Microsoft Agent Framework for Go launched today as a public-preview Go implementation of MAF, and it is already showing traction: the repo lists 285 stars and 24 forks, includes samples/docs, and explicitly targets Foundry, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, MCP, A2A, AG-UI, and the GitHub Copilot SDK. Sources: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework-go
GitHub Copilot SDK v1.0.7 is the cleanest Microsoft-adjacent runtime update this pass: the stable release adds in-process FFI transport for Node.js, Rust, Python, and Go, removing the child-process hop. The repo itself is at 8.7k stars and 1.2k forks, which makes this a real ecosystem signal, not a toy demo. Sources: https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/releases ; https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/stargazers
Satya Nadella’s latest LinkedIn post is a straight-up product signal: GPT-5.6 with Work IQ is now coming to Copilot Chat, Copilot Cowork, Microsoft 365 apps, GitHub, and Foundry, framed as better reasoning for multi-step agentic work and content creation. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7481083645374631936/
Microsoft Research’s “Human oversight of agentic systems in practice” is a good counterweight to the growth narrative: the study finds developers rely on efficient, not perfect, oversight, using tests and plans as practical proxies for code correctness. It’s a useful reminder that agent adoption still depends on review workflows, not just model quality. Source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.05391