Microsoft Agent Framework GA Brings Multi-Agent Orchestration with Magentic
Microsoft reached general availability for multi-agent orchestration patterns in the Agent Framework this week, including the Magentic pattern that lets agents dynamically coordinate around complex tasks. The release consolidates routing, delegation, and swarm patterns into a single SDK, meaning developers no longer need to choose between AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or a third-party framework to build […]
Microsoft Agent Framework Adds GitHub Copilot and Claude Code Connectors
Microsoft released generally available connectors for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code in the Microsoft Agent Framework this week. The connectors let .NET and Python agents delegate coding tasks to either system through a standard tool interface, without writing custom adapter code for each backend. This is one of those releases that sounds small on paper […]
CodeAct and Hyperlight: Accelerating Azure Agents with Micro-VM Code Execution
Microsoft took the wraps off a public preview of the CodeAct pattern and Hyperlight containers for the Microsoft Agent Framework this week. Two features that together change how agents execute code under the hood, and they solve a problem that anyone who has built a serious agent has felt: the death by a thousand tool […]
Connecting AI Agents to Operational Data with MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB
What is this thing? Microsoft just shipped the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB as generally available. If you have been following the AI agent space, you know MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard Anthropic kicked off last year that lets AI models plug into external tools and data sources through a single […]
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Lands in SSMS, Bringing Autonomous Database Ops to SQL Server
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Comes to SSMS Microsoft just shipped a public preview of Agent mode for GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio. This isn’t the Copilot you already know from VS Code. Instead of inline completions or chat responses, Agent mode can execute multi-step database tasks autonomously – running queries, analyzing execution plans, […]
MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB Hits GA, Standardizing AI Agent Database Access
Summary Microsoft has moved the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB from preview to general availability, giving developers a standardized way to connect AI agents directly to operational data. The toolkit implements the Model Context Protocol, an open specification that lets large language models discover and invoke database operations through a common interface. Version 1.1.2 […]
MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB hits GA, standardizing agent-to-database access
Microsoft has shipped the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB to general availability, giving developers a standardized way to expose Cosmos DB operations through the Model Context Protocol. If you have been wiring up custom API endpoints every time an AI agent needs to read or write database records, this one is for you. The […]
MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB Reaches General Availability
Microsoft has shipped the MCP Toolkit for Azure Cosmos DB as generally available (v1.1.2), turning your operational database into an AI-agent-accessible endpoint through the Model Context Protocol. [source] The toolkit acts as an MCP server that sits between your AI agents and Cosmos DB, handling authentication, query translation, and vector search without custom SDK wrappers. […]
Cosmos DB Gets an MCP Toolkit, and It Is Now GA
Azure Cosmos DB now has an official MCP toolkit, and it hit general availability this week. If you build AI agents that need to talk to databases, this is worth a look. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard from Anthropic that lets AI models interact with external tools and data sources through […]