Microsoft Build session probes agent limits
Microsoft Build 2026 is teeing up a session on how AI agents are changing software engineering, with a focus on where they help, where they fail, and how teams should adapt. The framing is unusually blunt for a conference slot: real lessons, real failure modes, no hype.
This reads less like marketing and more like a needed reality check. The useful signal is not that agents exist, but that Microsoft is explicitly inviting a discussion about their seams, failure modes, and organizational impact.
- –Good agent sessions should cover the boring parts: handoffs, debugging, evals, and when humans need to stay in the loop
- –The profession angle matters; the real shift is workflow design, not just faster code generation
- –If Microsoft keeps the focus on failure analysis, the session could be more useful than another polished demo reel
- –Build attendees will likely want concrete adoption patterns, not abstract predictions
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