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MI.NET - Michael Collier - Building AI Agents with the Microsoft Agent Framework

Michigan .NET Users Group hosts Michael Collier, Principal Architect at Centric Consulting, for a hands-on session on building production AI agents with Microsoft's Agent Framework on Azure. In-person, Southfield MI.

Wed, Jul 15, 9:30 PMEpitec · Southfield · MI

Why it matters

Microsoft's Agent Framework formalizes agent-as-architecture: tools, middleware, workflows. For .NET shops evaluating Azure AI vs. rolling-your-own, this is a rare practitioner walkthrough of actual production patterns.

The tokenmaxxing angle

Agents orchestrating tools and calling other services generate multi-step token chains. Azure AI agents add routing and middleware layers—understanding their overhead is directly relevant to inference cost modeling.

From the organizers

Held at Epitec (Platinum Sponsor), 26555 Evergreen Rd Suite 1700, Southfield, MI; networking 5:30–6:30 PM, presentation 6:30–7:30 PM.