Redis, the world’s fastest data platform, has deepened its collaboration with Microsoft by integrating Azure Managed Redis into the Microsoft Agent Framework, providing developers with a production-ready memory infrastructure for enterprise AI agents and applications. This native, enterprise-grade service delivers fast, reliable, and compliant data access, enabling context-aware AI systems that reason, orchestrate tools, and adapt over time while grounding decision-making in persistent memory.
AI agents are advancing beyond basic chatbots into complex, adaptive systems that require robust memory to maintain context across interactions. Azure Managed Redis, co-developed by Redis and Microsoft, addresses this by providing a unified memory layer that captures user preferences and historical data, preventing issues like insufficient context leading to poor decisions or excessive data causing hallucinations and higher costs. This integration allows developers to harness Redis Enterprise capabilities—such as the Query Engine, JSON support, replication, and low-latency performance—directly within Azure, streamlining development for intelligent, production-grade applications.
The service excels in delivering optimized performance tailored to AI demands. Production-ready scale and reliability come through active-active geo-replication, high availability, and durable storage, ensuring global operations without context loss. For security-conscious enterprises, seamless integration with Microsoft Entra ID, TLS encryption, Private Endpoints, and role-based access provides comprehensive compliance and control. Optimized for AI latency, it enables fluid, real-time interactions that mimic human-like responsiveness, fostering superior end-user experiences in agentic applications.
“The biggest limitation for agents today is the memory infrastructure that lets them do complex tasks,” said Rowan Trollope, CEO of Redis. “Making intelligent, reliable agents that are ready for production requires a memory layer that delivers the perfect amount of context, right when it’s needed. With Azure Managed Redis, we’re giving developers a ready-to-use memory layer that delivers the speed, reliability, and scale that the next generation of agents demand from enterprise data.”
“Azure Managed Redis integration with Microsoft Agent Framework enables developers to build scalable, resilient and smart agentic applications at scale,” said Amanda Silver, Corporate Vice President, Applications, Agents and Developer Experience, Microsoft. “Redis's low latency & strong persistence make it a great place for developers to store knowledge used by agents. Several 3rd party agent memory services such as Mem0 provide strong out of the box Redis support that can be combined with Foundry Agent services.”
A practical illustration is Microsoft’s Agent Framework Travel Agent demo, where Azure Managed Redis manages the full memory lifecycle: ingesting prompts, retrieving past context, orchestrating tools via Azure OpenAI, and asynchronously updating records. The agent recalls user-specific details like preferred destinations, airlines, and travel times to craft personalized itineraries, continuously refining based on new inputs.
Now generally available on Azure Marketplace, Azure Managed Redis empowers developers to deploy compliant, high-performance AI solutions with ease, setting a new benchmark for memory-driven agentic experiences.
Redis is the world’s fastest data platform. From its open source origins in 2011 to becoming the #1 cited brand for caching solutions, Redis has helped more than 10,000 customers build, scale, and deploy the apps our world runs on. With multi-cloud and on-prem databases for caching, vector search, and more, Redis helps digital businesses set a new standard for app speed.
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