Azure Indy User Group

4:00 pm: Introductions and Interactive Presentation
4:45 pm: Q&A and Group Discussion

Topic: Durable Agents: Resilient Agent Execution with Azure Durable Functions

AI agent architectures are quickly becoming a powerful pattern for building intelligent applications, but production systems must still handle failures, scaling events, and long-running execution.

In this session, we’ll explore how Durable Agents, built on Azure Durable Functions, provide a reliable execution model for these systems. After a brief introduction to the Microsoft Agent Framework, we’ll examine how the Durable Task extension enables resilient orchestration for distributed agent execution.

We’ll also demonstrate how Azure Durable Task Scheduler and Aspire can be used to develop, run, and observe production-ready agent systems on Azure.

Guest Speaker: Michael Collier

Michael is a Principal Architect at Centric Consulting with over 20 years of experience in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions. A recognized expert in Microsoft Azure, Michael brings deep expertise in solution architecture, technical leadership, and improving the developer experience. He thrives at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and strategy; helping teams navigate complexity, adopt modern cloud practices, and deliver impact at scale.

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