Microsoft unveils AI agent platform advancements at Build 2025

Microsoft used the opening day of its Build 2025 developers conference, which began on May 19, to unveil a broad set of advances in AI agents, development tools and open protocols. The announcements spanned GitHub, Azure AI Foundry, Windows and Microsoft 365, reflecting the company’s ambition to usher in an “agentic web” in which intelligent systems perform tasks on behalf of individuals and organisations.

AI agents enter a new phase

Microsoft declared that “we’ve entered the era of AI agents. Thanks to groundbreaking advancements in…