Accelerate your AI app development with Microsoft’s ready-made, production-grade templates and Azure Developer CLI. Build scalable, customizable AI solutions fast without deep cloud expertise, leveraging best practices, infrastructure-as-code, and streamlined workflows to bring your ideas to life effortlessly. Unique :

Quest 9: Fast-Track Your AI App with Ready-Made Templates
Building AI apps can be overwhelming, especially when juggling setup, best practices, and speed. Microsoft’s latest Quest 9 tackles this challenge head-on. Instead of starting from scratch, it offers production-ready templates and modern cloud tools to accelerate your AI journey.
What’s New: Production-Grade Templates & Azure Developer CLI
The highlight? Ready-to-use templates that come with everything you need—scalable architecture, sample code, and infrastructure-as-code scripts. Plus, the Azure Developer CLI (azd) simplifies deployment and management with commands like azd up
and azd deploy
. No deep cloud expertise required.
“Say goodbye to decision fatigue and hello to streamlined, industry-approved workflows you can make your own.”
Major Updates: From Prototype to Production with Ease
These templates aren’t your typical “hello world” demos. They’re designed for real-world use, covering chatbots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) apps, and full-stack solutions. Each template bundles configuration files and scripts to automatically provision Azure resources, saving you from tedious manual setup.
Best practices are baked in by default. That means you get secure, maintainable, and scalable code structures without hunting down the latest recommendations yourself.
What You’ll Build
- A fully functional AI app deployed on Azure.
- A codebase powered by a production-ready template.
- A proof-of-concept or MVP ready to scale or showcase.
What You Need to Get Started
- GitHub account
- Visual Studio Code
- Node.js
- Azure subscription (free trials and student credits available)
- Azure Developer CLI (azd)
- Curiosity to solve real problems!
Why It Matters: Customization Meets Speed
Pick a template and tailor it to your needs. Whether building a copilot, chat app, or serverless API, you can tweak frontends, swap backend logic, or connect your own data sources. This flexibility lets you focus on solving meaningful problems instead of reinventing the wheel.
“With production-ready templates and the Azure Developer CLI at your side, you’re ready to move from ‘just an idea’ to a deployable, scalable solution.”
Bonus Resources & Next Steps
Microsoft also provides tutorials and videos to help you master azd and templates quickly. Once your app is ready, submit it to the JS AI Build-a-thon GitHub repo to join the community of builders.
In short, Quest 9 is your shortcut to launching AI apps faster, smarter, and with less hassle. Ready to ship your next AI project like a pro? Dive in and start building today!
From the Microsoft Developer Community Blog articles