Building multi-agent systems with Google ADK and the A2A protocol

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a flexible and modular framework for developing and deploying AI agents. It offers native support to interact with other agents via the agent-to-agent protocol.

Building a Multi-Agent LinkedIn Newsletter System with Google ADK

Automating content creation with a team of AI agents that research, write, edit, and publish

Announcing a self-paced learning platform and preview of LearnCTL

An open and free learning platform for the technical community.

Google ADK - types of agents

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a flexible and modular framework for developing and deploying AI agents. It offers different types agents.

Introduction to Google Agent Development Kit

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is a flexible and modular framework for developing and deploying AI agents.

Group chat workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

Building dynamic multi-agent discussions where AI agents collaborate, debate, and converge on solutions with GroupChatBuilder

Handoff workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

Learn how to orchestrate AI agents in a concurrent workflow using Microsoft Agent Framework's HandoffBuilder

Concurrent workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

Learn how to orchestrate AI agents in a concurrent workflow using Microsoft Agent Framework's ConcurrentBuilder

Sequential workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

Learn how to orchestrate AI agents in a step-by-step pipeline using Microsoft Agent Framework's SequentialBuilder

Building persistent AI Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework and Microsoft Foundry

The Microsoft Agent Framework represents a significant improvement in developer experience over the raw Foundry SDK. While the native SDK gives you complete control, the Agent Framework provides less boilerplate, type-safe tools, consistent patterns, and resource safety.

Building AI Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework

The world of AI agents is evolving rapidly, and Microsoft's Agent Framework provides a powerful, unified foundation for building intelligent agents that can reason, take actions, and interact with users naturally. In this blog post, I'll walk you through a series of practical examples that demonstrate how to create and use Azure AI agents using MAF and Python.

Getting Started with Foundry Agents

Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry) is a unified system for building intelligent agents. It is a platform that provides models, tools, frameworks, and other aspects such as observability, guardrails, and enterprise-ready governance for creating AI agents.

Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework

Microsoft Agent Framework is an open-source development kit for building AI agents and multi-agent workflows.

Local model serving - Using Foundry Local

There are several options available for running Large Language Model (LLM) inference locally. Foundry Local by Microsoft is a new entrant.

Local model serving - Using Docker model runner

Docker Model Runner — a faster, simpler way to run and test AI models locally, right from your existing workflow. Whether you’re experimenting with the latest LLMs or deploying to production, Model Runner brings the performance and control you need, without the friction.

Local model serving - Using LM Studio

There are several options available for running Large Language Model (LLM) inference locally. LM Studio is one such option. It is more comprehensive and offers some great features.

Local model serving - Using Ollama

There are several options available for running Large Language Model (LLM) inference locally. Ollama is one such option and my favorite among all. Ollama offers access to a wide range of models and has recently enabled cloud-hosted models as well. It offers both CLI and GUI (chat interface) to interact with the loaded models.

Changes in Autogen release 0.5.1

Know what went into AutoGen 0.5.1 -- the open framework for creating multi-agent systems.

Kube Resource Orchestrator (KRO) - Deploying the sample voting application

Extending what you learned in the previous article on the basics of kro, this article demonstrates a few more features of kro with the help of a sample voting application.

Kube Resource Orchestrator (KRO) - The Basics

Kube Resource Orchestrator (KRO) introduces a new Kubernetes-native and cloud-agnostic way to group Kubernetes resources.

Building a Model Context Protocol server for Azure

Extend knowledge of creating MCP servers to achieve more practical applications

Understanding Agents in Microsoft AutoGen framework

Teams of agents in AutoGen

Model Context Protocol by Anthropic for connecting AI models to data

Getting started with AutoGen framework for building AI agents and applications

Predicted outputs in Azure OpenAI

Parallel tool calling in Azure OpenAI

Structured output in Azure OpenAI

Implementing multiple tool/function calling when using Azure OpenAI

Implementing tool/function calling when using Azure OpenAI

Using chat completion API in Azure OpenAI

Streaming model responses when using Azure OpenAI

Getting started with Azure OpenAI

Devcontainers for cloud-native application development

Development containers are a great way to develop modern applications. Cloud-native applications usually implement more than one service to provide the application functionality. Using dev containers for microservices-based application development requires more than one container. This is where using Docker Compose with dev containers is useful. This article explores creating a multi-container development environment using VS Code dev containers and Docker Compose.

Using Bicep to provision Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster

Bicep simplifies provisioning Azure Red Hat OpenShift clusters. This article explains how!

Azure SDK for Go - Authentication methods - Chained Credentials

Azure SDK for Go - Authentication methods - Managed Identity Credential

Azure SDK for Go - Authentication methods - Environmental credential

Azure SDK for Go - Authentication methods for local development environment

Getting Started with Azure SDK for Go

Determining time zone differences in PowerShell for effective meeting planning

WebAssembly (wasm) learning playground in VS Code

Applied Go - Creating a CLI application

Keyless git commit signing using Sigstore gitsign in a VS Code devcontainer

Sigstore Cosign VS Code development container feature

Building container images - using no tools

Fully Automated Kubernetes Cluster Deployment on Azure in Under 8 Minutes

Kubeadm is the go to tool for Kubernetes administrators. Understand how to use this tool combined with Bicep to provision a virtualized K8s cluster.

Fully automated Kubernetes cluster deployment on Azure in under 8 minutes

Installing and Configuring Kubernetes Cluster using Kubeadm on Ubuntu

Kubeadm is a handy tool to configure Kubernetes clusters. This article explains how to create a K8s cluster using Ubuntu VMs.

Installing and Configuring Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm on Ubuntu

Understanding and using Azure Container Instances service - Multi-container Applications using Bicep

Understanding and using Azure Container Instances service - The Basics

Containerization in Microsoft Azure

Publish container images to Azure Container Registry

Understanding container images - OCI image specification

Understanding container images - The fundamentals

CUE language VS Code development container feature

Local CI/CD for your Bicep templates

[Book] Azure Bicep - Zero to Hero is complete

Working with Azure Bicep Public modules registry

Azure Bicep as a feature in VS Code development containers

Azure Policy Guest Configuration - Assignments

[Book] - Annoucing Azure Bicep - Zero to Hero

Bicep v0.4 and the linter

Bicep Container Image

Bicep Visualizer

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Scoped Deployment

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Conditional Deployment

Slides and Demo Scripts: Global Azure Bootcamp 2021 - Azure Bicep

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Modules

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Output

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Iterations

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Expressions

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Variables

Bicep Language - Beyond Basics - Parameters

Getting Started With Azure Bicep

Introduction to Azure Bicep

Retrieve and save Project Bicep examples from GitHub

Speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp India 2021

PowerShell script to download and install Azure CLI

PowerShell and Secret Management - Updates

PowerShell and Secret Management - Using Secret Store Extension Vault

PowerShell and Secret Management - Introduction

Azure Policy Guest Configuration - Introduction

Get set Go - Methods in Go language

Get set Go - Anonymous Functions in Go language

Get set Go - Functions in Go language

Get set Go - Labels in Go language

Get set Go - Loops in Go language

Get set Go - Condition statements in Go language

Get set Go - Structs in Go language

Get set Go - Maps in Go language

Get set Go - Pointers in Go language

Get set Go - Slices in Go language

Azure Community Conference - 2020

Get set Go - Arrays in Go language

Get set Go - Types in Go language

Get set Go - Variables in Go language

Azure Resource Manager - Using secrets in ARM templates

Get set Go - First program

Get set Go - Introduction to Go language

Azure Resource Manager - Using functions in ARM templates

Azure Resource Manager - Using expressions and variables in ARM templates

Azure Resource Manager - Adding parameters to ARM templates

GitHub Hub CLI - An extension to git command-line

Azure Resource Manager - ARM template basics

Azure Resource Manager - Tools for ARM template design, authoring, and deployment

Azure Resource Manager - Introduction

PowerShell commands to generate Git.io shorturls

Adding visitor counter to statically generated web pages

My custom Hugo shortcode collection

GitHub workflow for streamlined publishing of static pages

Microsoft MVP for another year

How I use GitHub Gists to store and display code snippets in blog posts

Embedding Channel9 Videos in Hugo Static Pages

Moved Blog to a Static Site Using Hugo and GitHub Pages

Hugo shortcode for Deploy to Azure Button in a Static Page

Slides: Global Azure Bootcamp - Azure CLI 2.0

Slides: BITPro UG Meet - Tests Driven PowerShell Learning using PSKoans

Slides: Experts Live India – PowerShell Data as File System

Slides: Experts Live India – Azure at the command line

Slides: Azure MVP Bootcamp – Microsoft Azure Cloud and DevOps

Slides: PowerShell Conference Asia 2016

Slides: PowerShell Conference EU 2016

Custom Template Deployment Improvements in Azure Portal

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Forcing WMF 4.0 when using DSC Extension

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Using Domain Join Extension

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Putting it all together

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Using Linked Templates

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Defining Resource Dependencies

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Using Copy Object

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Using Variables

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – Using Parameters

Slides: Future Unleashed – Authoring ARM Templates

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – The Basics

Building Azure Resource Manager Templates – An Introduction

Containers – What are they? And, their history! – Part 2

Slides: Reboot Camp Bangalore - Cloud Computing for IT Professionals

Containers – What are they? Why do you need one? – Part 1

Slides: Community Day 2014 – Introduction to Microsoft Azure Compute

Slides: Reboot IT, Bangalore - Whats new in Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Slides: Reboot IT, Bangalore - Hyper-V Replica

Slides: VTC Online - Desired State Configuration

Slides: Virtual Tech Days - Windows PowerShell 3.0 – A first look

Slides: PowerShell Saturday - Windows PowerShell 4.0

Monitoring Volume Change Events in PowerShell using WMI

Slides: BITPro UG Meet - PowerShell and WMI Eventing

ebook: WMI query language (WQL) via PowerShell

ebook: Layman's Guide to PowerShell 2.0 remoting

Attaching scripts or tasks to Windows event log entries using PowerShell and WMI

Passing variables or arguments to an event action in PowerShell

Slides: TechED India - PowerShell in the Enterprise

Slides: Virtual Tech Days - Monitoring & Managing remote Windows 7

Monitoring file creation using WMI and PowerEvents module

Creating complex scheduled tasks using WMI Timer events and PowerEvents Module

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Schema Queries

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Event Queries: Extrinsic Events

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Event Queries: Syntax

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Event Queries: Intrinsic Events

Workarounds for DayOfWeek Timer events when using Win32_LocalTime

WMI Timer Events in PowerShell using Win32_LocalTime

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Event Queries: Introduction

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Data Queries: References Of

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Data Queries: Associators Of

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Data Queries: SELECT, FROM, and WHERE

WMI Query Language (WQL) – Keywords and Operators

WMI Query Language (WQL) – An introduction

Slides: PSBUG Meet - PowerShell 2.0 remoting

Slides: Bangalore ITPro - PowerShell for ActiveDirectory Administration

Slides: Getting Started with PowerShell scripting

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 12 – Using CredSSP for multi-hop authentication

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 11 – Interpreting, formatting and displaying remote output

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 10 – Restricting available commands using custom session configuration

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 9 – Session configurations and creating custom configurations

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 8 – remoting scenarios and troubleshooting

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 7 – saving remote session to disk

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 6 – implicit remoting sessions

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 5 – interactive remoting sessions

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 4 – Execute commands or scripts on a remote computer using Invoke-Command

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 3 – Enable remoting

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 2 – Overview of remoting cmdlets

PowerShell 2.0 remoting guide: Part 1 – The basics