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.NET vs Python for AI Agents: Measuring Performance of Microsoft Agent Framework (kind of 😉)
Hi! There’s a recurring debate every time we talk about AI agents: Should I use Python or .NET? After one too many conversations full of strong opinions and zero data, I decided to stop guessing and start measuring, and hey this all started in a fun conversations with friends, and at the end … it — read more
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Building Multi-Agent Workflows in .NET with AgentFactory and Handoff
🎥 Video coming soon!I’m preparing a short walkthrough video where I’ll run this sample live, explain the design decisions, and show how everything fits together step by step. But hey, it’s christmas time, so I’m taking this easy 😉 When building AI-powered applications, the moment you move beyond a single “chatbot”, things get interesting very — read more
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Microsoft AI in 2025: My Top 60 Announcements (Chronological) 📅
⚠️ This post was curated manually based on public announcements, blog posts, and official Microsoft communications from 2025. While I carefully reviewed the content, dates, and URLs, this article was assisted by AI tooling — and, well, AI is still AI 🤖. There may be occasional inaccuracies, outdated links, or missing context. If you spot — read more
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You Don’t Need AI Everywhere (And That’s a Good Thing)
End-of-year reflection noteAs the year wraps up and we all start thinking about what we built, what worked, and what didn’t, I’ve been reflecting on something I’ve seen a lot lately: AI being added everywhere… sometimes without a real reason. AI is powerful. I use it daily. But that doesn’t mean it should be the — read more
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🤖 Local AI Power: Vision and Function Calling with Microsoft Agent Framework and Ollama
Hola friends! One of the questions I get most often lately is: “Bruno, can I run a full-featured agent locally without sending everything to the cloud?” The answer is a resounding YES. 🚀 Today, I want to show you how to use the new Microsoft Agent Framework to build a local agent that doesn’t just — read more
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What Building AI Agents in .NET Taught Me in 2025
Hi! In 2025, I built more AI agents in .NET than I expected. Some were demos.Some were prototypes.Some (few) actually made it to production. And while models kept getting better every month, the hardest problems I ran into had very little to do with AI itself. They were engineering problems. Here are a few lessons — read more
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Claude in Azure with .NET – Anthropic Claude + Microsoft Extensions.AI (MEAI) 💥
Hi👋Great news for .NET developers: Anthropic’s Claude models (Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, Opus 4.1) are now available in Microsoft Foundry (public preview anthropic.com). This makes Azure the only cloud platform providing access to both OpenAI’s GPT and Anthropic’s Claude frontier models side-by-side (azure.microsoft.com). In practical terms, you can deploy a Claude model to your — read more
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Introducing the Microsoft Agent Framework – A Dev-Friendly Recap
Hi there! 👋 If you’ve been keeping an eye on the AI developer world, you might have heard about the Microsoft Agent Framework. This is a brand-new (as of late 2025) open-source SDK and runtime from Microsoft that makes it much easier to build and orchestrate AI agents – including scenarios with multiple agents working — read more
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💭Claude in Azure, the .NET Way: elbruno.Extensions.AI.Claude v0.1.0-preview.2
elbruno.Extensions.AI.Claude just landed on NuGet with dual authentication support, polished samples, and drop-in compatibility with Microsoft.Extensions.AI. Here’s a fast tour so you can start shipping Azure+Claude powered experiences immediately. Highlights Install Once Sample 1 Default Azure Credentials Keep secrets in Azure and let DefaultAzureCredential figure out the right token. Minimal config: Sample 2 API Key Mode Need to run — read more
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Using Claude Models in Microsoft Foundry with Microsoft.Extensions.AI (temp fix 😏)
Hi! This post demonstrates how to use Anthropic’s Claude models deployed in Microsoft Foundry with the Microsoft.Extensions.AI (MEAI) framework. Since official SDK support for Claude models in MEAI is not yet available, this sample shows a practical approach to bridge the gap between OpenAI’s API format (used by MEAI) and Claude’s native Anthropic API format. — read more
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🚀 AG-UI + Agent Framework + .NET + Aspire: Web-Enabling Your Intelligent Agents (Blog + Demo + Code!)
📺 VIDEO COMING SOON — stay tuned!(I’ll embed the YouTube player here as soon as the video goes live.) Hola friends! Bruno here 🙋♂️ — Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, lover of .NET, AI, Blazor, and the occasional dog-walk debugging session with ACE 🐶. Today we’re diving into something very cool for .NET AI developers:👉 How — read more
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🚀 Supercharging .NET Apps with DevUI and the New Microsoft Agent Framework
Hi! If you’re building intelligent applications in .NET, the new Microsoft Agent Framework opens the door to agent-based architectures, message-driven reasoning, and multi-agent collaboration. But one of the most powerful pieces of the ecosystem is DevUI—a visual debugging and tracing experience to see your agents think. In my latest video, I break down how DevUI — read more
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🧠 Build an Agent Chat that Remembers — Persisting Conversations with Microsoft Agent Framework
Hi! Have you ever built a chat app where your AI completely forgets what you said five seconds ago? 😅That’s where persisted threads come in. In this post, we’ll explore how the new Microsoft Agent Framework for .NET lets you create agents that remember — across multiple interactions, sessions, or even app restarts. And yes, — read more
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🧠 Never Lose Your AI Agent’s Train of Thought: Background Responses in .NET
Hi! Picture this: You’re building an AI-powered application. Your agent starts generating a detailed response—maybe a research summary, a long-form article, or complex code. Then… the network hiccups. Or the user closes their laptop. Or maybe they just need to ask a quick follow-up question before the agent finishes. In most scenarios, you’re toast. The — read more
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From PDFs to Markdown in Seconds: FastAPI + MarkItDown + .NET (in Docker)
Hi! f you work with LLMs, you want structured text—not mystery meat. Here’s a tiny FastAPI service that wraps Microsoft’s MarkItDown to convert PDFs, Word, PPTs, and more into clean Markdown. We’ll run it in Docker and drive it with a C# console app. Watch the video here: Repo & Upstream Prereqs Run the Server — read more
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🧠 Taking Multi-Model AI Orchestration Further: Azure AI Foundry Persistent Agents in .NET 9
Hi! In my previous post, I showed you how to orchestrate multiple AI agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework, connecting Azure AI Foundry (OpenAI), GitHub Models, and Ollama in a single .NET 9 application. Today, I’m taking this a step further by introducing Azure AI Foundry Persistent Agents—a powerful feature that allows you to create, manage, and — read more
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🧠 Build AI Agents in C# with the Microsoft Agent Framework and Hugging Face MCP Tools
Hi 👋 ! After spending the last few weeks traveling (Argentina, Toronto, Ottawa, Orlando and back!), I finally had time to record a new demo — and this one is pure 🔥 for .NET devs. 🎥 Video: Build AI Agents in C# — Microsoft Agent Framework + Hugging Face MCP👉 Watch it here: 💬 What’s — read more
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Multi-Model AI Agent Orchestration in .NET 9 with Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure AI Foundry, GitHub Models, and Ollama
Hi! This demo showcases how to build a multi-model AI orchestration workflow using the Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft.Extensions.AI, and OpenTelemetry, all running in .NET 9. The solution brings together Azure AI Foundry (OpenAI), GitHub Models, and a local Ollama instance, allowing you to connect and coordinate multiple AI models within a single C# console app. — read more
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🧠 Create an AI Chat App in Seconds with RAG + Image Generation (using .NET & MCP)
Hi! If you’re a .NET developer and you want to quickly build an AI-powered chat application with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Image Generation capabilities — this guide is for you! In less than 10 minutes, and using free services, you’ll be up and running using: 🚀 .NET AI Templates🧠 Model Catalog Protocol (MCP) via Hugging — read more
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Does .ConfigureAwait Still Matter in .NET? 🤔
Hi! So, I was reading some .NET stuff on the internet, and somehow I went back to my .NET WinForms days — when processes would get blocked all together, and we needed to find a way to isolate them so we didn’t block the main thread. Those days I learned about .ConfigureAwait(), and it’s kind — read more
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