Microsoft Agent Framework
By Microsoft
Open-source, multi-language framework from Microsoft for building production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET, with graph-based orchestration, OpenTelemetry observability, and Azure AI Foundry deployment; the GA successor to AutoGen and Semantic Kernel, roughly 12,800 GitHub stars.
Best for
- production multi-agent orchestration in Python or .NET
- migrating off AutoGen or Semantic Kernel
- durable, observable agent workflows
- deploying agents to Azure AI Foundry
- Aug 12, 2026Added to the catalogue: Microsoft's GA multi-agent orchestration framework for Python/.NET, supported successor to AutoGen and Semantic Kernel.
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