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Dec 26, 2024

Critical: .NET Install links are changing

The .NET installers and archives distribution method is currently changing unexpectedly. This change may impact your development, CI, and production infrastructure. It is crucial to validate if you are affected and monitor for any downtime or disruptions.
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Dec 31, 2024

Dock the Code Search window in Visual Studio 2022

Ever felt frustrated with the search window cluttering your workspace? The latest feature in Visual Studio 2022 gives you more control over the behavior of the Code and Feature Search window, making your search experience smoother and more efficient. Some users have shared that the...
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Jan 7, 2025
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.NET Aspire Quick Tip - Managing Container & Data Lifetime

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James Montemagno
.NET Aspire 9 adds new control over the lifetime of containers on your local developer environment. Let's look at how to manage them with the new APIs!
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Benchmarking with Visual Studio Profiler

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Nik Karpinsky
In Visual Studio 17.13 Preview we have released our updated BenchmarkDotNet diagnosers, allowing you to use more of the tools in the performance profiler to analyze benchmarks. With this change it is super quick to dig into CPU usage and allocations of benchmarks making the measure,...
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VS Code Java中的JavaC支持发布!

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Nick Zhu
大家新年好!我们很高兴宣布,Visual Studio Code Java、JDT 和 JDT-LS 现已部分支持使用 Javac 作为底层编译器。这项支持是红帽和微软经过近一年合作的成果。 此更改旨在确保对最新 Java 特性的及时支持,并使 VS Code 上的...
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Jan 6, 2025
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Enabling Neural Rendering in DirectX: Cooperative Vector Support Coming Soon

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Neural Rendering: A New Paradigm in 3D Graphics Programming In the constantly advancing landscape of 3D graphics, neural rendering technology represents a significant evolution. Neural rendering broadly defines the suite of techniques that leverage AI/ML to dramatically transform...
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Jan 6, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (December 2024)

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Augustin Popa
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.12.16 registry release, 2024-12-09 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout December. This release includes a command line option to force vcpkg to use classic mode even if a...
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Jan 6, 2025
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Reducing personal access token (PAT) usage across Azure DevOps

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Angel Wong
In the new year, we’ll be making moves towards strengthening Microsoft and our customers' security posture in regards to the usage and creation of personal access tokens (PATs). If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed we’ve been distancing away from PATs as the...
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Jan 6, 2025
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How can I tell whether a change to a control was due to the user or due to my program?

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Raymond Chen
You know when it was done by your program because you did it.
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Jan 6, 2025
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Unlocking insights with Meter Histogram in the profiler

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Harshada Hole
Are you struggling with performance bottlenecks in your applications? Look no further! Visual Studio 2022 introduces the Meter Histogram feature in its performance profiling suite, providing you with the tools to analyze and visualize histogram data like never before. The Meter...
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Jan 5, 2025
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Important: Switching CDN providers

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Clayton Kanyika
The current content delivery network (CDN) provider Edgio, used by Azure DevOps is retiring. We're urgently transitioning to a solution served by Akamai and Azure Front Door CDNs to maintain the responsiveness of our services. What this means for you For most of you, this transition...
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