Slide deck used during the Azure builders meetup in Melbourne on 11 November 2025. https://www.meetup.com/azure-builders-melbourne/events/311353133/ The session demonstrated the capabilities of Microsoft Agent Framework with C# to build a multi agent Grocery Shopper

1. Nilesh Gule @nileshgule
Getting started with

2. $whoami
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“name” : “Nilesh Gule”,
“role” : “Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Avanade”
“website” : “https://www.HandsOnArchitect.com",
“github” : “https://GitHub.com/NileshGule"
“twitter” : “@nileshgule”,
“linkedin” : “https://www.linkedin.com/in/nileshgule”,
“YouTube” : “https://www.YouTube.com/@nilesh-gule”
“likes” : “Technical Evangelism, Cricket”,
}

3. Microsoft Agent Framework

4. Microsoft Agent Framework
Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: The Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI Apps | Azure AI Foundry Blog

5. AI Grocery Shopper
Meal Planner
Agent
Inventory
Agent
Budget
Agent
Shopper
Agent
Generate meal
plans and
shopping list
based on
preferences and
dietary
restrictions
Compare
inventory items
and build revise
shopping list
Optimize items
based on budget
Optimize items
based on
categories

6. /demo
AI Agents

7. AI Agents
User Agent LLM Tools / MCP
User Agent LLM Tools / MCP
Meal Plan request
Initialize with
Prompt Instruction
Send Request +
Prompt + Context
Tool / MCP call
Meal Plan response

8. /demo
Workflows

9. Workflow
User Meal Planner
Agent
User Meal Planner
Agent
Inventory
Agent
Inventory
Agent
Meal Plan request
Ingredients
Final Response
Budget Agent
Budget Agent
Shopper
Agent
Shopper
Agent
Workflow
Missing
Ingredients
Shopping
Items

10. 4 Pillars of Agent Framework
Open Standards &
Interoperability
Pipeline for research Extensible by design
& Community driven
Production Ready
MCP
A2A
Open-API first design
Cloud-agnostic runtime
Sequential orchestration
Concurrent orchestration
Group chat orchestration
Handoff orchestration
Magentic orchestration
Connectors to enterprise
systems
Pluggable memory
modules
Declarative agents
Community innovation
Observability
Secure Cloud hosting
Security & Compliance
Long-running durability
Human in the loop
CI/CD integration

11. Resources
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/introducing-microsoft-agent-framework-the-
open-source-engine-for-agentic-ai-apps/
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-agent-framework/
• https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/overview/agent-framework-overview
• Agent Framework documentation | Microsoft Learn

12. Source Code & slide deck
AI Grocery Shopper
https://github.com/NileshGule/AI-Grocery-Shopper/tree/microsoft-agent-
framework
https://speakerdeck.com/nileshgule/
https://www.slideshare.net/nileshgule/

13. Nilesh Gule
CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT | EX MICROSOFT MVP
“Code with Passion and
Strive for Excellence”
nileshgule
@nileshgule Nilesh Gule
NileshGule
www.handsonarchitect.com
https://www.youtube.com/@nilesh-gule

14. Q&A