{"slug": "agent-framework-shipped-an-update", "title": "agent-framework shipped an update", "summary": "Microsoft released agent-framework, an open-source framework for building and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET, with support for Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, and the GitHub Copilot SDK. The framework, which has 12,000 GitHub stars and was last updated in July 2026, targets production-grade use cases requiring orchestration, durability, and human-in-the-loop control.", "body_md": "# agent-framework\n\nA framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and.NET.\n\n## About agent-framework\n\nMicrosoft Agent Framework (MAF) is an open, multi-language framework for building production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows in .NET and Python.\n\nMicrosoft Agent Framework is built for teams taking agents from prototype to production. It provides a consistent foundation for building, orchestrating, and operating agent systems across Python and .NET, while keeping architecture choices open as requirements evolve, and supports a broad ecosystem including Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, and the GitHub Copilot SDK, with samples and hosting patterns for both local development and cloud deployment.\n\nMAF is a strong fit if you: - are building agents and workflows you expect to run in production, - need orchestration beyond a single prompt or stateless chat loop, - want graph-based patterns such as sequential, concurrent, handoff, and group collaboration, - care about durability, restartability, observability, governance, or human-in-the-loop control, - need provider flexibility so your architecture can evolve without major rewrites.\n\nagent-framework is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 12k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.\n\n```\npip install agent-framework\n```\n\n## agent-framework vs. the alternatives\n\n[All 30 alternatives →](/alternatives/agent-framework)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-framework-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/agent-framework", "published_at": "2026-07-21 12:34:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 13:37:12.139021+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "agent-framework", "Microsoft Foundry", "Azure OpenAI", "OpenAI", "GitHub Copilot SDK"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-framework-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-framework-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-framework-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/agent-framework-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}