Build, run, and debug event-driven AI apps with the new Azure Functions Hosted Skills canvas in GitHub Copilot. Follow a hands-on GitHub digest walkthrough.

Turn natural-language prompts into reusable AI-powered interfaces with Syncfusion A2UI Composer. Generate, refine, preview, and deploy designs in React apps.

Today, we're announcing the general availability of GitHub-hosted agents and pay-as-you-go pricing in Azure Pipelines. GitHub-hosted agents give teams

Hot Design Previews allow for visualizing app UI in cross-platform .NET apps and testing across various form factors/styles/states. Let's do a deep dive.

Aspire 13.5 introduced WithTerminal() for interactive terminal sessions on app resources. Aspire 13.6 builds on it with richer terminal emulation and docked terminals for REPLs. See how to enable,…

Last week, we shared our point of view on where we think agentic development is headed and introduced JetBrains' answer to it: JetBrains Air, an open system of products for agentic development. Tod

Data API builder 2.1.5 adds SQL JSON and vector data type support to REST and GraphQL, plus a NuGet library, MCP endpoint hardening, and .NET 10.

A little while back I wrote about hosting three Uno apps inside a single Uno app so you could flip between Material, Cupertino, and Simple live. That demo got at something I’ve been meaning to dig…

Explore how Syncfusion A2UI helps AI agents describe interactive interfaces that applications render with reusable Syncfusion components.

Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter #502 - Week Ending October 2, 2026

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2026-09-30 Add support for GPT-6.1 Sol in model selection Add --mcp-github-auth to scope GitHub account auth to approved MCP server origins Add session-scoped read-only directory approvals to path...

Welcome to the September 2026 edition of What's New in Microsoft Copilot!

Bring an existing agent plugin into Work IQ Developer Tools (WIQD) and the plugin registry or create a new plugin to utilize the full Microsoft Copilot

Explore the September 2026 Azure Developer CLI (azd) releases, featuring dependency-aware extension management, project infrastructure and service layers, configurable concurrency, versioned…

What is Jev? Jev is a new AI model from TypeSafe AI, first released in early access on 15 September 2026. TypeSafe describes Jev as its first “System...

What happens to your digital assets after you pass away? Carl and Richard talk with Mattias Karlsson about his experience navigating the challenges of losing a

We announced the public preview of Copilot Code Review for Azure Repos in late August. Since then, we have continued to make improvements, fix bugs, and See what’s new in Copilot Code Review for…

TechBash 2026 in Two Weeks - Level Up Your Skills

Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow’s public platform is used by nearly everyone who codes to learn, share their knowledge, collaborate, and build their careers.

Let's celebrate the 18th anniversary of Small Basic together! Why not check out our community? Small Basic Enthusiasts (Facebook Group) Small Basic Forum...

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CodeMash is a conference for developers. We eat, drink, and learn about all things code and do it all in shorts and sandals by a pool.

Today, OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol is generally available in Microsoft Foundry. GPT-6.1 Sol is an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol, delivering substantial improvements in...

Windows powers how people around the world work, learn, create, and connect every day. Today, we're announcing the availability of the Windows 11 2026 Update, also known as Windows 11, version 26H2.…

Learn how to tell if a process is packaged or unpackaged in Windows using Task Manager, package identity, and the Package name column.

Bring your own AI model with updates to BYOM, fix NuGet vulnerabilities from the Error List, explore pull requests with the Git agent, see which operand decides an if condition, and attach to Podman…

When an engineer or team creates useful agentic artifacts for their daily work (e.g., instructions, skills, and MCP configurations), others naturally want

We are so excited to welcome hundreds of developers back to the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos this October 13-16 for an incredible week of learning, networking, and fun.

Aspire 13.6 keeps dashboard telemetry across runs, opens container exec shells right in the dashboard, adds first-party Java and Rust hosting, introduces portable volume paths, and previews Azure…

Release notes for Windows App SDK 2.0 across the Stable, Preview, and Experimental channels, with feature highlights, bug fixes, and API changes.

WSL is central to our commitment to making Windows the best place to build, run and manage Linux workloads. As AI, cloud-native development, containers, and open-source ecosystems continue to…

Meet GPT-6.1 Sol: near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth of Astra’s standard API input and output token prices.

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Feature: typed structured outputs for all six SDKs Provide a JSON Schema, or use an idiomatic typed helper, to have the model return typed, validated output instead of free-form text. (#2590) const...

We are so excited to welcome hundreds of developers back to the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos this October 13-16 for an incredible week of learning, networking, and fun.

Explore the MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.46 release. Discover quick actions, guided workflows, and enhanced SQL formatting now available.

Learn to direct AI coding agents, review their work, and build reliable development workflows with this free GitHub Copilot app course.

Today, Claude Sonnet 5.5 is available in Microsoft Foundry, bringing Anthropic’s latest Sonnet model to developers building AI applications and...

Rider 2026.2.3 brings AI performance analysis to the Monitoring tool window and fixes an issue with the AI Agent Setup widget on Windows. You can update directly from the IDE, through the Toolbox App,

Build Agentic UI with the new Blazor AI components for streamed content, tools, approvals, shared state, and generative experiences.

The open source Git project just released Git 2.56. Here is GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

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