The Microsoft IQ Series
Learn Microsoft IQ with The IQ Series! Microsoft IQ is Microsoft's unified intelligence layer for the enterprise, bringing together three core intelligence services:
- Foundry IQ: A managed knowledge layer for enterprise data; connecting structured and unstructured data across Azure, SharePoint, OneLake, and the web so agents can access permission-aware knowledge.
- Work IQ: Your organization’s intelligence, unlocked for every agent understanding context, relationships, and work patterns so agents can be faster, more accurate, and more secure.
- Fabric IQ: Unify business semantics across data, models, and systems to power intelligent agents and decisions grounded in a live, holistic view of the business.
Together, these IQs enable AI agents to reason, retrieve, and act with deep business context going beyond traditional RAG for true enterprise intelligence.
Note: The series kicks off with Foundry IQ episodes, followed by Work IQ episodes. Fabric IQ content is coming soon!
📺 Foundry IQ episodes premiere every Wednesday at 9 AM PT, starting March 18, 2026 on Microsoft Developer YouTube.
📺 Work IQ episodes premiere 9 AM PT on June 2, 2026 on Microsoft Developer YouTube.
📚 Episodes
| Episode | Description | Video | Cookbook/Lab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry IQ: Unlocking Knowledge for your Agents | Understand Foundry IQ's core components and how it fits into the agent architecture | Watch Now 🎥 | Cookbook |
| Foundry IQ: Building the Data Pipeline with Knowledge Sources | Learn how different content enters Foundry IQ from various sources | Watch Now 🎥 | Cookbook |
| Foundry IQ: Querying the Multi-Source AI Knowledge Bases | Dive into Knowledge Bases and multi-source query paths | Watch Now 🎥 | Cookbook |
| Work IQ: Data, context, and tools at scale | Introduces Work IQ architecture and protocol strategy across REST, A2A, and MCP for enterprise agent experiences. | Watch Now 🎥 | Cookbook |
| Work IQ: A2A for Context‑Aware, Agentic Experiences | Explores the A2A protocol, agent discovery patterns, and practical prototyping for context-aware agentic workflows. | Watch Now 🎥 | Cookbook |
| Fabric IQ | Coming soon! |
Episode Format
Each episode includes:
- Introduction (~1 min): Executive speech
- Tech Talk (~15 min): Interactive discussion with Product Group + Advocacy
- Close-out (~1 min): Doodle summary
Episode folders also include Jupyter notebook cookbooks or markdown lab instructions with hands-on and step-by-step guidance.
🏅 Earn the Foundry IQ Badge
Completed all three Foundry IQ cookbooks? You can now request your community badge.
- Fork this repo and save your notebook outputs in your fork
- Capture a final output screenshot for each episode
- Submit a badge request issue
- Complete the required badge form
🏅 Earn the Work IQ Badge
Completed all three Work IQ labs? You can now request your community badge.
- Fork this repo and save your lab outputs as screenshot for each episode. Details about the required screenshots are provided in the following badge request issue form
- Submit a badge request issue
- Complete the required badge form
Badges are issued by the Global AI Community, so please make sure you have an account before submitting.
🙏 Get Involved
We'd love to see you contributing to our repo and engaging with the experts with your questions!
- 🤔 Do you have suggestions or have you found spelling or code errors? Raise an issue or Create a pull request.
- 🚀 If you get stuck or have any questions about Microsoft IQ, ask them in our Discussions.
- Check out Contributing & Trademarks details.