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Announcing the NuGet MCP Server Preview
We've released a preview of the NuGet MCP Server, which extends Copilot by providing realtime information about packages and adds advanced functionality around updating packages.
Read moreGPT-5 for Microsoft Developers
OpenAI announced GPT-5 last week in "GPT-5 and the new era of work". Working with OpenAI, we rolled out GPT-5 support the day it launched, making sure you can use and build with it and integrate it into your applications immediately.
We've got you covered with a dev-focused rundown:...
Read more.NET Conf 2025 - Announcing the Call for Content
The .NET Conf 2025 Call for Content is now open! Join us November 11-13 for the premier .NET virtual event celebrating .NET 10. Submit your session proposal by August 31st and share your .NET expertise with developers worldwide.
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Aug 20, 2025
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Copilot Diagnostics toolset for .NET In Visual Studio
Debugging doesn’t have to be a grind. With Copilot woven into Visual Studio, you get AI-powered breakpoints, insights, exception fixes, and performance summaries all right where you work.
.NET Blog
Aug 20, 2025
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Introducing Advanced Shader Delivery
Wendy,
Jesse,
Cassie
This year at gamescom, Microsoft is highlighting new gaming features coming for Windows, particularly for handheld devices. We want to highlight one of the DirectX team’s most exciting new contributions to the PC gaming ecosystem, which will make its debut on the new ROG Xbox Ally and...
DirectX Developer Blog
Aug 20, 2025
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Announcing Copilot Studio Agent Academy: Your Mission Starts Now
Welcome to Copilot Studio Agent Academy
Whether you're just starting your journey with AI agents or looking to sharpen your skills in Microsoft Copilot Studio, we've got your mission briefing ready and it's time to suit up!
We're thrilled to introduce Copilot Studio Agent Academy, a...
Power Platform Developer Blog
Aug 20, 2025
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Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio
Rhea,
Samruddhi
We’re excited to announce that you can now bring your own language model into Visual Studio Chat.
You can connect API keys from providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google) to access a wider range of models. This makes it easy to test the latest releases, customize workflows, or run on...
Visual Studio Blog
Aug 20, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 8: Tracking const objects
Making tracking pointers to const objects.
The Old New Thing
Aug 20, 2025
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Ground Truth Curation Process for AI Systems
Laura,
Uffaz
Steps to Produce High Quality Ground Truth Pairs for AI Systems
ISE Developer Blog
Aug 19, 2025
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Announcing Proxy 4: The Next Leap in C++ Polymorphism
Version 4 of Microsoft's Proxy library brings feature improvements, better diagnostics, better code generation, modern compiler/debugger support.
C++ Team Blog
Aug 19, 2025
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Azure SDK Release (August 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Aug 19, 2025
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Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Now Generally Available in Visual Studio 🎉
We’re excited to announce that MCP support is now GA in Visual Studio—unlocking richer, real-time context from your entire development stack and expanding the power of Agent Mode like never before.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that makes it easy for AI agents to...
Visual Studio Blog