programs. Based in the UK, Lee brings deep hands-on experience across AI, Azure, and developer tooling.

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