From Chatbots to Automated Agents: Routines in Microsoft Foundry Are Now Generally Available
Microsoft makes Routines in Foundry Agent Service generally available for scheduled and event-driven agents.
“Routines bring managed agent execution into Foundry Agent Service.”
Microsoft announced general availability of Routines in Foundry Agent Service, a managed capability to run agents on timers, recurring schedules, or in response to external events like GitHub issues and Teams messages. It matters because it removes the infrastructure burden (schedulers, webhooks, auth, run history) of building autonomous agents, signaling the industry shift from reactive chatbots to event-driven automated agents.