Today, we are excited to announce that GPT-5.2, Azure OpenAI’s newest frontier reasoning model, is available in Microsoft Azure for U.S. Government Secret and Top Secret cloud environments. This release marks another significant milestone in our mission to b Link to article: …

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A customer had a program that automated a workflow, and one of the steps was to run a console program that came with Windows, and that console program printed a confirmation prompt "Are you sure (Y/N)?". They wanted to programmatically say Yes, but since the customer had employees around the world, they …

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We are excited to introduce Microsoft Entra PowerShell v1.2.0, a major update that delivers full support for Agent Identity Blueprints, expanded application configuration capabilities, and modernized invitation APIs aligned with Microsoft Graph Link to article: …

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Are you wasting time reviewing code for nits on code standards, project preferences, or important contribution guidelines? Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/copilot-memories

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Every production system has a story behind it. The scaling limit you didn’ Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azure-cosmos-db-conf-2026-call-for-proposals-is-open

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How we built docfind, a high-performance client-side search engine using Rust and WebAssembly, and how GitHub Copilot accelerated development. Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/building-docfind:-fast-client-side-search-with-rust-and-webassembly

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If you build agents with the Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code, you already know the fastest way to iterate is to treat your agent like software: version it, review changes, and promote it through environments with confidence. Today, the Microsoft Copilot Studio extension fo Link to article: …

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Earlier this year, we launched Agent Academy: Recruit, a foundational learning path designed to help makers and developers get started with building agents in Copilot Studio. The response exceeded our expectations. Since launch, thousands of learners have worked through the Recruit Link to article: …

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Adding Aspire to a Python RAG Application Imagine you're developing a RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) application with a Python backend, TypeScript frontend, and a few different Azure services. Your local development setup requires multiple terminal windows, hardcoded ports scattered across config files, and a …

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Last time, we clipped the focus item to the accessible parent so that we considered only the visible portion of the item. But we found that this failed to clip some items, such as it Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260114-00/?p=111986

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Welcome to our combined .NET servicing updates for January 2026. Let's get into the latest release of .NET & .NET Framework, here is a quick overview of what's new in our servicing releases: Update Overview .NET and .NET Framework has been refreshed with the latest update as of January 09, 2026. This update …

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Last time, we clipped the focus item to the containing window so that we considered only the visible portion of the item. But we found that some programs use a dummy 0×0 window as their win Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260113-00/?p=111984

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Scenario: When Every Millisecond Counts in Gaming Imagine millions of players logging in at the exact moment a new game season launches. Leaderboards light up, achievements tally, and in-game shops buzz with transactions. In these high-stakes moments, speed and reliability aren’t opt Link to article: …

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This is a guest blog from Toine de Boer. This blog takes a look at the Android side of the interactive widget created in the previous blog on iOS Widgets. Android is gen Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/how-to-build-android-widgets-with-dotnet-maui

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Remember when Aspire was just for .NET folks? Yeah, those days are over. With Aspire 13, JavaScript and TypeScript developers get to join the party—and I'm not talking about some half-baked afterthought integration. This is first-class, full-featured support for orchestrating your JavaScript apps in distributed …

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In our previous post "Reinventing how .NET Builds and Ships", Matt covered our recent overhaul of .NET's building and shipping processes. A key part of this multi-year effort, which we called Unified Build, is the introduction of the Vi Link to article: …

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Last time, we used Active Accessibility to locate the focus item, but I noted that there was a quirk. The quirk is that the focus item might be clipped. For example, if you ta Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260112-00/?p=111980

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Last time, we learned how to use Active Accessibility to find the caret, but what if the focus is not on an edit control? In that case, we want to find the focus object. GUITHREA Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260109-00/?p=111976

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