📢 We just launched the durable task extension for Microsoft Agent Framework. This new capability allows you to build "bulletproof" agents and agent orchestrations with Agent Framework on top of the proven Azure Durable Functions serverless runtime.
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The team just released OpenAI Agent SDK Integration with Azure Durable Functions! Learn more about it in this blog post by Nick Greenfield:
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📢 Azure Durable Functions now supports Orchestration Versioning, making it easier to change or rewrite orchestrations—even in-flight—without breaking running instances.
Currently available in .NET, with more language support coming soon.
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Great article on DeepSeek. Probably the only thing you need to read on this trending topic: stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
Azure Durable Functions was designed specifically to solve the problem of orchestrating stateless lambdas (“functions” as we call them). You define the orchestration logic as just another serverless function. No need to bring in a separate orchestration service like Step Functions.
I just published “Building Serverless AI Agents using Durable Functions on Azure” blog.cgillum.tech/building-ser..., something I worked on over the holiday break. It references a recent essay published by the Anthropic research team about the best practices for building effective AI agents.
Really cool case study showing how Toyota is using Azure Durable Functions and Cosmos DB to build multi-agent AI systems to enhance vehicle development productivity!
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Today we announced a limited early access preview of the Durable Task Scheduler, a fully managed backend state store for Azure Durable Functions! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/AppsonA...
If you're using https://deno.land/, I'd like to know why.
The Durable Task Python SDK is coming along nicely. I'm really starting to appreciate the Python language and am looking forward to debuting it in the Dapr Workflow experience. 🐍 https://github.com/microsoft/durabletask-python
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#Introduction time! I’m Chris, a Partner Software Architect at Microsoft, working on programming models and Serverless/PaaS platforms with an emphasis on workflow tech. I’m also having a blast learning about AI and LLMs.
Outside of work I study 日本語 and am busy raising three tri-racial daughters. ✌🏽
What are you coding these days?
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