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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 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
Jun 17, 2025
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SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1: DiskANN Improvements
I'm happy to announce that SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 is now available, and it brings significant improvements to DiskANN support. While DiskANN remains in preview, each release continues to remove limitations and boost performance. In this release, we’ve made a particularly notable leap...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Jun 17, 2025
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Connect Spring AI to Local AI Models with Foundry Local
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What is Azure AI Foundry and Foundry Local?
Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft's comprehensive platform for enterprise AI development and deployment,
enabling organizations to build, customize, and operate AI solutions at scale. It provides tools,
services, and infrastructure to develop,...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Jun 17, 2025
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Agent mode is now generally available with MCP support
Rhea,
Allie
Copilot agent mode is the next evolution in AI-assisted development—and it's now generally available in the Visual Studio June update.
Agent mode turns GitHub Copilot into an autonomous pair programmer capable of handling multi-step development tasks from end to end. It builds a...
Visual Studio Blog