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Improve Your Productivity with New GitHub Copilot Features for .NET!
We recently introduced several new GitHub Copilot-powered .NET experiences designed to help you be more productive. Take a look!
Read moreAI Genius Challenge: Flex your AI skills and beat the clock!
If you’ve been following along with the AI Genius Series, you already know we’ve been on a journey, one filled with learning, experimentation, and discovery. We’ve explored the power of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), dived into Copilot deployment, and unlocked the potential...
Read moreBuild like Microsoft: Developer agents in action
Take a deep dive into Athena, an AI-powered collaborative agent, to learn how it was built and how to create your own version of Athena right within Microsoft Teams.
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Jun 19, 2025
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Announcing General Availability of Native Vector Type & Functions in Azure SQL
Pooja,
Davide
We are happy to announce that Native vector support in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance is moving to General Availability this summer.
Deployments are already underway, and several regions have begun receiving the feature
What is going GA?
Integrated Vector Data...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Jun 19, 2025
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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Ambiguous symbol errors after including a header file
Finding out why multiple entities with the same name are visible.
The Old New Thing
Jun 19, 2025
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PACT Contract Testing - Because Not Everything Needs Full Integration Tests
PACT is a contract testing tool that allows you to define a contract between two applications, enabling
ISE Developer Blog
Jun 18, 2025
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MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Local Containers, GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and Connection Groups
The MSSQL Extension for VS Code continues to evolve, bringing powerful new features that make SQL development more local, more organized, and more intelligent. In version v1.33.0, we’re introducing Local SQL Server container, GitHub Copilot Agent Mode, and Connection Groups—three...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Jun 18, 2025
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Additional reactions and ease of sharing
We're always exploring ways to enhance DevBlogs for our readers. In the past few weeks, we’ve introduced two updates to features: reactions and sharing.
Reactions: You now have six expressive reaction options to choose from—moving beyond the simple heart. It’s a small change that...
Developer Blogs News
Jun 18, 2025
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You have to tell Get- and SetSecurityInfo the object type, you can't make it guess
It needs to know which provider to give it to.
The Old New Thing
Jun 18, 2025
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Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0
This post announces the release of Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.1.0. We discuss the features and benefits of DSC and how it differs from PowerShell DSC.
PowerShell Team
Jun 17, 2025
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Securely Turbo‑Charge Your Software Delivery with Codex Coding Agent on Azure OpenAI
Introduction
OpenAI’s Codex CLI is the same coding agent that powers ChatGPT’s Codex. You can now run this
coding agent entirely on Azure infrastructure, which keeps
your data inside your compliance boundary and gives you the advantages
of enterprise‑grade security, private...
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Jun 17, 2025
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Multimodal Vision Intelligence with .NET MAUI
Enhance your .NET MAUI app with photo-based AI by capturing images and extracting structured information using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.
.NET Blog