By Amber Hickman |
Microsoft has formalised a partnership with Google that will support the advancement of the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol.
The A2A protocol was created by Google to allow AI agents across different applications to communicate with each other and coordinate actions.
The protocol will be added to Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio, allowing organisations to create agents that can scale across business and cloud boundaries, and interact securely with other agents built on alternative platforms hosted outside of Microsoft.
“We believe that Microsoft Copilot will empower every employee and act as the ‘UI for AI’ to connect with agents and agentic systems,” said Yina Arenas, vice president of product, and Bas Brekelmans, chief technology officer, at Microsoft in an online blog post. “As customers scale these systems, interoperability is no longer optional. They want their agents to orchestrate tasks that span vendors, clouds and data silos. They want control, visibility and trust without being locked in.”