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Microsoft Agent Framework
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Microsoft’s successor surface for AutoGen-style multi-agent apps.
Microsoft Agent Framework is the current public name for Microsoft’s multi-agent SDK lineage (AutoGen’s successor energy). It is a library for building agents on Azure and elsewhere, not a hosted software factory. Semantic Kernel remains a related but separate listing only if we kept it; we did not, to avoid duplicate Microsoft orchestration brands.
- Model independence
- Multi-model
- Deployment
- Cloud, Self-hosted
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- MIT
- Pricing model
- Free
- Added / updated
- 19 Aug 2026 / 19 Aug 2026
github.com/microsoft/agent-framework · Docs · Source
Editorial take
If you bookmarked AutoGen, start here instead of adding a second listing. This is an SDK. Azure will happily host the models; the framework will not isolate the tools. Prefer it when the rest of the stack is already Microsoft. Prefer LangGraph or a job queue when it is not.
Strengths
- Public MIT repo on the current Microsoft agent SDK path.
- Multi-model, including Azure-hosted models.
- Replaces the need to list AutoGen separately.
Limitations
- Naming and docs still move; verify the Learn.microsoft page on verifiedAt.
- Not a durable workflow engine.
- Easy to confuse with GitHub Copilot, which is a different product.