🎮 The Game Is On: Welcome to Agents League

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We’re excited to invite developers to Agents League, a two‑week virtual challenge where you’ll design, build, and ship AI agents using production‑ready tools—with guidance and feedback directly from Microsoft product and advocacy teams.

👉 Enter the arena: https://aka.ms/agentsleague/register

🏁 What is Agents League?
Agents League combines learning + building in a flexible, developer‑friendly format:

📽️ Live coding battles – Watch product teams, MVPs, and community members solve challenges live on Microsoft Reactor
💻 Async challenges – Build at your own pace, on your own schedule
💬 Discord community – AMAs, peer support, and project sharing
🏆 Prizes & recognition – $500 per track winner + GitHub Copilot Pro subscriptions

🧠 Featured Track: Reasoning Agents (Microsoft Foundry)

If you are an AI developer with some experience with Microsoft Foundry this track might be the best fit for you. However, feel free to pick your favourite one!

Tool: Microsoft Foundry (UI or SDK) and/or Microsoft Agent Framework

Build a multi-agent system that leverages advanced reasoning capabilities to solve complex problems. This track focuses on agents that can plan, reason through multi-step problems, and collaborate.

The challenge scenario: Build a multi-agent system that helps students prepare for Microsoft certification exams—understanding syllabi, generating study plans, providing practice questions, and offering feedback.

Development approaches:

• Local development — Build with the open-source Microsoft Agent Framework
• Cloud-based — Use Microsoft Foundry's UI (low-code) or SDK (code-first)
• The starter kit includes architecture patterns, reasoning strategies (planner-executor, critic/verifier, self-reflection), and integration guides for tools and MCP servers. View the Reasoning Agents starter kit →

🧭 All Tracks at a Glance
🎨 Creative Apps — GitHub Copilot
Build creative, imaginative apps using Copilot (Chat, CLI, or SDK): web apps, CLIs, games, desktop tools, and more.
🧠 Reasoning Agents — Microsoft Foundry
Design multi‑agent systems focused on planning, reasoning, and collaboration.
💼 Enterprise Agents — M365 Agents Toolkit
Create agents that extend Microsoft 365 Copilot for real‑world enterprise scenarios.

📅 Schedule
Week 1 — Live Coding Battles (Feb 17–19)

Tue Feb 17, 9 AM PT — 🎨 Creative Apps
Wed Feb 18, 9 AM PT — 🧠 Reasoning Agents
Thu Feb 19, 9 AM PT — 💼 Enterprise Agents

All sessions are recorded.

Week 2 — Build + AMAs (Feb 24–26)
Async building + Discord AMAs with Microsoft experts:

Tue Feb 24 — 🎨 Creative Apps AMA
Wed Feb 25 — 🧠 Reasoning Agents AMA
Thu Feb 26 — 💼 Enterprise Agents AMA

🏆 Prizes & Recognition
To be eligible for prizes and your digital badge, you must register before submitting your project.

1. $500 for each track winner
2. GitHub Copilot Pro subscriptions for:
   • Community Favorite
   • Product Team Picks
3. Digital badge for everyone who registers and submits

Beyond prizes, every participant receives direct feedback from the teams building these tools.

✅ How to Get Started

• Register first → https://aka.ms/agentsleague/register
• Pick a track and explore the starter kit
• Watch the battles (Feb 17–19)
• Build your project (deadline: Feb 27)
• Submit via GitHub using the project submission template
• Join Discord to get help, share progress, and vote

🔗 Links

Starter Kits: https://github.com/microsoft/agentsleague/starter-kits
Discord: https://aka.ms/agentsleague/discord
Live Battles: https://aka.ms/agentsleague/battles

See you on Discord!