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Announcing the .NET Security Group
Learn how to join the .NET Security Group for early access to CVE information and help deliver security patches to your .NET distribution simultaneously with Microsoft.
Read moreModernizing Authentication for Legacy Visual Studio Clients
As part of our ongoing commitment to security and modernization, we’re updating outdated authentication mechanisms used by older versions of clients reliant on our older Visual Studio client libraries.
For full details on all known impacted clients, refer to the official announcement...
Read moreManaging secrets on Azure KeyVault with a Tagging strategy to perform automations
Cloud and Infrastructure teams can manage secrets on Azure KeyVault with a Tagging strategy to perform automations.
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Oct 21, 2025
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Modernizing Visual Studio Extension Compatibility: Effortless Migration for Extension Developers and Users
We have great news for extension users and developers: Visual Studio 2026 is introducing an extension compatibility model designed specifically to make your life easier. Our top priority is to ensure that your extensions continue to work seamlessly across Visual Studio releases - with no...
Visual Studio Blog
Oct 21, 2025
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“Cost Management” Is Now “Account Throughput” and It’s Moving
We’ve made a small but important change in the Azure portal for Azure Cosmos DB to make it easier to manage your account-level throughput.
The “Cost Management” section has been renamed to “Account Throughput” and can now be found under the Settings section of your Azure...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Oct 20, 2025
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What about the icons in pifmgr.dll?
Just for fun.
The Old New Thing
Oct 20, 2025
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Announcing latest Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK: Powering the Future of AI with OpenAI
We're thrilled to announce the stable release of Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK version 4.14.0! This release brings together months of innovation and collaboration, featuring ground-breaking capabilities that have been battle-tested in production environments. Many of these features were...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Oct 20, 2025
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A Developer's Guide to Fine-Tuning GPT-4o for Image Classification on Azure AI Foundry
Whether you’re a machine learning practitioner, app developer, or just curious about the latest in AI, this guide shows how you can quickly boost image classification accuracy using cutting-edge Vision-Language Models (VLM) on Azure—no deep learning expertise required.
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Azure AI Foundry Blog
Oct 17, 2025
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Boost your Azure Cosmos DB Efficiency with Azure Advisor Insights
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi-model database service, trusted for mission-critical workloads that demand high availability, scalability, and low latency. In this post we will discover how to maximize the full potential of Azure Cosmos DB using Azure Advisor...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Oct 17, 2025
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Streamlined Setup, Stronger Guardrails for Microsoft Dev Box
We’re excited to introduce a new capability that simplifies Dev Box setup—enabling platform engineers and project admins to specify images and SKUs directly when configuring Dev Box pools, without needing to create Dev Box definitions at the Dev Center level.
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Oct 17, 2025
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Using RAII to remedy a defect where not all code paths performed required exit actions, follow-up
If the callback requires copyability.
The Old New Thing
Oct 16, 2025
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Exciting new capabilities and enhancements for M365 Developer Program - October 2025
We are excited to share updates on the Microsoft 365 Developer Program with new capabilities and upcoming changes.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog