This guide explains how to create and activate a Python virtual environment using venv for Python versions 3.10 to 3.14.

A virtual environment is an isolated Python environment that allows you to install packages for a specific project without affecting your system's global Python installation. This helps avoid package conflicts between different projects.

• Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, or 3.14 installed on your system
• Basic knowledge of command line operations

1. Open a terminal window
2. Navigate to your project directory:

   cd the-root-of-this-project

3. Create a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv venv

1. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell
2. Navigate to your project directory:

   cd the-root-of-this-project
   

3. Create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   

source venv/bin/activate

venv\Scripts\activate.bat

venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Once activated, you'll notice your command prompt changes to show the name of the activated environment. For example:

(venv) $

When you're done working in the virtual environment, you can deactivate it by running:

deactivate

To verify the Python version in your virtual environment:

python --version

Make sure it shows a version of at least 3.10.

After activating your virtual environment, you can install packages from pypi:

pip install microsoft-agents-activity
pip install microsoft-agents-authorization
pip install microsoft-agents-connector
pip install microsoft-agents-client
pip install microsoft-agents-hosting-core
pip install microsoft-agents-authentication-msal
pip install microsoft-agents-copilotstudio-client
pip install microsoft-agents-hosting-core-aiohttp
pip install microsoft-agents-storage-core