Announcing: Tracing for Microsoft Agent Framework (Python and .NET)

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In public preview, Microsoft Foundry now offers tracing for the Microsoft Agent Framework in both Python and .NET, helping developers observe how agents reason, call tools, and interact with models during execution. This release is part of the broader hos

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