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Agents2026-06-17 · source-backed
On June 16–17, Google extended its A2A interoperability push with a standard for how agents discover available resources and tools, the same week Microsoft's Work IQ went GA with A2A plus remote MCP. It's a multi-vendor race to standardize the plumbing. Design against the interop specs, A2A, MCP, resource discovery, rather than any single SDK.
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Microsoft supports MCP / Shared entities / Same source domain / Shared topic / What happened next
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Microsoft supports MCP / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
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