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This episode of Armchair Architects explores the critical role of open standards in agentic AI, focusing on protocols like Model Context Protocol, agent-to-agent communication, observability with Open Telemetry, and agent identity. The architects discuss how these elements enable secure, interoperable, and responsible AI integration in enterprises, and offer practical guidance for architects navigating the rapidly evolving agent ecosystem.
By the end of this episode, you will …
– know more about the four key open standards shaping agentic AI: MCP, agent-to-agent protocols, OTEL for observability, and OAuth for identity, and why these are foundational for enterprise adoption.
– understand the importance of following and contributing to open-source communities and standards to ensure interoperability and responsible AI deployment.
– gain practical strategies for evaluating, adopting, and requesting these standards in enterprise RFPs to drive market convergence and ensure robust, future-proof agent architectures.
Resources
– Model Context Protocol (MCP) https://modelcontextprotocol.io
– Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol https://github.com/a2aproject
– OpenTelemetry https://opentelemetry.io
– Web Authorization Protocol (oauth) https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/oauth/about/
-Blog: Agent Factory: Designing the open agentic web stack https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/agent-factory-designing-the-open-agentic-web-stack/
– Agentic AI Foundation https://aaif.io/
Related Episodes
– Watch more episodes of Armchair Architects https://aka.ms/ArmchairArchitects
– Watch more episodes of the Azure Essentials Show https://aka.ms/AzureEssentialsShow
Connect
– David Blank-Edelman https://www.linkedin.com/in/dnblankedelman/
– Uli Homann https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichhomann/
– Eric Charran https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcharran/
Chapters
00:00 Hey! Good news!
00:35 Welcome architects
01:10 Challenges for Enterprise
02:20 Model Context Protocol
03:24 Agent-to-agent Protocol
04:37 OpenTelemetry standard
06:20 Web Authorization Protocol (oAuth)
07:53 Holistic approach in three layers
09:08 Layer one: interaction and invocation standards
09:45 Layer two: orchestration and lifecycle patterns
10:33 Layer three: Evaluation, observation, orchestration
11:21 The role of the architect
12:08 Include standards in RFPs and RFIs
13:30 Discussion of open source examples
15:05 Agents as a commodity
16:03 Homework for viewers Read More Microsoft Developer
