# hosted-agents

Microsoft Foundry's managed platform for deploying and operating containerized AI agents.

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## From dotnet run to Foundry Hosted Agent in 3 lines of C#

DevFeed: [From dotnet run to Foundry Hosted Agent in 3 lines of C#](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-dotnet-run-to-foundry-hosted-agent-in-3-lines-of-c-2950.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/from-dotnet-run-to-foundry-hosted-agent-in-3-lines-of-csharp/>)

Author: Bruno Capuano

Published: 2026-08-24T19:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [.NET Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/net-blog.md>)

Topics: [hosted-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hosted-agents.md>), [Microsoft Agent Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft-agent-framework.md>), [Azure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/azure.md>), [C#](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csharp.md>), [.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net.md>), [NuGet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuget.md>), [Entra ID](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/entra-id.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>)

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### AI overview

This tutorial shows how to deploy a Microsoft Agent Framework console agent as a Foundry Hosted Agent using one NuGet package, three lines of C#, and two commands. Foundry provides managed Azure infrastructure, scaling, identity, session state, observability, and lifecycle management.

### Source excerpt

You built an agent with Microsoft Agent Framework and it works great on your machine. Now what? Turns out deploying it to production takes 1 NuGet package, 3 lines of C#, and 2 commands. Let's do it. The post From dotnet run to Foundry Hosted Agent in 3 lines of C# appeared first on .NET Blog.