Mark Downie (@poppastring.com)

Microsoft Agent Framework: Conversations and Threads In an earlier blog post, we took an initial look at the Microsoft Agent Framework in terms of the components that form this new open-source SDK. In this post, we focus on a key component that was mentioned - threads. We see how the Microsoft Agent Framework’s helps you manage conversations using threads. Specifically, the following is covered: foundational concepts creating a conversation without a thread creating a conversation with a thread how to serialise a thread how to deserialise a thread agents and multiple threads threading support and implementation options Demos and code examples are included. A video demo is also available. ~ Foundational Concepts Before jumping into some examples, a few important points to note when building agents with the agent framework. State First, agents are stateless by default. They don’t maintain sate between interactions. To handle the back and forth between the agent and the human (or another agent https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/11/06/microsoft-agent-framework-conversations-and-threads/