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A Tour of the Handoff Orchestration Pattern Most multi-agent systems start out simple: a router agent receives a user request, picks the right specialist, and forwards the conversation. As long as each specialist can complete its task in one pass, that model wor Link to article: …
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We're excited to announce the general availability (GA) of the mailbox import and export Microsoft Graph APIs. After a successful public preview period, these APIs are now ready for production use, enabling organizations and developers worldwide to efficiently manage, migrate, and integrate mailbox data in Exchange O …
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If you ever built an AI agent demo, you probably had this moment. Everything works: the agent interprets natural language, calls the right tools, and returns the right data. Then you start designing for the real users of the app. You think about data boundaries: what if someone tries to get data they're not supposed to …
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A few months ago, we shared How Copilot Studio uses .NET and WebAssembly for performance and innovation, describing how Microsoft Copilot Studio runs C# in the browser via .NET Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/copilot-studio-dotnet-10-migration
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Aspire 13.3 is here, and even though it's only been five weeks since 13.2, this one is still packed. We have the new Aspireify skill for agent-assisted onboarding. We have command results that bring structured output from resource commands into the dashboard, CLI, MCP tools, and integrations. We have browser logs, …
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We are excited to announce that GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows now supports project-specific builds! Available in the latest Visual Studio Insiders, you can target a single MSBuild project or CMake target instead of analyzing your entire solution. For game developers and teams working with Link to …
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This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2026.04.27 registry release and the 2026-04-06 and Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/whats-new-in-vcpkg-apr-2026
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Azure Cosmos DB enables scalable AI-driven document processing, addressing one of the biggest barriers to operational scale in today’s enterprise AI landscape. Organizations continue to manage massive volumes of structured and unstructured content—contracts, regulatory filings, operational r Link to article: …
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Some time ago, I discussed how the Resource Compiler defaults to CP_ACP, even in the face of subtle hints that the file is UTF-8. After yet another Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260507-00/?p=112307
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Introduction Converting natural language questions to SQL is valuable but difficult. At first glance, given a question and a database schema, generating correct SQL seems straightforward. In reality, it is complex. LLMs must understand table relationships, disambiguate terminology, apply correct joins, and handle …
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Once you have your Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) agent or workflow happily running locally on your dev machine, it's time to decide how to deploy your agent to production, monitor it, evaluate it and version it. These decisions are just as important as getting the agent running. Link to article: …
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The Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) is an open-source, multi-language framework for building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents. Since its preview announcement, the framework has Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/durable-workflows-in-microsoft-agent-framework
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.119 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.119
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Modernization used to be something you avoided until you couldn’t anymore. A big rewrite. A long migration plan. A risky cutover. Something you’d maybe do once every few years—if you had to. That mod Link to article: …
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Today, we're thrilled to announce the public preview of Azure Cosmos DB Shell – a powerful, open-source command-line interface that revolutionizes how developers interact with their Azure Cosmos DB databases. With integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support, native agentic capabilities, and bash Link to …
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Some time ago, I noted that the CoInitializeSecurity function demands an absolute security descriptor, even though many functions in Windows produce self-relat Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260506-00/?p=112303
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A team was running at 100% RU utilization. Throttles were compounding into retries. P99 latency was degrading. The assumption was obvious: provision more throughput. They didn’t. Instead, they found a single logical partition absorbing more than 80% of traffic. After fixing the data model—without scaling the …
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A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational structures
I've written in the past about the cultural mismatch between Microsoft and IBM during the collaboration on OS/2, with the Microsofties viewing their IBM col Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298
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Hello Java customers! We are happy to announce the latest April 2026 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. Check our Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/java-openjdk-april-2026-patch-security-update
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