Microsoft Agent Framework Journey to AI Agents

What's in: Framework Architecture: An introduction to the core abstractions and the direct evolution from AutoGen and Semantic Kernel. Creating Agents: A look at the different instantiation patterns across providers. The Runtime Execution Model: How the framework coordinates user interaction, model reasoning, and automatic tool execution in a deterministic loop. Agent Capabilities: An overview of extending agents with memory, middleware, type-safe structured JSON outputs, and more.