# Building more than just an agent…

> Source: <https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/10/building-more-than-just-an-agent-harness/>
> Published: 2026-07-10 04:44:16.805489+00:00

Live from Microsoft Build, Ryan is joined by Jay Parikh, Microsoft’s VP of AI Core, for a conversation on what enterprises need to build, deploy, and run AI agents at scale with demonstrable ROI; how Microsoft built an end-to-end agent development system that goes past just the harness; and how you can evaluate for reliability and correctness in models that get more intelligent and autonomous everyday.
