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The microsoft agent framework tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's Agent Framework, a developer platform for building AI agents. Recent discussions focus on Agent Hooks, an experimental, Python-only governance layer that enforces policy on model requests, tool calls, and outputs. The framework includes an open specification with interception points for controlling agent behavior. Content highlights the framework's role in enterprise AI development, emphasizing security and governance features. For developers exploring Microsoft's AI tooling, this tag provides insights into current capabilities and limitations, particularly around Python support and experimental features. It is relevant to those interested in Microsoft's evolving AI agent ecosystem and its integration with broader Windows and cloud environments.
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    Microsoft Agent Framework Adds Experimental Python Vector Stores for RAG and Agent Memory

    If you have spent the last couple of years wiring up Python AI applications with Semantic Kernel, you probably have a healthy respect for how messy retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agent memory can get when database SDKs start bleeding into your application logic. Rather than tearing up...
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    Azure Functions Python Agent Bindings Preview: Foundry Setup, Durable Workflows and MCP Risks

    Azure Functions has a new way to put an AI agent inside an ordinary Python function without handing the function over to the agent. Microsoft's Azure SDK Blog announced Agent bindings for Python function apps (preview) on October 6, 2026. The feature adds a Microsoft Agent Framework Agent to the...
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    Semantic Kernel to Microsoft Agent Framework: Production Patterns and Migration Guide

    Microsoft's Semantic Kernel is in an odd position in late 2026. It still works, it's still supported, and teams still ship software on it. It also has a successor. When Microsoft Agent Framework reached version 1.0 on April 3, 2026, Microsoft called it the production-ready release, with stable...
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    Microsoft .NET AG-UI SDK 1.0 Ships Client and Server Packages

    Microsoft's .NET team has released an official .NET SDK for AG-UI, the Agent-User Interaction Protocol, which it built together with CopilotKit. It ships as five MIT-licensed AGUI.* NuGet packages, and they let any ASP.NET Core or .NET service stream agent output to user interfaces without...
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    Microsoft Agent Framework Adds Stable Python AG-UI, Workflow Recovery

    On September 24, 2026, Microsoft published a set of Microsoft Agent Framework updates for Python and .NET developers. The updates cover five things: AG-UI endpoints for interactive frontends, new Python "channels" packages that reuse one agent across several protocols, cross-session memory...
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    Microsoft Agent Hooks Are Experimental and Python-Only

    Microsoft’s Agent Framework now has an experimental, fail-closed governance layer called Agent Hooks, but the important change is narrower—and more useful—than the “open contract” pitch suggests. In Python, Agent Hooks gives policy code a defined way to stop, alter, or require approval for model...