Microsoft says that it’s embracing Google’s not too long ago launched open protocol for permitting AI “brokers” to speak with one another.
On Wednesday, Microsoft introduced that it might deliver assist for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) spec to 2 of its AI improvement platforms, Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio. Microsoft has additionally joined the A2A working group on GitHub to contribute to the protocol and tooling.
“By supporting A2A and constructing on our open orchestration platform, we’re laying the muse for the following technology of software program — collaborative, observable, and adaptive by design,” wrote the corporate in a blog post. “The most effective brokers received’t dwell in a single app or cloud; they’ll function within the circulation of labor, spanning fashions, domains, and ecosystems.”
A2A, which Google unveiled in early April, permits brokers — AI-powered semi-autonomous packages — to work collectively throughout totally different clouds, apps, and providers. Utilizing the protocol, brokers can trade objectives and invoke actions. Builders get a set of interoperable elements they will use to verify agent collaboration happens securely.
As soon as A2A assist arrives for Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio, brokers constructed utilizing the platforms will have the ability to faucet exterior brokers for duties, together with brokers created with different instruments or hosted outdoors Microsoft. For instance, a Microsoft agent might schedule a gathering whereas a Google agent drafts the e-mail invitations.
“[C]ustomers can construct advanced, multi-agent workflows that span inside [agents], accomplice instruments, and manufacturing infrastructure — whereas sustaining governance and service-level agreements,” the corporate defined in its weblog put up. “We’re aligning with the broader trade push for shared agent protocols.”
Whereas it’s removed from good, agentic expertise is attracting growing funding as enterprises look to undertake it to spice up productiveness. According to a recent KPMG survey, 65% of corporations are experimenting with AI brokers. Markets and Markets projects that the AI agent section will develop from $7.84 billion in 2025 to $52.62 billion by 2030.
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Microsoft’s resolution to throw its weight behind A2A comes after the corporate launched assist for MCP, Anthropic’s customary for connecting AI to the programs the place knowledge resides, in Copilot Studio. Different main AI mannequin suppliers, together with Google and OpenAI, introduced that they’d undertake MCP earlier this yr.