Official Technical Resources: Microsoft (page 2)
Official Technical Resources · Microsoft: 312 entries in total; this page lists entries 16–30.
Using hosted MCP tools with agents
Use hosted Model Context Protocol tools with Agent Framework agents.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Tool Calling · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Using MCP tools with Agents
Using MCP tools with agents
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Tool Calling · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Using function tools with human in the loop approvals
Learn how to use function tools with human in the loop approvals
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Prompt Injection · AI Guardrails
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Agent concepts
Understand Agent Framework agent types, runtime execution, conversations, middleware, and safety.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks · Multi-agent Orchestration
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Agent pipeline architecture
Understand how agents build their internal pipeline of middleware, context providers, and chat clients.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Conversations & Memory overview
Learn the core AgentSession usage pattern and how to navigate sessions, context providers, and storage.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Agent Memory · Context Window · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Chat History Memory Provider
Learn how to use the Chat History Memory Provider to add semantic memory capabilities to your Agent Framework agents by storing and retrieving chat history from a vector store.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Agent Memory · Context Window · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Compaction
Learn how to manage conversation history size with compaction strategies that keep context within token limits.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Agent Memory · Context Window · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Context Providers
Learn built-in and custom context provider patterns, including history provider guidance.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Agent Memory · Context Window · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Session
Learn what AgentSession contains and how to create, restore, and serialize sessions.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Agent Memory · Context Window · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Storage
Learn built-in storage modes and how to persist session state or plug in external storage.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) · AI Agent
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Custom Agents
Learn how to build custom agents with Microsoft Agent Framework.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Agent Middleware
Learn how to create middleware with Agent Framework
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Agent vs Run Scope
Learn about agent-level and run-level middleware scoping in Agent Framework.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks
Link last checked: 2026-09-24
Runtime Context
Learn how to use runtime context in middleware.
Evidence use: For understanding, implementation, selection, reliability, security or migration decisions.
Limitations: Directly evidences only Microsoft's own implementation and claims. Recheck preview features and product lifecycle before use.
Related concepts: AI Agent · Agent Frameworks
Link last checked: 2026-09-24