New AI Foundry experience. No more "connected agents"?

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In the new Azure AI Foundry experience, many features have been redesigned, and one of the changes you’ve noticed is that the “Connected Agents” option is no longer visible. This is expected with the latest update, and the feature has been replaced by a more modern, workspace-driven agent model.

In the earlier Foundry/Agent Hub experience, agents could be “connected” to each other and managed through a dedicated UI section. In the new interface, Microsoft has removed the Connected Agents pane entirely. The platform now focuses on creating agents directly inside a workspace, where each agent exists as a standalone, configurable component without requiring the old “connection” mechanism.

This change is intentional. The new architecture does not rely on agent-to-agent linking. Instead, each agent becomes part of a unified workspace and can be extended using tools, skills, and workflows. This removes the need for manually connecting agents and provides a more flexible and scalable approach.

Although the connected-agent pane is gone, you still have powerful alternatives. You can attach capabilities to an agent using Tools (like Azure AI Search, Bing Grounding, Function Tools, or external APIs). You can also use Skills to add specialized abilities or multi-agent orchestration if you need your agents to collaborate the way “connected agents” used to work.

If your previous workflow depended on multiple agents interacting, the recommended method now is to use an orchestration pattern either through Foundry’s built-in orchestration primitives (where available) or through your own code using the Azure AI Agent SDK. This gives you full control over the sequence in which agents are called and how they collaborate.

Currently, Microsoft has not provided a direct one-to-one replacement for the Connected Agents interface or label. The feature is not available in the new portal, and there is no public roadmap indicating its return. For now, the platform encourages using tools, skills, and orchestration instead of linking agents through the UI.

To move forward, you can continue building your agent using the new model by attaching the necessary tools or skills, depending on what you need the agent to do. If agent collaboration is required, orchestration patterns or SDK-based control will help recreate that behavior.

Please refer this

• New Agent Types and Features
• What's New in Foundry Agent Service
• Upgrading to the New Agents Developer Experience

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