Hosted Agents Live: From Code to Production AI at Scale | LIVE170
Jeff Hollan and Lee Stott explain how hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry help teams move from local agent prototypes to production-grade AI systems, with a focus on identity, isolation, evaluation, and lifecycle management so developers can deploy secure, scalable agents with clearer operational boundaries.
Overview
This live session from Microsoft Build 2026 focuses on taking coding agents from local experimentation to production deployment using hosted agents in Microsoft Foundry.
Key themes covered in the session description and chapter list include:
Moving from prototype to production
- How developers can progress from local prototyping to running production-grade AI agent systems.
- Considerations for operating agents at scale, including reliability.
Identity and isolation for agents
- Using standalone agent identity to support telemetry and tracking for autonomous operations.
- Differentiating between user interaction identity and agent-mediated identity in communications.
- Isolation considerations when deploying agents in production environments.
Guardrails and operational boundaries
- Establishing guardrails for autonomous agent actions.
- Defining operational boundaries to reduce risk when agents act on behalf of users or systems.
Evaluation, versioning, and lifecycle management
- Evaluation as part of shipping real-world agents.
- Versioning and lifecycle management considerations in agent development.
Resources
Speakers
- Jeff Hollan
- Lee Stott
Session context
- Microsoft Build 2026 session (LIVE170)
- Broadcast Stage