Agents

Why we included this project

Most chat platforms speak their own message formats and authentication schemes, so putting one agent in front of Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, webchat, Slack, and custom apps normally means writing a separate integration for each. The Microsoft 365 Agents SDK collapses that work into a common activity model: you write the handler logic once and deploy the same agent container across any channel it supports. It stays agnostic about the AI behind the replies, so you can plug in OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, or your own orchestration without lock-in, and the built-in state and storage layer tracks conversation context across turns for you. Teams shops and enterprises already on the Microsoft stack will get the most mileage here, since the channel support and samples lean that way.