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

Summary

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its Agent Framework for both .NET and Python, marking the tooling as production-ready for enterprise development. This release signals Microsoft's commitment to providing first-party infrastructure for building agentic AI applications within its developer ecosystem, giving enterprise teams a supported path to deploy agent-based workflows in production environments. The dual-language support (.NET and Python) broadens the framework's applicability across ent