This repository provides the Microsoft IQ Series, a hands-on learning experience for Microsoft's unified enterprise intelligence layer. It targets engineers and power users seeking to leverage Foundry IQ, Work IQ, and Fabric IQ to build AI agents with deep business context, moving beyond traditional RAG for enhanced enterprise intelligence. The series offers practical guidance through video episodes and interactive notebooks.

How It Works

The IQ Series delivers learning content via video episodes, premiering on the Microsoft Developer YouTube channel, complemented by Jupyter notebook "cookbooks" or markdown lab instructions. It focuses on three core components: Foundry IQ for a managed knowledge layer, Work IQ for unlocking agent intelligence and work patterns, and Fabric IQ for unifying business semantics. This approach enables AI agents to reason, retrieve, and act with deep, permission-aware enterprise context.

Quick Start & Requirements

This repository serves as a learning resource, not a software package for direct installation. Users are expected to fork the repository to save notebook outputs for community badge requests. Prerequisites include a Jupyter notebook environment and access to the Microsoft Developer YouTube channel for video content. Specific episode playlists are announced via YouTube.

Highlighted Details

• Microsoft IQ Components: Explores Foundry IQ (knowledge layer), Work IQ (agent intelligence), and upcoming Fabric IQ (business semantics) for enterprise AI.
• Hands-on Labs: Features Jupyter notebooks and markdown labs with step-by-step guidance for practical application of concepts.
• Community Badges: Offers opportunities to earn community badges upon completing Foundry IQ and Work IQ learning paths, requiring repo forking and issue submission.
• Enterprise AI Focus: Designed to enable AI agents with deep business context, surpassing traditional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities.

Maintenance & Community

Community engagement is fostered through GitHub Issues for bug reports or suggestions and Pull Requests for contributions. Questions and discussions are actively managed in the repository's "Discussions" section. Badges are issued by the "Global AI Community."

Licensing & Compatibility

The repository's license is not explicitly stated in the provided README. Compatibility is implied with Azure services and enterprise data sources relevant to the IQ components.

Limitations & Caveats

Fabric IQ content is explicitly marked as "Coming soon!". The process for earning community badges involves multiple steps, including forking the repository and submitting specific issue requests. Crucially, the absence of a defined license presents a significant adoption blocker, requiring clarification for commercial or broader use.