Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 GA

Summary

Microsoft shipped Agent Framework 1.0 GA on April 3, 2026 — the production-ready convergence of Semantic Kernel and AutoGen into a single unified SDK for .NET and Python. Key features: (1) Native MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol support at 1.0, not as bolt-ons; (2) Six providers with one-line swap: Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini, Ollama; (3) DevUI browser-based local debugger for agent execution tracing; (4) Enterprise-grade mu