Now that Microsoft settled the AI framework debate, the focus shifts to what actually matters: context, recovery logic and deciding if you even need an agent.
Microsoft unified Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, Foundry into Agent Framework v1.0 (GA April 2026, .NET/Python). Framework choice is finally settled; the real complexity shifts to deciding when agents are necessary, managing context efficiently, handling failures gracefully, and governing identity access.
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Jul 24, 20268 mins
Over the past year, I had the same conversation with almost every team starting an AI initiative. Should we build on Semantic Kernel, AutoGen or Foundry?
At first it felt like the most important architectural decision we’d make. Each framework had its own philosophy, each promised to be the foundation for enterprise AI, and picking the wrong one felt like an expensive mistake. I spent a lot of time helping teams weigh the trade-offs.
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