A Recap of the Build AI Agents with Custom Tools Live Session
Artificial Intelligence is evolving, and so are the ways we build intelligent agents. On a recent Microsoft YouTube Live session, developers and AI enthusiasts gathered to explore the power of custom tools in AI agents using Azure AI Studio. The session walked through concepts, use cases, and a live demo that showed how integrating custom tools can bring a new level of intelligence and adaptability to your applications. 🎥 Watch the full session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/MRpExvcdxGs?si=X03wsQxQkkshEkOT What Are AI Agents with Custom Tools? AI agents are essentially smart workflows that can reason, plan, and act — powered by large language models (LLMs). While built-in tools like search, calculator, or web APIs are helpful, custom tools allow developers to tailor agents for business-specific needs. For example: Calling internal APIs Accessing private databases Triggering backend operations like ticket creation or document generation Learn Module Overview: Build Agents with Custom Tools To complement the session, Microsoft offers a self-paced Microsoft Learn module that gives step-by-step guidance: Explore the module Key Learning Objectives: Understand why and when to use custom tools in agents Learn how to define, integrate, and test tools using Azure AI Studio Build an end-to-end agent scenario using custom capabilities Hands-On Exercise: The module includes a guided lab where you: Define a tool schema Register the tool within Azure AI Studio Build an AI agent that uses your custom logic Test and validate the agent’s response Highlights from the Live Session Here are some gems from the session: Real-World Use Cases – Automating customer support, connecting to CRMs, and more Tool Manifest Creation – Learn how to describe a tool in a machine-understandable way Live Azure Demo – See exactly how to register tools and invoke them from an AI agent Tips & Troubleshooting – Best practices and common pitfalls when designing agents Want to Get Started? If you're a developer, AI enthusiast, or product builder looking to elevate your agent’s capabilities — custom tools are the next step. Start building your own AI agents by combining the power of: Microsoft Learn Module YouTube Live Session Final Thoughts The future of AI isn't just about smart responses — it's about intelligent actions. Custom tools enable your AI agent to do things, not just say things. With Azure AI Studio, building a practical, action-oriented AI assistant is more accessible than ever. Learn More and Join the Community Learn more about AI Agents with https://aka.ms/ai-agents-beginnersOpen Source Course and Building Agents. Join the Azure AI Foundry Discord Channel. Continue the discussion and learning: https://aka.ms/AI/discord Have questions or want to share what you're building? Let’s connect on LinkedIn or drop a comment under the YouTube video!
Intune Custom Compliance Policy - Struggling
Any assistance or guidance on this is greatly appreciated. For over a week I struggled with a custom compliance policy that will do the following. - Search for a specific installed software and version and produce the following results: - Application is not installed - Compliance Status set to "Not Applicable" - Application is installed but is not the desired version. - Compliance status set to "Not Compliant" - Application is installed, meets the version requirements - Compliance status set to "Compliant" - Multiple versions of application exist, one of which meet the requirements. Compliance status set to "Not Compliant" If I run the discovery script on a local device and output the findings it is 100% successful, every time. However, when applying the policy in Intune not every works correctly. Here are both the JSNO file and discovery script. -------JSON------ { "Rules": [ { "SettingName": "ComplianceStatus", "Operator": "IsEquals", "DataType": "String", "Operand": "Compliant", "MoreInfoUrl": "https://example.com/compliance-info", "RemediationStrings": [ { "Language": "en_US", "Title": "Software Compliance Check", "Description": "The required software version is installed and compliant." } ] }, { "SettingName": "ComplianceStatus", "Operator": "IsEquals", "DataType": "String", "Operand": "NonCompliant", "MoreInfoUrl": "https://example.com/compliance-info", "RemediationStrings": [ { "Language": "en_US", "Title": "Software Compliance Check", "Description": "The required software version is not installed or is outdated. Please install or update to the required version." } ] }, { "SettingName": "ComplianceStatus", "Operator": "IsEquals", "DataType": "String", "Operand": "NotApplicable", "MoreInfoUrl": "https://example.com/compliance-info", "RemediationStrings": [ { "Language": "en_US", "Title": "Software Compliance Check", "Description": "The software is not applicable for this device." } ] } ] } ------- Discovery Script _------- $softwareName = "Autodesk Single Sign On Component" $requiredVersion = [version]"13.7.7.1807" # Get the installed software information $installedSoftware = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $softwareName } # Initialize the result hash $result = @{ SoftwareInstalled = $false SoftwareVersion = "0.0.0.0" ComplianceStatus = "NotApplicable" } # Process each instance if any are found if ($installedSoftware) { $result.SoftwareInstalled = $true $isCompliant = $false $multipleCopies = ($installedSoftware.Count -gt 1) foreach ($software in $installedSoftware) { $installedVersion = [version]$software.Version $result.SoftwareVersion = $installedVersion.ToString() if ($installedVersion -ge $requiredVersion) { $isCompliant = $true } } # Determine overall compliance status if ($multipleCopies) { $result.ComplianceStatus = "NonCompliant" } else { $result.ComplianceStatus = $isCompliant ? "Compliant" : "NonCompliant" } } # Return the result as JSON $result | ConvertTo-Json -CompressSharepoint Numbering Column won't let me have 001 or 012, it won't let me start with 0
Is there a way to set a SharePoint number column to allow numbers that start with 0? We're setting up an index system and for some reason it always removes the 0 and there doesn't seem to be a way to have it not do that. I also tried to use a text row instead, but even that converts 001 to 1.0000000Missing icon in app admin panel when loading custom app created with app studio
Hello!. I have created a custom app with App Studio. It has completed the validation without errors and when uploading it to the Teams application panel, the icon does not appear. The app does display correctly when opened from Teams and contains the outline icon. Can someone tell me how to correct it? Although it appears correctly in Teams, I would like it to have its icon in the app administration panel. Thanks!
Teams custom application packages.
Hi Everyone, Recently I had a issue with uploading a zipped custom application package via teams admin and from installed ms teams. from user end upload it simply says manifest parsing has failed. and whenever i try from teams admin center it says "can't read the manifest file" even i tried checking manifest from the Jason validators and for matters. but i couldn't find a solid answer for my issue. most of the online sources, solution was to add "https://" section in front of your developer website. i tried that but still have the same issue. when developing the application i followed exactly the same steps mentioned in below GitHub article. https://github.com/OfficeDev/microsoft-teams-apps-hrsupport Any idea how to resolve this..? thank you.
SS37: scrollable bookmarks bar
Suggestion (SS): 37 Classification: bookmarks bar PRIORITY IN MY OPINION: 5 on a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high) I already told you different suggestions about bookmarks bar for example here https://link.ws/tedgbookbar but even in other post too. I already told you about favicon extension bar in safari too. Now what i want is that the bar is able to do what favicons can. If i add 400 links, and each section contains a workflow (for example link 1-50 workflow 1, 50-75 to 2, etc...) i want to scroll such bookmarks, so that i can see workflows link directly. instead of seeing a-g in the bar and h-z hidden, you need to hide a-g (left), show me h-o and hide p-z (inside >> to the right). i still wish i can add custom color to folders in the bar; replace javascript icons with a text (example P for pocket) or an icon (pocket), etc. see more here https://link.ws/tedgbookbar PS: pin javascript links! they are already on the left. so if i visit workflow 2, i want to see my 4-8 javascript on the left, not that you hide it. so we need a feature "pin urls" too, but i already told you about that in other post too (especially pin to the right). your bookmarks bar should work a bit like my touchbar. i have pinned things on the left and right, and i scroll things in the middle.SS28: selection to bookmarks + vivaldi example of what i reported you previously
Suggestion (SS): 28 Classification: Bookmarks PRIORITY IN MY OPINION: 4 on a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high) Here my idea i got after visiting a suggestion in vivaldi about add current tab to a folder (which is available for vivaldi and edge). I tested it out and in edge is available, but creates problem, like where you continuosly add it under ddd instead inside ddd. only 1 time you added it in ddd. PS: is not the first time i see problems with other bookmarks, you should check if all functions really work correctly with other bookmarks. Same if i do that you should avoid to show me that for the creation of folders. <<<<<<< second: i tried to select 3 tabs, and then do the same. is not possible. <<<<<<< third: i still think vivaldi add to bookmark option without right click is much better. please consider to implement it to edge too. <<<< because we are talking about vivaldi, here other points i like reload miniature (i suggested this to you only for bookmarks bar) like i suggested you with shortcut for bookmarks and other things (i noticed only after sending you the suggestions, that vivaldi has already such option, but still limited compared to what i told you, which is much more complex) this is similar to what i told you too, but vivaldi show us directly the webpage, is not a second bookmarks bar ability to change default bookmarks bar. (NEW SUGGESTION, but less important, since i use different profile. it still remains cool) same like i wrote you yesterday to remove things from the bar position of new tab, like i suggested you keep last tab open, like i suggested you a lot of option like i suggested you (or better some things are not available in vivaldi too) show me only icons inside bookmarks bar, full name in other bookmarks or when you hide url from bookmarks bar (like suggested). i still think a way to add personal customized folder color to bookmarks is usefull too even if i don't really like to use shortcuts (via keyboard with crtl alt etc., not things like <ddd $dd) ... but i like how they do. trackpad gesture, like suggested is much more clean search always in new tab (NEW SUGGESTION) .... PS: until now i don't use vivaldi, because they create library folders problems. so i just use it as a normal second browser for quick searches. this is why maybe the list of good features is not complete. once devs fix such problem, i can send more vivaldi based suggestion too. i still think main points are now available in this post, a lot is already included in previous submitted suggestions. Here even what i don't like previews different colours for each tab ... other ... (yes, you can disable such things). about the download suggestion, something like where i can set "save to /user/ccc/applications" and then "save this website always in this folder" or "if /externaldrive/... is not available, use /user/ccc/applications instead".
