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  • Today I will... Modernize a .NET application

    calendar Aug 21, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Today I will... Modernize a .NET application

    Today I will modernize a .NET Framework application to .NET 10 using the GitHub Copilot modernization tooling built-in to Visual Studio. The tooling helps us upgrade applications running on legacy versions of .NET and also mig Link to article: …


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  • Reducing C++ template bloat by factoring out the type-dependent portions of the function, practical exam

    calendar Aug 21, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Reducing C++ template bloat by factoring out the type-dependent portions of the function, practical exam

    A short time ago, we observed that there's usually no need to wrap a callable in a lambda, and more recently observed that Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260821-00/?p=112632


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  • Go 1.27.0-1 Microsoft build now available

    calendar Aug 20, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Go 1.27.0-1 Microsoft build now available

    A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download. For more information about this release and the changes included, see the table below: Microsoft Release Upstream Tag Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/go/go-1-27-0-1-microsoft-build-now-available


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  • Go 1.26.7-1 and 1.25.14-1 Microsoft builds now available

    calendar Aug 20, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Go 1.26.7-1 and 1.25.14-1 Microsoft builds now available

    A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download. These minor releases include a fix to address a breakage affecting unencrypted HTTP/2 (h2c) connections caused by a security patch included in last week’s release. See Link to article: …


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  • Outgrowing SQL Server Express? Upgrade to Azure SQL Database Free Tier in 3 Steps

    calendar Aug 19, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Outgrowing SQL Server Express? Upgrade to Azure SQL Database Free Tier in 3 Steps

    If you’ve been building local prototypes, internal tools, web backends, or lightweight services on SQL Server Express, you know the routine: it’s free, familiar, and gets the job done – until you hit hardware limits or spend weekends manual backup scripts and handling OS patches. Learn how to upgrade from SQL Server …


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  • MSSQL Extension for VS Code: SQL Formatter, Azure SQL Database Provisioning, and More

    calendar Aug 19, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    MSSQL Extension for VS Code: SQL Formatter, Azure SQL Database Provisioning, and More

    Writing and maintaining SQL is easier when you can eliminate repetitive steps and keep your scripts cleanly formatted. With the MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.45, we're introducing the Public Preview of the SQL Formatter alongside the General Avai Link to article: …


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  • Visual Studio Code 1.134

    calendar Aug 19, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Visual Studio Code 1.134

    Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.134 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.134


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  • Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Aspire 13.5: Fresh pixels and better workflows

    Aspire 13 thus far has been all about expanding Aspire's capabilities across languages, deployment targets, and coding agents. We've shipped a full-parity TypeScript AppHost, tons of CLI features, an optimized docs workflow, Kubernetes and Docker Compose deployment integrations, and plenty more. We figured that after a …


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  • Announcing AppxManifest IntelliSense Support in the WinApp VS Code Extension

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Announcing AppxManifest IntelliSense Support in the WinApp VS Code Extension

    Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/appxmanifest-intellisense-support-in-vs-code


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  • Azure Cosmos DB in the Agentic Era: Data Tools for Developers and AI Agents

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Azure Cosmos DB in the Agentic Era: Data Tools for Developers and AI Agents

    Anthropic's 2026 Agentic Coding Trends Report captures an important tension in how developers use AI. Engineers report using AI in roughly 60% of their work, yet say they can fully delegate only 0–20% of their tasks. AI is bec Link to article: …


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  • The Two Hybrid Searches in Microsoft SQL

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    The Two Hybrid Searches in Microsoft SQL

    Hybrid search is usually described as combining keyword search with vector search. Microsoft SQL does that, for sure, but we do quite a bit more right out of the box. SQL dynamically evaluates queries and switches between kNN and ANN vector search based on cost and selectivity. These two types of hybrid search, work …


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  • Visual Studio Code 1.134 (Insiders)

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Visual Studio Code 1.134 (Insiders)

    Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.134 (Insiders) Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.134-(insiders)


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  • What's a PFN?

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    What's a PFN?

    What's a PFN? MSIX introduced Package identity in Windows 8. While the familiar package identity "5-tuple" was functional, it wasn't especially convenient to pass through APIs or embed in resources such as files, registry keys, URLs, or XML documents. Link to article: …


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  • Apple Silicon and Xcode 27 images available in pay-as-you-go (preview)

    calendar Aug 18, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Apple Silicon and Xcode 27 images available in pay-as-you-go (preview)

    Apple developers can now build and test their applications natively on Apple Silicon in Azure Pipelines. New arm64 macOS agents are available in public preview through the pay-as-you-go GitHub-hosted Agents pool. Starting with Apple Silicon, Azure Pipelines is bringing over some of the agent sizes already available …


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  • From single call to agents: five new Claude capabilities now available in Microsoft Foundry

    calendar Aug 17, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    From single call to agents: five new Claude capabilities now available in Microsoft Foundry

    From single call to agents: five new Claude capabilities now available in Microsoft Foundry Structured outputs, Web search, Web fetch, MCP connector, and Tool search are now available for Claude models in Microsoft Foundry hosted on Azure, the building blocks that turn a model endpoint into a production agent platform. …


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  • How do functions like alloca allocate memory from the stack?

    calendar Aug 17, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    How do functions like <code>alloca</code> allocate memory from the stack?

    A little while ago, I talked about how compilers ensure that large stack allocations do not skip over the guard page. Shawn Van Ness was curious Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260817-40/?p=112617


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  • Windows App Development CLI v0.6 - create new WinUI applications, sign packages with Azure, and more

    calendar Aug 14, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Windows App Development CLI v0.6 - create new WinUI applications, sign packages with Azure, and more

    Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-windows/windows-app-development-cli-v0-6-create-new-winui-applications-sign-packages-with-azure-and-more


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  • Forcing an ARM64X executable to run as a specific architecture

    calendar Aug 14, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Forcing an ARM64X executable to run as a specific architecture

    ARM64X is a fat binary Windows executable and DLL format for 64-bit ARM systems. For DLLs, the choice is clear, since only one of them will work: The version of the DLL that is loaded is the one that matches the host process. If the host process uses the Windows ARM64 ABI, then the ARM Link to article: …


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  • Go 1.26.6-1 and 1.25.13-1 Microsoft builds now available

    calendar Aug 14, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Go 1.26.6-1 and 1.25.13-1 Microsoft builds now available

    A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. For more information about this release and the changes included, see the table below: Microsoft Release Upstream Tag Link to article: …


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  • Git-APE SaaS Factory

    calendar Aug 14, 2026 · devblogs.microsoft.com
    Git-APE SaaS Factory

    Agentic Platform Engineering for SaaS. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/git-ape-saas-factory


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