Learn about Microsoft Agent Framework

Microsoft Agent Framework is an open-source development kit for building AI agents and multi-agent workflows for .NET and Python. It brings together and extends ideas from Semantic Kernel and AutoGen projects, combining their strengths while adding new capabilities. Built by the same teams, it is the unified foundation for building AI agents going forward.

Fara-7B is Microsoft’s first agentic small language model (SLM) designed specifically for computer use.

With only 7 billion parameters, Fara-7B is an ultra-compact Computer Use Agent (CUA) that achieves state-of-the-art performance within its size class and is competitive with larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems.

Shortcut is the superhuman AI agent for Excel. Automate spreadsheet tasks, generate formulas instantly, and build LBOs, DCFs, and 3-statement models in minutes. Save 10-15 hours per week on finance and spreadsheet work with AI-powered Excel automation.

This article from Microsoft Unlocked details the collaboration between Microsoft and the Vatican Library to use digital technology and AI to preserve, digitize, and make accessible millions of pages of historic manuscripts.

🪄 Create rich visualizations with AI. Data-Formulator is a Microsoft-developed Python library available on GitHub designed for simple and efficient data generation and transformation, facilitating tasks like creating synthetic data and preparing datasets for analysis.