diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticManagerActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticManagerActor.cs
index 5558c04f7ae1..bb6cf93b1b20 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticManagerActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticManagerActor.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private async ValueTask ManageAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                 if (status.IsTaskComplete)
                 {
                     ChatMessageContent finalAnswer = await this._manager.PrepareFinalAnswerAsync(context, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                    await this.SendMessageAsync(finalAnswer.AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await this.PublishMessageAsync(finalAnswer.AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     break;
                 }
 
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ private async ValueTask ManageAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 
                 if (this._invocationCount >= this._manager.MaximumInvocationCount)
                 {
-                    await this.SendMessageAsync("Maximum number of invocations reached.".AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await this.PublishMessageAsync("Maximum number of invocations reached.".AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     break;
                 }
 
                 ChatMessageContent instruction = new(AuthorRole.Assistant, agentInstruction);
                 this._chat.Add(instruction);
                 await this.PublishMessageAsync(instruction.AsGroupMessage(), this.Context.Topic, messageId: null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                await this.SendMessageAsync(new MagenticMessages.Speak(), agent.Type, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await this.PublishMessageAsync(new MagenticMessages.Speak(), agent.Type, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 break;
             }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ private async ValueTask ManageAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                 if (this._retryCount >= this._manager.MaximumResetCount)
                 {
                     this.Logger.LogMagenticManagerTaskFailed(this.Context.Topic);
-                    await this.SendMessageAsync("I've experienced multiple failures and am unable to continue.".AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await this.PublishMessageAsync("I've experienced multiple failures and am unable to continue.".AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     break;
                 }
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticOrchestration.cs
index 3b0f2814aac4..fd99b1620d47 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Magentic/MagenticOrchestration.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ protected override ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId topic, IE
         {
             throw new ArgumentException("Entry agent is not defined.", nameof(entryAgent));
         }
-        return runtime.SendMessageAsync(input.AsInputTaskMessage(), entryAgent.Value);
+        return runtime.PublishMessageAsync(input.AsInputTaskMessage(), entryAgent.Value);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected override ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId topic, IE
         }
 
         AgentType managerType =
-            await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, "Manager"),
                 (agentId, runtime) =>
                 {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
         return managerType;
 
         ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterAgentAsync(Agent agent, int agentCount) =>
-            runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, $"Agent_{agentCount}"),
                 (agentId, runtime) =>
                 {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/AgentOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/AgentOrchestration.cs
index 994b611a59ac..c021e03d205b 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/AgentOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/AgentOrchestration.cs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public async ValueTask<OrchestrationResult<TOutput>> InvokeAsync(
 
         logger.LogOrchestrationInvoke(this.OrchestrationLabel, topic);
 
-        Task task = runtime.SendMessageAsync(input, orchestrationType, cancellationToken).AsTask();
+        Task task = runtime.PublishMessageAsync(input, orchestrationType, cancellationToken).AsTask();
 
         logger.LogOrchestrationYield(this.OrchestrationLabel, topic);
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private async ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, Orchestr
 
         // Register actor for orchestration entry-point
         AgentType orchestrationEntry =
-            await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, "Boot"),
                     (agentId, runtime) =>
                     {
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ public sealed class RegistrationContext(
         public async ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterResultTypeAsync<TResult>(OrchestrationResultTransform<TResult> resultTransform)
         {
             // Register actor for final result
-            return
-                await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            AgentType registeredType =
+                await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                     agentType,
                     (agentId, runtime) =>
                     {
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
                         return ValueTask.FromResult<IHostableAgent>(actor);
 #endif
                     }).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return registeredType;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentActor.cs
index fc57ecf236e4..2b5cfa6da5cb 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentActor.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ public async ValueTask HandleAsync(ConcurrentMessages.Request item, MessageConte
 
         this.Logger.LogConcurrentAgentResult(this.Id, response.Content);
 
-        await this.SendMessageAsync(response.AsResultMessage(), this._handoffActor, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this.PublishMessageAsync(response.AsResultMessage(), this._handoffActor, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentOrchestration.cs
index fead042e1a14..87fdba7ce241 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentOrchestration.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ protected override ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId topic, IE
 
         // Register result actor
         AgentType resultType = this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, "Results");
-        await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+        await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
             resultType,
             (agentId, runtime) =>
             {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentResultActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentResultActor.cs
index eb4e1f2994fe..c8772f7b7d34 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentResultActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Concurrent/ConcurrentResultActor.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public async ValueTask HandleAsync(ConcurrentMessages.Result item, MessageContex
 
         if (Interlocked.Increment(ref this._resultCount) == this._expectedCount)
         {
-            await this.SendMessageAsync(this._results.ToArray(), this._orchestrationType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this.PublishMessageAsync(this._results.ToArray(), this._orchestrationType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Extensions/RuntimeExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Extensions/RuntimeExtensions.cs
index 0bae0bcf2934..1f41e906d09e 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Extensions/RuntimeExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Extensions/RuntimeExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Agents.Runtime;
@@ -15,13 +16,36 @@ public static class RuntimeExtensions
     /// <summary>
     /// Sends a message to the specified agent.
     /// </summary>
-    public static async ValueTask SendMessageAsync(this IAgentRuntime runtime, object message, AgentType agentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    public static async ValueTask PublishMessageAsync(this IAgentRuntime runtime, object message, AgentType agentType, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
-        AgentId? agentId = await runtime.GetAgentAsync(agentType, lazy: false).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        if (agentId.HasValue)
-        {
-            await runtime.SendMessageAsync(message, agentId.Value, sender: null, messageId: null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
+        await runtime.PublishMessageAsync(message, new TopicId(agentType), sender: null, messageId: null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers an agent factory for the specified agent type and associates it with the runtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="runtime">The runtime targeted for registration.</param>
+    /// <param name="agentType">The type of agent to register.</param>
+    /// <param name="factoryFunc">The factory function for creating the agent.</param>
+    /// <returns>The registered agent type.</returns>
+    public static async ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(this IAgentRuntime runtime, AgentType agentType, Func<AgentId, IAgentRuntime, ValueTask<IHostableAgent>> factoryFunc)
+    {
+        AgentType registeredType = await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(agentType, factoryFunc).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Subscribe agent to its own unique topic
+        await runtime.SubscribeAsync(registeredType).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        return registeredType;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Subscribes the specified agent type to its own dedicated topic.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="runtime">The runtime for managing the subscription.</param>
+    /// <param name="agentType">The agent type to subscribe.</param>
+    public static async Task SubscribeAsync(this IAgentRuntime runtime, string agentType)
+    {
+        await runtime.AddSubscriptionAsync(new TypeSubscription(agentType, agentType)).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatManagerActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatManagerActor.cs
index cff379ded649..d62d3ce10e55 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatManagerActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatManagerActor.cs
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ private async ValueTask ManageAsync(MessageContext messageContext)
         {
             GroupChatManagerResult<string> filterResult = await this._manager.FilterResults(this._chat, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             this.Logger.LogChatManagerResult(this.Id, filterResult.Value, filterResult.Reason);
-            await this.SendMessageAsync(filterResult.Value.AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await this.PublishMessageAsync(filterResult.Value.AsResultMessage(), this._orchestrationType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return;
         }
 
         GroupChatManagerResult<string> selectionResult = await this._manager.SelectNextAgent(this._chat, this._team, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         AgentType selectionType = this._team[selectionResult.Value].Type;
         this.Logger.LogChatManagerSelect(this.Id, selectionType);
-        await this.SendMessageAsync(new GroupChatMessages.Speak(), selectionType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this.PublishMessageAsync(new GroupChatMessages.Speak(), selectionType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatOrchestration.cs
index d2ed007d62d1..0c083ab2ebaf 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/GroupChat/GroupChatOrchestration.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ protected override ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId topic, IE
         {
             throw new ArgumentException("Entry agent is not defined.", nameof(entryAgent));
         }
-        return runtime.SendMessageAsync(input.AsInputTaskMessage(), entryAgent.Value);
+        return runtime.PublishMessageAsync(input.AsInputTaskMessage(), entryAgent.Value);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected override ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId topic, IE
         }
 
         AgentType managerType =
-            await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, "Manager"),
                 (agentId, runtime) =>
                 {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
         return managerType;
 
         ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterAgentAsync(Agent agent, int agentCount) =>
-            runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.FormatAgentType(context.Topic, $"Agent_{agentCount}"),
                 (agentId, runtime) =>
                 {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffActor.cs
index 73bba993c84d..5cc387b0398b 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffActor.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public async ValueTask HandleAsync(HandoffMessages.Request item, MessageContext
             if (this._handoffAgent != null)
             {
                 AgentType handoffType = this._handoffs[this._handoffAgent].AgentType;
-                await this.SendMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Request(), handoffType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await this.PublishMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Request(), handoffType, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 this._handoffAgent = null;
                 break;
@@ -183,6 +183,6 @@ private async ValueTask EndAsync(string summary, CancellationToken cancellationT
     {
         this.Logger.LogHandoffSummary(this.Id, summary);
         this._taskSummary = summary;
-        await this.SendMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Result { Message = new ChatMessageContent(AuthorRole.Assistant, summary) }, this._resultHandoff, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this.PublishMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Result { Message = new ChatMessageContent(AuthorRole.Assistant, summary) }, this._resultHandoff, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffOrchestration.cs
index 04d75cef719a..26cb306799f8 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Handoff/HandoffOrchestration.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected override async ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId top
             throw new ArgumentException("Entry agent is not defined.", nameof(entryAgent));
         }
         await runtime.PublishMessageAsync(input.AsInputTaskMessage(), topic).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        await runtime.SendMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Request(), entryAgent.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await runtime.PublishMessageAsync(new HandoffMessages.Request(), entryAgent.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ protected override async ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId top
             HandoffLookup map = [];
             handoffMap[agent.Name ?? agent.Id] = map;
             agentType =
-                await runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+                await runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                     this.GetAgentType(context.Topic, index),
                     (agentId, runtime) =>
                     {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/OrchestrationActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/OrchestrationActor.cs
index 1e7866d2ca86..7b5e093ed451 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/OrchestrationActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/OrchestrationActor.cs
@@ -34,18 +34,11 @@ protected OrchestrationActor(AgentId id, IAgentRuntime runtime, OrchestrationCon
     /// <param name="agentType">The recipient agent's type.</param>
     /// <param name="cancellationToken">A token used to cancel the operation if needed.</param>
     /// <returns>The agent identifier, if it exists.</returns>
-    protected async ValueTask<AgentId?> SendMessageAsync(
+    protected async ValueTask PublishMessageAsync(
         object message,
         AgentType agentType,
         CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
-        AgentId? agentId = await this.GetAgentAsync(agentType, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        if (agentId.HasValue)
-        {
-            await this.SendMessageAsync(message, agentId.Value, messageId: null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-
-        return agentId;
+        await base.PublishMessageAsync(message, new TopicId(agentType), messageId: null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialActor.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialActor.cs
index 8af67d287176..c563104cc298 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialActor.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialActor.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ private async ValueTask InvokeAgentAsync(IList<ChatMessageContent> input, Messag
 
         this.Logger.LogSequentialAgentResult(this.Id, response.Content);
 
-        await this.SendMessageAsync(response.AsResponseMessage(), this._nextAgent, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this.PublishMessageAsync(response.AsResponseMessage(), this._nextAgent, messageContext.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialOrchestration.cs b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialOrchestration.cs
index be13c1f87fe3..698929dd7172 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialOrchestration.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Agents/Orchestration/Sequential/SequentialOrchestration.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ protected override async ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId top
         {
             throw new ArgumentException("Entry agent is not defined.", nameof(entryAgent));
         }
-        await runtime.SendMessageAsync(input.AsRequestMessage(), entryAgent.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await runtime.PublishMessageAsync(input.AsRequestMessage(), entryAgent.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ protected override async ValueTask StartAsync(IAgentRuntime runtime, TopicId top
         return nextAgent;
 
         ValueTask<AgentType> RegisterAgentAsync(Agent agent, int index, AgentType nextAgent) =>
-            runtime.RegisterAgentFactoryAsync(
+            runtime.RegisterOrchestrationAgentAsync(
                 this.GetAgentType(context.Topic, index),
                 (agentId, runtime) =>
                 {
                     SequentialActor actor = new(agentId, runtime, context, agent, nextAgent, context.LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<SequentialActor>());
+
 #if !NETCOREAPP
                     return actor.AsValueTask<IHostableAgent>();
 #else