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Legacy codebases frequently contain hardcoded logic and complex build scripts that depend on specific filesystem structures, making them notoriously difficult to modernize in isolated environments. Docker Sandbox addresses this challenge through a bidirectional workspace Link to article: …
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This month we're shipping three updates that make Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) more accessible, more powerful, and easier to get right: Global Training for o4-mini — train from 13+ Azure regions at lower per-token rates. New model graders — GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1-mini, and GPT-4.1-nan Link to article: …
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Running Aspire apps from the CLI has a friction point: your terminal is locked to the AppHost process. While the app is running, you can't use the terminal to check logs or telemetry. You must open a new terminal window. Worse, if an agent has started your Aspire app to test a feature, the agent may decide to kill the …
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In March 2026, developers came together at VS Live! Las Vegas for a full week of technical learning, hands-on exploration, and a lot of great conversations about where software development is headed next. From AI-assisted development to modern .NET, cloud-native apps, and developer productivity, one thing was Link to …
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A customer, via their customer liaison, reported quite some time ago that their program stopped working on Windows XP. (I told you it was quite some time ago.) The customer's investigations revealed that the problem occurred because their window was receiving message 0x0091, and the parameters are wrong. Who is sending …
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Azure MCP tools now ship built into Visual Studio 2022 — no extension required Azure MCP tools are now built into Visual Studio 2022 as part of the Azure development workload — no separate extension to find, install, or update. You can enable over 230 tools across 45 Azure services directly in GitHub Copilot Chat and m …
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.116 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.116
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If you've ever loaded a map with dozens — or hundreds — of pins, you know the result: an overlapping mess that's impossible to interact with. Starting in .NET MAUI 11 Preview 3, the Map control supports pin clustering out of the box on Android and iOS/Mac Catalyst. Link to article: …
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We’ve all been there: a bug report lands in your inbox with a title like "App crashes sometimes" and zero reproduction steps. Your morning, which was supposed to be spent building new features, is now a forensic investigation. You’re Link to article: …
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We're shipping two major capabilities that change how security teams enable and act on application security in Azure DevOps: CodeQL default setup makes it possible to enable code scanning across your organization without configuring a single pipeline, and a new combined alerts experience in Security Overview Link to …
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A customer reported that they were using the WaitForSingleObject function to wait for a thread to exit, but they found that even though the thread had exited, the WaitForSingleObject call did not return for over a minute. What could explain this delay in reporting the end of a thread? Can we do somethin Link to …
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AI agents are quickly moving from experiments to production‑critical components of modern applications. But while many teams know how to build agents, far fewer are confident they’re hosting them on the right foundation. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/hostedagent
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Practices, Principles, and Strategic Direction Software delivery has entered a new phase. AI agents are no longer confined to autocomplete suggestions in the editor. They are opening pull requests, generating code across multiple files, proposing infrastructure changes, responding to issues with working …
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Welcome to our combined .NET servicing updates for April 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: Security improvements .NET and .NET Framework has been refreshed with the latest update as of April 14, 2026. This update …
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Today, we are excited to announce the third preview release of .NET 11! This release includes improvements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more. Check out the linked release notes below and get started today. [cta-button …
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Updating azd used to mean remembering which package manager you installed it with. Now one command handles it on every platform. What's new? The azd update command updates the Azure Developer CLI (azd) to the latest version. It works on Windows, macOS, and Linux regardless of how you originally ins Link to article: …
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We are releasing patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers remain on the latest, most secure version to ensure optimal protection and reliability. The latest release of Azure DevOps Serv Link to article: …
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PostgreSQL is a powerful and hugely popular database engine, and it really comes alive across Microsoft developer platforms. You can build with PostgreSQL across Azure offerings, develop productively in Visual Studio Code with strong extensions and tooling, and connect your data to agentic development workflows and AI …
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Aspire 13.2 is here, and has some new features that will make it easier for you to interact with your databases. Do you like Azure Data Lake Storage? We have a new Azure Data Lake Storage integration for you to use. Do you like MongoDB b Link to article: …
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Some time ago, I noted that there was a walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3. If you go behind the receptionist desk, you'll see a telephone at the receptionist's station, but off to side, th Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260414-00/?p=112231
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