You can now build and host reliable
production-grade AI agents using the durable extension for
Microsoft Agent Framework. This integration combines the Microsoft Agent
Framework with Azure Functions’ durable capabilities, delivering proven
orchestration and resilience for serverless AI agent hosting. You gain
automatic session management, built-in HTTP endpoints, and elastic scaling from
zero to thousands of instances—all with pay-per-use pricing and automated
infrastructure management.
Key capabilities include:
- Stateful
agent sessions: Maintain persistent conversation
history across distributed instances with automatic failover for
uninterrupted operation.
- Durable
tool calls: Checkpoint progress during
long-running tool invocations, extending beyond typical timeout limits.
- Deterministic
multi-agent orchestration: Coordinate specialized agents
through predictable, code-driven workflows that survive failures and
restarts.
- Human-in-the-loop
workflows: Pause orchestrations for days or
weeks awaiting human approval at zero compute cost, then resume
seamlessly.
- Built-in
observability: Access deep insights via the durable
task scheduler dashboard with execution replay, conversation history, and
integrated performance metrics.
The extension supports both C# and Python, enabling developers to
deploy AI agents confidently on Azure Functions with enterprise-grade
durability and scalability.
Learn more.