Agents bring powerful but inherently non-deterministic behavior, which can make full solutions unpredictable if left entirely in their hands. Microsoft Foundry workflows provide the structure needed to guide that intelligence—ensuring a controlled, repeatable path while still leveraging the flexibility of agent-based reasoning.

In this session, we demonstrate how a workflow can orchestrate multiple agents with different problem-solving approaches. Starting from an intent-identification step, the workflow evaluates the user’s request and then routes execution to the agent best suited for the task. This pattern shows how workflows impose clarity and governance on top of non-deterministic components, enabling reliable multi-agent solutions without sacrificing adaptability.

By the end of the session, you’ll understand how workflows bring order, transparency, and operational control to agent-based systems in Foundry—allowing you to combine diverse agents within a predictable execution flow.