Microsoft Agent Framework

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Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework

October 2, 2025 • Microsoft, Agent Framework, Agents

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

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Building AI Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework

October 4, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents

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.

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Building persistent AI Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework and Microsoft Foundry

October 10, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Foundry, Agents

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.

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Sequential workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

October 12, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents

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

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Concurrent workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

October 14, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents

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

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Handoff workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

October 16, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents

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

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Group chat workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

October 18, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents

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

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Magentic workflows in Microsoft Agent Framework

October 20, 2025 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents

If you need a workflow that can adapt its routing decisions based on what agents discover during execution, look no further. Magentic is for you!

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Cross-Framework Agent Communication: Microsoft Agent Framework meets Google ADK via A2A

January 28, 2026 • Microsoft, Agent Framework, Agents, A2A

Microsoft Agent Protocol is an open framework for building enterprise-grade agents. It offers support for using the A2A protocol for cross-agent communication.

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Microsoft Agent Framework - Agent Skills

February 28, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents, Skills

Latest release of Microsoft Agent Framework offers support for Agent Skills. We will explore implementing a practical use case for Skills with MAF.