diff --git a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry/FoundryAgent.cs b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry/FoundryAgent.cs
index b1d97a5c9c..6a40c129ec 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry/FoundryAgent.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry/FoundryAgent.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,27 @@ public sealed class FoundryAgent : DelegatingAIAgent
#region Convenience methods
+ ///
+ /// Creates a new agent session instance using an existing conversation identifier to continue that conversation.
+ ///
+ /// The identifier of an existing conversation to continue.
+ /// The to monitor for cancellation requests.
+ ///
+ /// A value task representing the asynchronous operation. The task result contains a new instance configured to work with the specified conversation.
+ ///
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// This method creates an that relies on server-side chat history storage, where the chat history
+ /// is maintained by the underlying AI service rather than by a local .
+ ///
+ ///
+ /// Agent sessions created with this method will only work with
+ /// instances that support server-side conversation storage through their underlying .
+ ///
+ ///
+ public ValueTask CreateSessionAsync(string conversationId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+ => ((ChatClientAgent)this.InnerAgent).CreateSessionAsync(conversationId, cancellationToken);
+
///
/// Creates a server-side conversation session that appears in the Foundry Project UI.
///
diff --git a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry.UnitTests/FoundryAgentTests.cs b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry.UnitTests/FoundryAgentTests.cs
index 1ddc8c7c82..31f981d5c6 100644
--- a/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry.UnitTests/FoundryAgentTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Foundry.UnitTests/FoundryAgentTests.cs
@@ -196,6 +196,48 @@ public class FoundryAgentTests
#endregion
+ #region CreateSessionAsync tests
+
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task CreateSessionAsync_WithConversationId_ReturnsChatClientAgentSessionAsync()
+ {
+ // Arrange
+ FoundryAgent agent = new(
+ s_testEndpoint,
+ new FakeAuthenticationTokenProvider(),
+ model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+ instructions: "Test");
+
+ const string ConversationId = "test-conversation-id";
+
+ // Act
+ AgentSession session = await agent.CreateSessionAsync(ConversationId);
+
+ // Assert
+ ChatClientAgentSession chatSession = Assert.IsType(session);
+ Assert.Equal(ConversationId, chatSession.ConversationId);
+ }
+
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task CreateSessionAsync_WithoutConversationId_ReturnsChatClientAgentSessionWithoutConversationIdAsync()
+ {
+ // Arrange
+ FoundryAgent agent = new(
+ s_testEndpoint,
+ new FakeAuthenticationTokenProvider(),
+ model: "gpt-4o-mini",
+ instructions: "Test");
+
+ // Act
+ AgentSession session = await agent.CreateSessionAsync();
+
+ // Assert
+ ChatClientAgentSession chatSession = Assert.IsType(session);
+ Assert.Null(chatSession.ConversationId);
+ }
+
+ #endregion
+
#region Functional tests
[Fact]