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'grid-view' : 'single-column'); updateLatestPostsTracking(chosenLayout); } }); cardObserver.observe(wrappers[0], {childList: true}); // Check for stored layout in localStorage let storedLayout = localStorage.getItem('layout') || 'grid-view'; // Default is grid-view // Apply the stored layout wrappers.forEach(wrapper => { wrapper.classList.add(storedLayout); }); updateLatestPostsTracking(storedLayout); // Function to update the layout state in localStorage function updateLayoutState(layout) { localStorage.setItem('layout', layout); // Store layout in localStorage } // function to update data bi attributes to reflect the current layout function updateLatestPostsTracking(layout) { let layoutString = ''; let cardLinkSelector = ( isMainSite ? 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wrappers.forEach(wrapper => { if (storedLayout === 'single-column') { wrapper.classList.remove('grid-view'); wrapper.classList.add('single-column'); } else { wrapper.classList.remove('single-column'); wrapper.classList.add('grid-view'); } }); // Update button active state based on stored layout if (storedLayout === 'single-column') { columnButton.classList.add('active'); gridButton.classList.remove('active'); } else { gridButton.classList.add('active'); columnButton.classList.remove('active'); } } // Run check on load and window resize checkScreenSize(); window.addEventListener('resize', checkScreenSize); // Set event listener for Grid View button gridButton.addEventListener('click', function () { wrappers.forEach(wrapper => { wrapper.classList.remove('single-column'); wrapper.classList.add('grid-view'); }); // Update active button state gridButton.classList.add('active'); columnButton.classList.remove('active'); updateLayoutState('grid-view'); // Save grid-view in localStorage updateLatestPostsTracking('grid-view'); // update data bi attr }); // Set event listener for Column View button columnButton.addEventListener('click', function () { wrappers.forEach(wrapper => { wrapper.classList.remove('grid-view'); wrapper.classList.add('single-column'); }); // Update active button state columnButton.classList.add('active'); gridButton.classList.remove('active'); updateLayoutState('single-column'); // Save single-column in localStorage updateLatestPostsTracking('single-column'); // update data bi attr }); }); </script> </div> <div class="archive-posts masonry-container gap-24"> <div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4195"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2365 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Tutorial.png" alt="AI Agents for Beginners Course: 10 Lessons teaching you how to start building AI Agents" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 19, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">0 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/ai-agents-for-beginners-course-10-lessons-teaching-you-how-to-start-building-ai-agents/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="AI Agents for Beginners Course: 10 Lessons teaching you how to start building AI Agents"> AI Agents for Beginners Course: 10 Lessons teaching you how to start building AI Agents </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill a" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> </div> <span class="fs-14">Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey</span> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> 10 Lessons teaching everything you need to know to start building AI Agents Today we want to highlight the AI Agents For Beginners course that was released. 🔗https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners/tree/main Start learning and building in the exciting world of AI Agents today! From the Semantic Kernel team, we look forward to seeing what you build! </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4184"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2364 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Feature-announcement-1.png" alt="Using OpenAI’s o3-mini Reasoning Model in Semantic Kernel" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 18, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 3 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">2 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/using-openais-o3-mini-reasoning-model-in-semantic-kernel/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Using OpenAI’s o3-mini Reasoning Model in Semantic Kernel"> Using OpenAI’s o3-mini Reasoning Model in Semantic Kernel </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/19890735-96x96.png" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill a" alt="Roger Barreto"> </div> <span class="fs-14">Roger Barreto</span> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> OpenAI’s o3-mini is a newly released small reasoning model (launched January 2025) that delivers advanced problem-solving capabilities at a fraction of the cost of previous models. It excels in STEM domains (science, math, coding) while maintaining low latency and cost similar to the earlier o1-mini model. This model is also available as Azure OpenAI Service, emphasizing its efficiency gains and new features like reasoning effort control and tool use. Throughout this post We'll explore how to use and other reasoning models with Semantic Kernel in both C# and Python. Key Features of OpenAI o3-mini: ... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4175"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2302 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Guest-Blog_-Building-Your-Custom-Copilot-with-Semantic-Kernel-1.png" alt="Guest Blog: Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Portfolio Manager: A Multi-Agent System with Microsoft Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 10, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 1 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">1 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/guest-blog-step-by-step-guide-to-building-a-portfolio-manager-a-multi-agent-system-with-microsoft-semantic-kernel-and-azure-openai/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Guest Blog: Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Portfolio Manager: A Multi-Agent System with Microsoft Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI"> Guest Blog: Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Portfolio Manager: A Multi-Agent System with Microsoft Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/letter-avatar/4239dec63e4a4c653c0cda6c325b740b.svg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Akshay Kokane"> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-6"> <div class="d-flex fs-14">Sophia,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Akshay</div> </div> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> Today the Semantic Kernel team is excited to welcome back a guest author, Akshay Kokane to share his recent Medium article using Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI, showcasing a step-by-step guide to building a Portfolio Manager. We’ll turn it over to him to dive into his work below. In my previous blog, we went over how Semantic Kernel can be used to create a multi-agent system. Link. However, agent collaboration was really challenging, as we were not able to control how agents collaborated. We could set the termination strategy to decide when to stop collaboration between agents, but not how agents would pa... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4152"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2302 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Guest-Blog_-Building-Your-Custom-Copilot-with-Semantic-Kernel-1.png" alt="Customer Case Study: How preezie’s AI shopping assistant is reshaping Blue Bungalow’s online store" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 6, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">0 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/customer-case-study-how-preezies-ai-shopping-assistant-is-reshaping-blue-bungalows-online-store/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Customer Case Study: How preezie’s AI shopping assistant is reshaping Blue Bungalow’s online store"> Customer Case Study: How preezie’s AI shopping assistant is reshaping Blue Bungalow’s online store </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/letter-avatar/f3a244e66421e8ad3530a1b9257ef8dc.svg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Danny Wang"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/letter-avatar/b84a2c49962cae6069a7188242c1f7ec.svg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Melina Nheng"> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-6"> <div class="d-flex fs-14">Sophia,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Danny,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Melina</div> </div> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> Introduction Blue Bungalow, one of Australia’s leading fashion retailers, faced a common challenge in eCommerce—how to create a more engaging, seamless, and personalised shopping experience for customers online. They wanted to implement AI-powered assistance to provide personalised product recommendations, accurate sizing guidance, product comparisons, and instant answers to customer questions—replicating the ease and support of an in-store shopping experience. To bring this vision to life, preezie developed an AI shopping assistant, built on Semantic Kernel and Elasticsearch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4127"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2302 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Guest-Blog_-Building-Your-Custom-Copilot-with-Semantic-Kernel-1.png" alt="Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think deep with DeepSeek-R1" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 5, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 1 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">1 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/guest-blog-let-your-copilot-declarative-agent-think-deep-with-deepseek-r1/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think deep with DeepSeek-R1"> Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think deep with DeepSeek-R1 </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/letter-avatar/c698c1ed9ecbbff1ee91ad9d1bbb02ab.svg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Mahmoud Hassan"> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-6"> <div class="d-flex fs-14">Sophia,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Mahmoud</div> </div> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> Today we'd like to feature a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, Mahmoud Hassan, a Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) focused on AI. We'll turn it over to him to dive into his work below.   In recent days, there has been significant attention in the AI community regarding DeepSeek-R1 and its capabilities. Many people are playing with it. For instance, Fabian Williams yesterday shared his experiment here: https://lnkd.in/dgZ8hjgB of running it locally. I thought, maybe today is my turn! However, I also thought it is an excellent opportunity to show a plugin design pattern I previously sha... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4131"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2365 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Tutorial.png" alt="Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source and Function Calling" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Feb 4, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">2 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/using-azure-openai-chat-completion-with-data-source-and-function-calling/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source and Function Calling"> Using Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source and Function Calling </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/04/IMG_2704-96x96.jpg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill a" alt="Dmytro Struk"> </div> <span class="fs-14">Dmytro Struk</span> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> Azure OpenAI Chat Completion with data source provides powerful capabilities for integrating conversational AI into applications. However, using a data source and function calling in a single request is not supported yet. When both features are enabled, function calling is ignored, and only the data source is used. This presents a challenge when retrieving information, as a single request might not be sufficient to obtain an answer. This article shows how to address this limitation with custom retry mechanism. 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Agent Framework 1.0 By the end of Q1 2025, the SK Agent Framework will transition from preview to general availability (GA). This milestone marks a commitment to a stable, versioned API that minimizes breaking changes and supports production-grade applications. As highlighted in our recent community office hours meeting, our vision is to embrace an agent-first programming model. This approach has been shaped by extensive fe... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4044"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2365 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Tutorial.png" alt="Using DeepSeek models in Microsoft Semantic Kernel" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Jan 29, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">2 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/using-deepseek-models-in-semantic-kernel/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Using DeepSeek models in Microsoft Semantic Kernel"> Using DeepSeek models in Microsoft Semantic Kernel </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/07/IMG_0822_Square-96x96.jpg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Tao Chen"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-6"> <div class="d-flex fs-14">Tao,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Sophia</div> </div> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> DeepSeek recently awed the AI community by open sourcing two new state-of-the-art models, the DeepSeek-V3 and a reasoning model, the DeepSeek-R1, that not only claim to be op-par with the most capable models from OpenAI but are also extremely cost-effective. We'd like to highlight the recent announcement from the Azure AI Foundry team highlighting DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. DeepSeek is also available for use in Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry and can be called via our inferencing connector as well. Semantic Kernel is thrilled to see such exciting development in... </p> </div> </div> </div><div class="masonry-card box bg-white d-flex justify-content-between flex-column p-16 gap-20 rounded shadow position-relative border-1 post-card" data-post-id="4024"> <div class="masonry-thumbnail"> <img class="post-thumbnail wp-image-2302 lazyload" width="327" height="181" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAUcAAAC1AQMAAAD2qq+OAAAAA1BMVEXW1taWrGEgAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAAHklEQVRYhe3BMQEAAADCoPVPbQwfoAAAAAAAAAD4GB2yAAGO5kadAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" data-src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/03/Guest-Blog_-Building-Your-Custom-Copilot-with-Semantic-Kernel-1.png" alt="Guest Blog: Creative Writing Assistant – a multi-agent app sample with Semantic Kernel & .NET Aspire" /> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-top"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between gap-12 mt-16 mb-16"> <div> Jan 22, 2025 </div> <div class="d-flex gap-12"> <div class="d-flex gap-4 clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4809 13.8424H15.4C16.2962 13.8424 17 13.1289 17 12.2766V5.56594C17 4.7136 16.2962 4.00012 15.4 4.00012H4.6C3.70383 4.00012 3 4.7136 3 5.56594V12.2766C3 13.1289 3.70383 13.8424 4.6 13.8424H6.19908L6.2 17.0001L6.20346 16.9999L6.20502 16.999L10.4809 13.8424ZM6.79895 17.8035C6.35668 18.1299 5.73 18.0407 5.39921 17.6043C5.26989 17.4336 5.2 17.2263 5.2 17.0134L5.19937 14.8424H4.6C3.16406 14.8424 2 13.6936 2 12.2766V5.56594C2 4.14888 3.16406 3.00012 4.6 3.00012H15.4C16.8359 3.00012 18 4.14888 18 5.56594V12.2766C18 13.6936 16.8359 14.8424 15.4 14.8424H10.81L6.79895 17.8035Z" fill="#0F6CBD" /> </svg> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> 0 </div> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-4"> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61"> <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path class="dark-theme" d="M10.4965 17.3028L16.7408 10.9994C18.4252 9.28856 18.4199 6.52549 16.7239 4.81249C15.0611 3.13292 12.3961 3.0895 10.6978 4.69086C10.6612 4.72539 10.6251 4.76068 10.5894 4.79673L9.99299 5.40026L9.38843 4.78963C9.35529 4.75616 9.32175 4.72333 9.28783 4.69116C7.58595 3.07726 4.91654 3.10193 3.26122 4.7739C1.5729 6.4792 1.58114 9.25004 3.27679 10.9627L9.55368 17.3028C9.81404 17.5657 10.2362 17.5657 10.4965 17.3028ZM11.3 5.50029C12.5964 4.19135 14.7025 4.19204 16.0133 5.51604C17.3253 6.84123 17.3272 8.97734 16.0292 10.2968L16.0282 10.2978L10.0252 16.3577L3.98743 10.2592C2.67408 8.93263 2.67286 6.78953 3.97185 5.47746C5.26525 4.17106 7.36984 4.17208 8.6778 5.49319L9.63801 6.46306C9.8338 6.66082 10.1534 6.66067 10.349 6.46272L11.3 5.50029Z" fill="#242424" /> </svg> </div> <div class="d-flex align-items-center clr-grey-61">2 </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="fs-24 fw-600 mb-16"> <a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/guest-blog-creative-writing-assistant-a-multi-agent-app-sample-with-semantic-kernel-net-aspire/" class="single-click excerpt-title" data-bi-id="blog_home_page_latest posts_grid_card" data-bi-name="Guest Blog: Creative Writing Assistant – a multi-agent app sample with Semantic Kernel & .NET Aspire"> Guest Blog: Creative Writing Assistant – a multi-agent app sample with Semantic Kernel & .NET Aspire </a> </h3> <div class="d-flex gap-6 align-items-center"> <div class="avatar-parent"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2024/02/Sophia-Pandey-96x96.jpeg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey"> <img src="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-kernel/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2025/01/Medien-96x96.jpg" style="width: 20px; height: 20px;" class="avatar-20 rounded-pill" alt="Ricardo Niepel"> </div> <div class="d-flex gap-6"> <div class="d-flex fs-14">Sophia,</div><div class="d-flex fs-14">Ricardo</div> </div> </div> <p class="excerpt-body mt-16 mb-24"> Today we’re featuring a guest author, Ricardo Niepel, who’s a Senior Technical Specialist at Microsoft. He’s written an article we’re sharing below; we’ll turn it over to Ricardo to share more! If “Creative Writing Assistant” sounds familiar, it might be because we've previously released a similar multi-agent application built in Python during our Ignite conference (Azure AI Foundry and the dev toolchain to infuse AI in all your apps | Ignite Session BRK119). Based on the invaluable feedback we received from all of you we are now excited to show a .NET version of this sample application. 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