Azure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026

Azure Functions Ships Serverless Agents Runtime at Build 2026

Microsoft announced the Azure Functions serverless agents runtime in public preview at Build 2026, turning the event-driven compute service into a platform for building and hosting AI agents. The headline change: agents are defined in .agent.md files, a markdown-first programming model in which an agent’s instructions, tools, connections, and behavior are declared in a single…