Microsoft To Integrate Google’s A2A Protocol Into Azure AI Foundry And Copilot Studio, Enabling Cross-Platform AI Agent Collaboration
In Brief
Microsoft plans to integrate Google’s Agent2Agent protocol into Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio, aiming to facilitate collaboration between AI agents across various platforms, clouds, and organizational environments.
Microsoft has announced plans to integrate Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol into Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio, aiming to facilitate collaboration between AI agents across various platforms, clouds, and organizational environments.
The A2A protocol supports structured interactions between agents, such as the exchange of goals, state management, task execution, and result handling—all within a secure and observable framework. This integration allows developers to work with familiar tools like Semantic Kernel or LangChain while maintaining interoperability across systems.
All communication within this framework is subject to enterprise-level safeguards, including Microsoft Entra, mutual TLS, Azure AI Content Safety, and comprehensive audit logging. Azure AI Foundry is designed with built-in trust measures, ensuring that as agent ecosystems expand, security, compliance, and accountability remain integral.
Furthermore, the inclusion of A2A enables Azure AI Foundry users to build advanced, multi-agent workflows that can operate across internal tools, partner applications, and infrastructure—while preserving governance and service-level commitments.
Similarly, Copilot Studio agents will be able to securely interact with external agents, even those built on non-Microsoft platforms or hosted outside the Microsoft ecosystem.
This move supports the development of scalable, intelligent systems that operate across organizational and technological boundaries.
Agentic computing represents a transformation in the way software is developed, decisions are made, and value is generated, rather than a temporary trend. Microsoft has joined the A2A working group on GitHub to contribute to the ongoing development of the protocol and its supporting tools. A public preview of A2A integration in Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio is expected in the near future.
By adopting A2A and building on an open orchestration framework, the goal is to establish a foundation for a new generation of software systems that are inherently collaborative, transparent, and adaptable. These agent-based systems are not expected to be confined to a single application or cloud provider but will instead function across workflows, models, domains, and ecosystems.
This approach emphasizes interoperability and openness, with the aim of enabling AI systems to operate across organizational and technological boundaries. As part of these efforts, Microsoft has introduced a sample within Semantic Kernel—in both .NET and Python—that demonstrates two local agents coordinating a meeting and drafting an email using the A2A protocol.
This example can be accessed by cloning the repository, installing the necessary components, and running the workflow without any custom code required.
Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry And Copilot Studio Gain Traction As Enterprises Scale AI Agent Development And Deployment
Currently, Microsoft provides two integrated platforms—Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio—that support the development, deployment, and management of AI-driven applications and agents.
Azure AI Foundry serves as a consolidated environment for developers and IT professionals to design and oversee AI solutions. It includes a range of AI tools available through a unified portal, SDK, and APIs, enabling secure data integration, model customization, and compliance with enterprise governance standards to streamline deployment processes.
Copilot Studio functions as a comprehensive conversational AI platform, offering both natural language and graphical tools in a low-code environment for building AI agents. These agents can be deployed across various communication channels to assist users in different contexts.
Azure AI Foundry is currently in use by developers at more than 70,000 companies, including organizations such as Atomicwork, Epic, Fujitsu, Gainsight, H&R Block, and LG Electronics. Since the launch of its Agent Service, over 10,000 organizations have utilized it to scale agent-based systems. Meanwhile, Microsoft Copilot Studio has been adopted by more than 230,000 organizations, with usage extending to 90% of Fortune 500 companies.
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