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We’re excited to announce the release of Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.Abstractions, a foundational library providing exchange types and abstractions for vector stores when working with vector data in AI-powered applications. This release is the result of a close collaboration between the Semantic Kernel and .NET teams, combining expertise in AI ...

Semantic Kernel: Package Previews, Graduations & Deprecations We are excited to share a summary of recent updates and continuous clean-up efforts across the Semantic Kernel .NET codebase. These changes focus on improving maintainability, aligning with the latest APIs, and ensuring a consistent experience for users. Below you’ll find details on...

We’re excited to announce the release candidate of the Semantic Kernel for Java Agents API! This marks a major step forward in bringing the power of intelligent agents to Java developers, enabling them to build rich, contextual, and interactive AI experiences using the Semantic Kernel framework. What Are Agents in Semantic Kernel? Agents are inte...

Today we're excited to welcome Jarre Nejatyab as a guest blog to highlight a technical deep dive on orchestrating AI Agents with Semantic Kernel Plugins. In the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Models (LLMs), orchestrating specialized AI agents has become crucial for building sophisticated cognitive architectures capable of complex reasoni...

Today we're excited to feature a returning guest author, Akshay Kokane to share his recent Medium article on Building an AI App That Can Browse the Internet Using Microsoft’s Playwright MCP Server & Semantic Kernel. We’ll turn it over to him to dive in! MCP! It’s the new buzzword in the AI world. So, I thought — why not be a part of this buz...

We are excited to announce that Semantic Kernel (SK) now has first-class support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a standard created by Anthropic to enable models, tools, and agents to share context and capabilities seamlessly. With this release, SK can act as both an MCP host (client) and an MCP server, and you can leverage these capabili...

Announcing the Neon Serverless Postgres Connector for Microsoft Semantic Kernel We’re excited to introduce the Neon Serverless Postgres Connector for Microsoft Semantic Kernel, enabling developers to seamlessly integrate Neon’s serverless Postgres capabilities with AI-driven vector search and retrieval workflows. By leveraging the pgvector extensi...

Today we'd like to welcome back a team of internal Microsoft employees for part 2 of their guest blog series focused on Bridging Business and Technology: Transforming Natural Language Queries into SQL with Semantic Kernel. We'll turn it over to our authors - Samer El Housseini, Riccardo Chiodaroli, Daniel Labbe, Fabrizio Ruocco and Angel Sevillano ...

Revolutionize Business Automation with AI: A Guide to Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel Process Framework Step-by-Step guide on creating your first process with AI Microsoft’s AI Framework, Semantic Kernel, is an easy-to-use C#, Java, and Python-based AI framework that helps you quickly build AI solutions or integrate AI capabilities into your existi...

Today we’re thrilled to announce support for Hybrid search with Semantic Kernel Vector Stores for .NET. What is Hybrid Search? Hybrid search performs two parallel searches on a vector database.  The union of the results of these two searches are then returned to callers with a combined rank, based on the rankings from each of the constituent sear...