Microsoft Agent Framework

Highlights

• Flexible Agent Framework: build, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent systems
• Multi-Agent Orchestration: Group chat, sequential, concurrent, and handoff patterns
• Plugin Ecosystem: Extend with native functions, OpenAPI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and more
• LLM Support: OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, and more
• Runtime Support: In-process and distributed agent execution
• Multimodal: Text, vision, and function calling
• Cross-Platform: .NET and Python implementations

Below are the basics for each language implementation. For more details on python see here and for .NET see here.

More Examples & Samples

Python

• Getting Started with Agents: Basic agent creation and tool usage
• Chat Client Examples: Direct chat client usage patterns
• Azure Integration: Azure OpenAI and AI Foundry integration

.Net

• Getting Started with Agents: Basic agent creation and tool usage
• Agent Provider Samples: Samples showing different agent providers
• Orchestration Samples: Advanced multi-agent patterns

Agent Framework Documentation

• Agent Framework Repository
• Design Documents
• Architectural Decision Records
• Learn docs are coming soon.