Resources
A curated set of official docs, SDK guides, and community links for participants who want context fast. Use this page when you need the right reference without digging through search results mid-hackathon.
Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry documentation
The official hub for concepts, how-to guides, and platform capabilities.
Create projects in Microsoft Foundry
Project setup guidance, prerequisites, and role requirements.
Deploy models in Microsoft Foundry
Deployment flow for taking a model from catalog to runnable endpoint.
Model catalog overview
How to explore providers, capabilities, and deployment options.
Azure AI Inference SDK
Azure AI Inference SDK for Python
Package overview, supported endpoints, auth options, and core chat APIs.
API reference
Class-level reference for clients, models, and request parameters.
Azure SDK samples
Practical Python examples for chat completions, embeddings, and authentication.
Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering concepts
Azure AI guidance on structure, clarity, examples, and iteration for effective prompts.
Playgrounds in Microsoft Foundry
How to test prompts, compare behaviors, and iterate quickly in the portal.
OpenAI Cookbook
Helpful patterns and examples for prompt design, structured output, and application behaviors.
RAG & AI Search
RAG in Microsoft Foundry
Architecture overview for retrieval-backed generation with Azure services.
Vector search overview
How embeddings and vector indexes improve semantic retrieval.
Add data and build indexes in Microsoft Foundry
Connect data, build indexes, and create grounded chat experiences.
Classic RAG tutorial
A step-by-step Azure AI Search tutorial that makes the retrieval flow concrete.
Evaluation
Azure AI evaluation concepts
Official guidance for evaluators, datasets, and evaluation workflows.
Evaluate with Microsoft Foundry
Practical how-to guide for running built-in evaluators on your application.
Evaluate generative AI apps
Microsoft Learn training path on quality metrics, testing, and iteration.
Community
What The Hack community
Explore the broader WTH format, community guidance, and related event resources.