Azure update · July 15, 2026
Announcing: Agent Channel for Microsoft Agent Framework multi-agent communication
Microsoft Agent Framework introduces Agent Channel in public preview, a built-in primitive that lets agents send structured messages to each other without bespoke routing code. Channels carry typed messages, support request and response or fire-and-forget patterns, and propagate trace context so multi-agent runs show up as a single conversation in Foundry observability. The capability targets developers building specialist-plus-coordinator patterns, parallel research swarms, and human-in-the-loop review flows on top of the framework. Channels run in the same process for local development and across the network for distributed deployments, so teams use one API for both. Public preview ships with .NET and Python bindings through the framework on GitHub. Learn more .
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