Enterprise AI in 2025
Pamela Fox
Python Cloud Advocate @ Microsoft
github.com/pamelafox
www.linkedin.com/in/pamela-s-fox/
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Enterprise AI in 2024
RAG
Summarization
Analysis
Copywriting
Code assistance
Classification
Review
Translation
Entity extraction
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Demo: RAG on enterprise documentation
Azure AI Search + GPT realtime
github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/ github.com/Azure-Samples/aisearch-openai-rag-audio
Azure AI Search + Azure OpenAI +
Azure Document Intelligence
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Enterprise AI in 2025
RAG
Summarization
Analysis
Copywriting
Code assistance
Classification
Review
Translation
Entity extraction
Agents
Planning
Using tools
Reflection
Multi-
All of that, plus...
Autonomous
Observable
Discoverable
Composable
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Model Context Protocol
MCP Server A
MCP Host
MCP
MCP
Tools Prompts Resources
MCP Server B
Tools Prompts Resources
https://modelcontextprotocol.io/
MCP Client A
MCP Client B
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MCP: Extensibility for Popular AI Assistants
MCP Server A
MCP Host
Claude, GitHub Copilot, ...
MCP
MCP
Tools Prompts Resources
MCP Server B
Tools Prompts Resources
MCP Client A
MCP Client B
Your local computer
Remote
data
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Demo: Enterprise RAG MCP for AI Assistants
Tools can search... ...but they can also upload!
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MCP: Architecture for Enterprise AI Apps?
MCP Server A
Azure Function A
MCP Host
Azure Container Apps
MCP
MCP
Tools Prompts Resources
MCP Server B
Azure Function B
Tools Prompts Resources
MCP Client A
MCP Client B
Virtual network
Azure
Search
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Building Enterprise AI apps on Azure
Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Vision
Azure AI Speech
Azure AI Translator
Azure AI Language
Azure AI Search
Azure AI Document Intelligence
Azure AI Content Safety
Azure Machine Learning
Azure OpenAI Service
Azure AI Content Understanding
Agent AI Agent Service