AgentsAugust 3, 2026via InfoQ AI/ML
Microsoft Agent Framework Harness and Hosted Agents Reach General Availability
Why it matters
Microsoft moves agents from experimental SDK to production-grade platform with orchestration and governance. Practitioners can now deploy agents on a supported, auditable runtime—a key inflection point for enterprise agent adoption.
Key signals
- Agent Harness reached general availability (GA)
- Foundry Hosted Agents reached GA
- GitHub Copilot and Claude Agent SDK connectors now stable
- Orchestration patterns included in stable release
- Framework shifted from SDK-only to governed platform model
- Announced at Build 2026
The hook
Microsoft's Agent Framework hits GA with a supported runtime—the shift from building agents to running them at scale just got real.
Microsoft's Agent Framework now ships a supported runtime. Build 2026 brought the Agent Harness, the GitHub Copilot and Claude Agent SDK connectors, and the orchestration patterns to stable release; the harness and Foundry Hosted Agents have since reached GA. The shift is from an SDK for building ag…