Microsoft Foundry: When Agent Framework Agents Become Managed Resources

Series Deep Dive: Microsoft Agent Framework Part 19 of 19

How to host a Microsoft Agent Framework agent in Foundry while keeping authorization, conversation ownership, identity, and governance boundaries explicit.

July 22, 2026 · 16 min · Lukas Walter

When an AI Request Should Become a Background Job

How to decide when a .NET AI request should stay synchronous, stream its response, or move to a durable background job with HTTP 202 and a status resource.

July 19, 2026 · 14 min · Lukas Walter

Testing Microsoft Agent Framework Applications

Series Deep Dive: Microsoft Agent Framework Part 18 of 19

How to test Microsoft Agent Framework applications with fake model clients, tool contract tests, structured output tests, routing tests, workflow tests, and eval-style regression checks.

July 15, 2026 · 21 min · Lukas Walter

Generate Useful Test Data in .NET with Bogus

How to use the Bogus library to generate realistic, repeatable, and domain-shaped test data in .NET, including faker rules, related objects, seeds, and practical boundaries.

July 11, 2026 · 11 min · Lukas Walter

Observability for Agents with OpenTelemetry, Aspire, and Application Insights

Series Deep Dive: Microsoft Agent Framework Part 17 of 19

How to make Microsoft Agent Framework behavior visible in production with OpenTelemetry traces, token usage, model calls, tool calls, Aspire local debugging, and Application Insights monitoring.

July 8, 2026 · 17 min · Lukas Walter

Run Python in-process from .NET with CSnakes

A quick tip for embedding Python directly into a .NET app with CSnakes when you want a small slice of the Python ecosystem without a separate API service.

July 5, 2026 · 4 min · Lukas Walter

Agent Frontends with AG-UI: Streaming, Tool Calls and Human Approval

Series Deep Dive: Microsoft Agent Framework Part 16 of 19

How to expose Microsoft Agent Framework agents through AG-UI so frontends can handle streaming text, tool progress, approval requests, and shared state.

July 1, 2026 · 16 min · Lukas Walter

Use file-based C# apps for small utilities

A quick .NET 10 tip for running a single C# file without creating a project, with package directives, argument passing, conversion, and preview multi-file support.

June 28, 2026 · 3 min · Lukas Walter

Human-in-the-Loop Agents: When the AI Must Ask Before Acting

Series Deep Dive: Microsoft Agent Framework Part 15 of 19

How to implement human-in-the-loop approval flows in Microsoft Agent Framework for risky tool calls, side effects, workflow state, and resumable review.

June 24, 2026 · 17 min · Lukas Walter

Deploy a .NET MCP server to Azure Functions

Series .NET MCP on Azure Part 2 of 2

How to take an existing ASP.NET Core MCP server built with the official .NET SDK and run it on Azure Functions as a self-hosted custom handler.

June 21, 2026 · 11 min · Lukas Walter