The theme of Ignite was undeniable: Frontier firms are transforming business with investments and projects developing AI apps and agents.
And these aren’t just businesses using AI - they’re companies developing and monetizing AI apps and agents. The numbers are clear - here are a few compelling stats from a global study commissioned by Microsoft with the International Data Corporation (IDC) about Frontier firms:
- 67% are monetizing industry-specific AI use cases to boost revenue
- 58% use custom AI, and in the next two years, that will increase to 77%
- Those building agentic solutions will grow 3x in the next two years
- ROI is 3x higher for Frontier firms than slower adopters
It’s no longer a question. Companies who get ahead, make and sell AI apps and agentic solutions.
But it can be difficult to develop at the speed of AI. To answer the challenge of streamlining and shortening the development cycle, we’ve improved the Quick-Start Development Toolkit to help your team start coding in minutes.
Getting simple guidance for custom application development
To help your team go from idea to coding in minutes, we've introduced the Quick-Start Development Toolkit. Teams were spending too much time with false starts or hunting for AI app or agent code templates. With expert developer guidance, we created the Quick-Start Development patterns - a package that includes a sample solution reference diagram, custom code templates for your dev team to download and customize, and high-value resources to address common development challenges. We’ve also made it easier to find the right development pattern for your needs.
Answer a few questions to see how to develop an AI app
We’ve built an interactive wizard that makes it easy for software companies to go from thinking about AI or agentic solutions to solve a problem directly to creating custom code. The process is easy:
- Go to Quick-Start Development Toolkit
- Click on “Find the right pattern for your needs”
- Answer a few simple questions about your priority scenario, environment, and tools
- Land on a development pattern designed to help your team start coding in minutes
With development patterns ranging from flexible AI app or agent development with Microsoft Foundry to multi-agent custom automation to integrating your data with Microsoft Fabric Unified Data Foundation, you’ll find a development pattern to get started on your next AI app or agent.
Development pattern for Multi-Agent Custom Automation Engine
Not the right fit? Keep looking at focused patterns, all created in partnership with Microsoft experts.
If your project has a different focus, like migrating or replicating an AWS app to Azure or integrating Microsoft Security to an app, the Quick-Start Development Toolkit has development templates for these, too.
Take the confusion out of how to make an app and then publish and monetize it
After you're done developing, realize full ROI on your app or agent and help other companies advance their Frontier level by publishing and selling it on Microsoft Marketplace. Within each development pattern, you can get curated guidance from App Advisor to package, publish, and sell your app.
Ready to get started with your next AI app project? Visit the Quick-Start Development Toolkit today!
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