Stay up to date with the latest Microsoft Semantic Kernel updates, new features, and improvements. Here's what changed in 2026.
As of the 2026 listing refresh, Semantic Kernel remains positioned here as a free/open
source Microsoft SDK for code
first LLM application integration, with the most substantiated current claims limited to the public GitHub repository, Microsoft Learn documentation, SDK
style plugin/function patterns, and separately billed deployment dependencies.
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Changelog last updated March 2026