{"id":5480,"date":"2026-05-31T23:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/?p=5480"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:00:59","slug":"microsoft-agent-framework-at-build-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/microsoft-agent-framework-at-build-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Agent Framework at BUILD 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939-300x125.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026 05 30 222939 image\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939-768x319.webp 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939-1536x639.webp 1536w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-222939.webp 1756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/\">BUILD 2026<\/a> begins on Tuesday, June 2, and there will be tons of exciting announcements from the Microsoft Agent Framework team, Microsoft Foundry, and all things Microsoft AI. If you&#8217;re traveling to San Francisco for BUILD, be sure to stop by the Microsoft Foundry booths to chat with folks from the Agent Framework team &#8211; there&#8217;ll be stickers!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t make it to SF, you can still register online and check out the great sessions: <a class=\"cta_button_link\" href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for Microsoft Build<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Looking for sessions with Microsoft Agent Framework to watch online? Start with these breakout sessions. Times are shown in Pacific time; check the session page for the latest schedule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\">\n<table style=\"width: 100.002%; height: 432px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 24px;\">Session<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 24px;\">Date\/time<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 24px;\">Speaker(s)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 24px;\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 72px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/BRK243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claw and agent harness in Microsoft Foundry (BRK243)<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 72px;\">Wed, June 3, 11:30 AM\u201312:15 PM PT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 72px;\">Glenn Condron, Amanda Foster, Shawn Henry<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 72px;\">Go deep on multi-agent systems, Claw agent patterns, hosted agents architecture, triggers, state management, and file access.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 72px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/BRK241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From prototype to production: build and run agents at scale (BRK241)<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 72px;\">Tue, June 2, 3:45\u20134:30 PM PT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 72px;\">Tina Schuchman, Jeff Hollan<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 72px;\">Walk through the lifecycle for production-grade agents with Foundry Agent Service and Microsoft Agent Framework.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 72px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/BRK250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Govern open-source AI agents, any framework, any scale (BRK250)<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 72px;\">Tue, June 2, 2:30\u20133:15 PM PT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 72px;\">Sarah Bird, Mehrnoosh Sameki<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 72px;\">Learn governance patterns for Microsoft Agent Framework and open-source agent stacks, including evaluations and risk controls.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 72px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/DEM361?source=sessions\">Understand<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/DEM361?source=sessions\"> and fix Agent Framework apps with observability and evals<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 72px;\">\n<div class=\"session-details-header-banner__date\">Wed, June 3, 3:30\u20133:55 PM PT<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 72px;\">Jim Bennett<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 72px;\">Visualize the decisions your LLMs make inside complex Microsoft Agent Framework apps using open standards and open-source instrumentation, then use an LLM as a judge to evaluate how well your app is working.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 48px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/DEM333?source=sessions\">How Foundry integrates with open-source frameworks and tools<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 48px;\">\n<div class=\"session-details-header-banner__date\">Tue, June 2, 4:00\u20134:25 PM PT<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 48px;\">Nagkumar Arkalgud, \u00a0Facundo Santiago<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 48px;\">Build an OpenClaw-like agent with open-source tools \u2014 MCP, skills, Playwright CLI, and OpenTelemetry \u2014 then operationalize it in Microsoft Foundry using open protocols like the Responses API and A2A.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 27.3523%; height: 72px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions\/DEM312?source=sessions\">Multi-agents in action with 3 AI agents, 3 frameworks, tools &amp; models<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 13.202%; height: 72px;\">\n<div class=\"session-details-header-banner__date\">Wed, June 3, 10:00\u201310:25 AM PT<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 17.3596%; height: 72px;\">\n<div class=\"person-badge\">\n<div class=\"person-badge__details\">Jan Kalis, <span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Vini Soto<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.2837%; height: 72px;\">Build an autonomous &#8220;Agentic Startup Content Factory&#8221; across three frameworks \u2014 LangGraph, .NET Microsoft Agent Framework, and GitHub Copilot SDK \u2014 deployed to Azure Container Apps and connected to Microsoft Foundry for observability and evals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want the full online breakout catalogs? Browse\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions?filter=topic%2FlogicalValue%3EAgents+%26+apps&amp;filter=deliveryTypes%2FlogicalValue%3EOnline&amp;filter=sessionType%2FlogicalValue%3EBreakout&amp;pageSize=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agents &amp; apps<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions?filter=deliveryTypes%2FlogicalValue%3EOnline&amp;filter=sessionType%2FlogicalValue%3EBreakout&amp;filter=topic%2FlogicalValue%3EResponsible+AI&amp;pageSize=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsible AI<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/build.microsoft.com\/en-US\/sessions?filter=deliveryTypes%2FlogicalValue%3EOnline&amp;filter=sessionType%2FlogicalValue%3EBreakout&amp;filter=topic%2FlogicalValue%3EWorking+with+models&amp;pageSize=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working with models<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/agent-framework\">Download the SDK on GitHub<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/agent-framework\/\">read the documentation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/agent-framework\/\">visit the developer blog<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/discordapp.com\/channels\/1113626258182504448\/1422947050441543861\">join the Discord<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUILD 2026 begins on Tuesday, June 2, and there will be tons of exciting announcements from the Microsoft Agent Framework team, Microsoft Foundry, and all things Microsoft AI. 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