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What Changed · Source-verified

Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0: the migration decision

Microsoft now positions Agent Framework as the successor path that brings AutoGen and Semantic Kernel ideas into one supported surface. The release matters, but an existing application should move only when the new runtime or support boundary solves a measured problem.

Verified change record

  • Microsoft describes Agent Framework 1.0 as production-ready, with stable APIs and a long-term-support commitment.
  • The public repository provides Python and .NET packages and migration material.
  • A 1.0 release establishes a supported product boundary; it does not prove workload parity with an existing AutoGen or Semantic Kernel application.

Before and after

Before 1.0, Microsoft agent builders had overlapping choices across AutoGen and Semantic Kernel. After 1.0, Agent Framework is the clearer forward path, but compatibility still has to be established at the application boundary.

What did not change

Your tool permissions, data policy, evaluation set, and operational ownership do not migrate themselves. A new framework release cannot validate those decisions for you.

Migration trigger

Move when a supported feature, runtime, or maintenance boundary is worth the rewrite. Do not move only because the successor has reached GA.

Decision detail

  1. Start new Microsoft-centered agent work on the current Agent Framework surface.
  2. For an existing system, inventory orchestration, connectors, persistence, and evaluation hooks before migrating.
  3. Keep the current implementation when migration cost exceeds a verified runtime or support benefit.

Evidence

These claims are source-verified. We do not label this page hands-on or benchmarked because no reproducible test artifact is attached.

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