Microsoft's Agent Stack Confuses Developers While Rivals Simplify

Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure's agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...
Neowin

Microsoft to deliver .NET framework via Windows Update, Catalog, on older Windows 11 and 10Microsoft to deliver .NET framework via Windows Update, Catalog, on older Windows 11 ...

Microsoft had stated that that 4.8.1 would be available by default on Windows 11 22H2. The tech giant delivered the most updated version of .NET Framework 4.8.1 on ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft’s AutoGen framework allows multiple AI agents to talk to each other and complete your tasks

Microsoft has joined the race for large language model (LLM) application frameworks with its open source Python library, AutoGen. As described by Microsoft, AutoGen is “a framework for simplifying the ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft .NET MAUI framework arrives

Microsoft’s Multiplatform App UI framework for .NET allows developers to build desktop and mobile apps from a single C# and XAML codebase. Microsoft has formally introduced its .NET MAUI ...