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westey b12ff578af .NET: [BREAKING] Add session statebag to use for state storage instead of inside providers (#3737)
* Add a StateBag to AgentSession and pass Agent and AgentSession to AIContextProvider and ChatHistoryProviders

* Convert all AIContextProviders to use the statebag

* Update InMemoryChatHistoryProvider to use StateBag

* Update Comsos and Workflow ChatHistoryProviders

* Update 3rd party chat history storage sample.

* Remove serialize method from providers

* Replacing provider factories with properties

* Remove Providers from Session and flatten state bag serialization

* Update samples to use getservice on agent

* Updated additional session types to serialize statebag

* Fix regression

* Address PR comments

* Address PR comments.

* Fix formatting

* Fix unit tests

* Remove InMemoryAgentSession since it is not required anymore.

* Address PR comments

* Convert sessions for A2AAgent, ChatClientAgent, CopilotStudioAgent and GithubCopilotAgent to use regular json serialization.

* Fix durable agent session jso usgae

* Add jso to InMemory and Workflow ChatHistoryProviders

* Update InMemoryChatHistoryProvider to use an options class for it's many optional settings.

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Address PR feedback

* Fix verification bug.

* Improve state bag thread safety

* Address PR comments and fix unit tests

* Address PR comments

* Fix unit test

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Get Started with Microsoft Agent Framework for C# Developers

Samples

Quickstart

Basic Agent - .NET

using System;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Azure.Identity;
using Microsoft.Agents.AI;

var endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")!;
var deploymentName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME")!;

var agent = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(endpoint), new AzureCliCredential())
    .GetOpenAIResponseClient(deploymentName)
    .AsAIAgent(name: "HaikuBot", instructions: "You are an upbeat assistant that writes beautifully.");

Console.WriteLine(await agent.RunAsync("Write a haiku about Microsoft Agent Framework."));

Examples & Samples

Agent Framework Documentation