Microsoft Release Notes

• Interpreter: Simultaneous mode enhancements: This feature improves AI Interpreter's Simultaneous mode by ensuring interpreter audio and live captions use the same selected language. Admins can now fully disable voice simulation, and users have access to more voice options with dynamic voice assignments that help distinguish speakers and make conversations easier to follow.
• Recap app — one place for all your past recaps: This feature brings all your meeting recaps into one place, making them easier to find, filter, and catch up on. Quick filters help you find the right meetings, while Audio Recap lets you review multiple meetings more efficiently. You can also browse and revisit meetings with Recap from the past 30 days.

Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility

• Parallel content and identity crawl improves content freshness [Web]

  Copilot connectors now run content crawl and identity crawl in parallel, making ingested content available to users faster than before.

  Details:

  What changed: Previously, content crawl and identity crawl executed sequentially, causing delays before content became accessible in Copilot. Now, both crawls run in parallel, reducing total processing time. This change improves content freshness and availability without compromising security or permission accuracy.

  Why: Sequential crawling delayed content availability, impacting user productivity.

Parallel execution enables:

• Faster ingestion of new and updated content

• Quicker reflection of identity and permission changes

  Try this:

  • Add or update content in your connected data source.
  • Observe that content appears in Copilot results sooner than before.
  • Check that permissions and identity information remain accurate.

  Why this matters: Faster content availability helps users access the latest information promptly, supporting timely decision-making.

  Business impact: Teams benefit from reduced latency in content updates, improving collaboration and information flow.

  Personal impact: You spend less time waiting for new content to appear, increasing efficiency in your work. …

[1.12.1] - 2026-07-22

Added

• agent-framework-openai: Add explicit prompt cache breakpoints for GPT-5.6 models and a usage sample (#7163)

Changed

• agent-framework-ag-ui: Promote the package from release candidate to stable
• agent-framework-core: Add security guidance for custom MCP Streamable HTTP clients (#7245)

Fixed

• agent-framework-gemini: Preserve Gemini 3 thought signatures across function-call replays (#7095)
• agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry, agent-framework-foundry-hosting, agent-framework-openai: Fix stateless replay of reasoning-paired tool calls (#7233)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/compare/python-1.12.0...python-1.12.1

Version 2607 (Build 20228.20110)

Resolved issues

Access

• Fixed an issue where copying the text from a text box copied only part of the text instead of all of it.
• Fixed an issue where dragging items on zoomed forms could position them incorrectly.

Outlook

• Fixed an issue where the Copilot side pane was stuck loading and did not complete.
• Fixed an issue with Copilot draft that would cause some symbols to render incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue where Outlook might not show data loss prevention (DLP) policy tips for attachments after a user attached a file containing sensitive information.

PowerPoint

• Fixed an issue in PowerPoint for Windows and Mac where converting a multi-line MathType or Equation Editor object to Office Math preserved only the first line.

What's Changed

• Python: Add MCPStreamableHTTPTool security guidance for custom http client by @TaoChenOSU in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7245
• Harden workflow credential selection by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7249
• Python: preserve Gemini 3 thought_signature across function-call replays by @giles17 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7095
• .NET: [BREAKING] Hosting OpenAI Responses protocol helpers and optional execution state by @rogerbarreto in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7000
• .NET: Fix declarative autosend output by @alliscode in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7217
• .NET: Updating dotnet version for release. by @alliscode in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7265
• .NET: Added GettingStarted example demonstrating Dapr as an agent provider by @WhitWaldo in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/1615
• Python: Support prompt cache breakpoints for GPT-5.6 models in OpenAI clients by @Mordris in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7163
• .NET: Fix expensive logging by @alliscode in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7268
• Python: Fix stateless replay of reasoning-paired tool calls by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7233
• Reduce workflow credential exposure by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7270

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[1.12.0] - 2026-07-21

Added

• agent-framework-azure-cosmos-memory: Add an alpha Azure Cosmos DB semantic-memory context provider with fact extraction, user profiles, samples, and integration coverage (#6719)
• agent-framework-azurefunctions, agent-framework-core, agent-framework-durabletask: Add HITL response-URL addressing for requests raised from inside workflows (#7001)
• agent-framework-core: Add cross-session origin attribution to context-injected messages (#7041)
• agent-framework-core, agent-framework-tools: Warn when auto-approved tools have name collisions (#7090)
• agent-framework-core: Add a session_provider option to MCPSkillsSource and MCPSkill (mutually exclusive with client) that resolves the MCP session on every fetch, keeping cached skills reconnect-safe when the underlying session is replaced (#7135)
• agent-framework-hosting-a2a: Add app-owned A2A hosting helpers (#7050) …

What's Changed

• .NET: Fix CosmosChatHistoryProvider: omit ttl when MessageTtlSeconds is nul… by @TheovanKraay in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7030
• .NET: Fix CompactionMessageIndex.IsSummaryMessage by @pwoosam in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7042
• .NET: Fix workflow session bug by @peibekwe in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7032
• .NET: Enable Valkey NuGet package publishing by @westey-m with @Copilot in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7059
• .NET: [BREAKING] Graduate message injection out of experimental by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7044
• .NET: [BREAKING] Graduate todo and agent mode providers out of experimental by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7052
• Update issue triage by @moonbox3 in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7098
• .NET: Add name collision warnings for auto-approvals by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7089
• .NET: Update Microsoft Foundry branding by @nicholasdbrady in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/6999
• .NET: [BREAKING] Harness: Switch FileAccess to opt-in by @westey-m in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7093
• fix typos in XML doc comments, ADR docs, and test comments by @rinceyuan in https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/7085 …

Microsoft 365 Copilot

• Surface rich images inline within responses [Windows, Web]

  Copilot now displays rich images from files and meetings directly within responses to improve comprehension.

  Details:

  What changed: Previously, Copilot responses included text only. Now, it surfaces relevant images inline from files and meetings to provide visual context. This enhancement supports richer content formats while maintaining data security and compliance with Microsoft 365 policies. This applies to Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses only.

  Why: Visual information helps users understand complex content faster and reduces the need to switch between apps or documents.

  Try this:

  1. Ask Copilot a question related to your meeting notes or documents.
  2. Review the inline images that appear alongside the text response.
  3. Click images to open the source file or meeting content for more details.

  Why this matters: Including images directly in responses helps users grasp information quickly and reduces context switching.

  Business impact: Teams can collaborate more effectively by accessing visual content without leaving the Copilot interface.

  Personal impact: You save time by seeing relevant images immediately, improving comprehension and decision-making.

OneNote

• Redesign Overview experience in Copilot notebooks in OneNote [Windows, Mac, Web] …

• Manage Teams devices in the Pro Management portal: Administrators can now use the Pro Management portal to monitor device health, manage inventory, and access analytics for both Windows and Android devices. Management of Android-based Teams Rooms, Teams panels, and Teams phones is moving from the Teams admin center to the Pro Management portal, providing a consistent and secure management experience across devices and manufacturers.
• Report external users for security concerns in Teams: This feature enables users to report suspicious external users directly within Teams, alongside existing block actions. Reports are surfaced in the Teams admin center, giving admins visibility into potentially risky interactions and enabling them to investigate and take appropriate actions. This enhancement helps organizations respond faster to phishing, impersonation, and other external threats while leveraging end-user signals as an additional layer of protection.
• Manage Teams Core agents in the Teams admin center: Administrators can now manage Teams Core agents, such as Facilitator, from a dedicated experience in the Teams admin center. Control agent availability and settings for your organization, specific users, or groups from a single location. Teams Core agents are available by default to licensed users and no longer depend on organization-wide Microsoft app settings. …

[1.11.0] - 2026-07-09

Added

• agent-framework-core: Add message injection middleware so tools or host code can enqueue messages into an active run and drain them into the next model call within the same AgentSession (#6998)
• agent-framework-core: Integrate message injection into create_harness_agent and the harness console sample so a running harness agent can be nudged mid-turn (#7027)
• agent-framework-core: Add progressive MCP disclosure so agents can discover, load, and unload MCP tool schemas on demand while keeping the allowed_tools boundary intact (#6850)
• agent-framework-core: Add refresh_interval (TTL) to CachingSkillsSource so cached skill lists expire and re-fetch on a configured interval (#6977)
• agent-framework-core, agent-framework-foundry-hosting: Add SkillsSourceContext (invoking agent plus optional session) threaded through the skills source pipeline, enabling context-aware filtering and per-key cache isolation (#6895)
• agent-framework-core: Allow disabling approval for SkillsProvider tools (#6867) …