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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric. Over 20,000 attendees gathered in San Francisco and 200,000 joined digitally to explore the future of cloud and AI. Online reactions and technical community conversations show how quickly announcements become action—building solutions for billions.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The age of AI small talk is over. Enterprise apps demand more than clever chat — they need a reliable reasoning partner that solves ambiguous, high‑stakes problems, plans multi‑agent workflows, and delivers auditable code.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms, positioned furthest for Completeness of Vision. Leadership reflects a conviction: the next wave of applications is agentic, and real impact needs more than great demos.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

This year, a push for Hyper-Velocity Engineering (HVE) has seen teams utilizing AI to significantly boost efficiency. This high-performance, AI-accelerated approach to software aims to shorten delivery times while fostering innovation. #AI #HVE

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

As AI systems evolve, organizations increasingly rely on networks of autonomous agents to deliver sophisticated services. However,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

In the early days of Microsoft Copilot Studio, a recurring issue emerged: organizations struggled to integrate copilots with Azure AI Search. The real challenge wasn't in using the products, but in the separate toolchains and workflows that complicated deployment and configuration.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Major updates on infrastructure expansions across the US are underway to meet the surging demand for cloud and AI services. Recent launches include Fairwater sites in Wisconsin and Atlanta, and exciting new developments are coming in early 2027 with the East US 3 region in Greater Atlanta.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric! Over 20,000 attendees gathered in San Francisco,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The age of AI small talk is over. Enterprise applications demand a reliable, reasoning partner capable of solving complex, high-stakes problems like planning multi-agent workflows. Enter GPT-5.2. It's revolutionizing the AI landscape from Microsoft Foundry.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Microsoft is recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms, standing out for Completeness of Vision. This acknowledgment highlights that the next wave of applications is agentic,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It has been an absolutely outstanding year of content for .NET from creators around the globe sharing their passion for .NET. The .NET team provided insight into the latest and greatest in the world of .NET. With events, live streams,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Exciting news! The public roadmap for evolving Visual Studio with AI-powered agentic experiences is here. Each month brings smarter, faster, and more intuitive tools to enhance the coding experience. Here’s a look at what’s coming next!

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Entity Framework Core is powering many of today’s applications with powerful, feature-rich ORM capabilities. Developers benefit from strongly-typed LINQ queries that translate into efficient SQL queries. But complexities arise as schemas grow larger and so do queries. #EntityFramework #ORM

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) is out now! This release is packed with features to help developers stay focused, productive, and in control. Whether building games, tuning performance, or exploring AI, meaningful improvements make everyday development smoother.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The GitHub Copilot for Azure extension is now in Public Preview for Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+). Bringing Azure developer tools directly into GitHub Copilot Agent Mode. Query resources, diagnose issues, deploy, and run CLI commands—all from the Copilot Chat. #AzureDevTools

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Debugging in .NET can consume a massive amount of a developer's energy. Visual Studio aims to enhance the debugging and profiling experience, making it easier and truly enjoyable. It meets developers right where their real work happens. #DotNet #DevTools

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Building a powerful AI assistant for business tasks requires measurable performance metrics—this begins with defining what a "correct" answer looks like. Enter the concept of ground truth.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Exciting news for developers! MCP support is now GA in Visual Studio, unlocking richer, real-time context across development stacks. Agent Mode is more powerful than ever! #VisualStudio #MCP

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Proxy 4 is here! After years of innovation and sustained use in the Windows OS codebase, Proxy has matured into a production-grade, modern C++ library for runtime polymorphism. The theory behind Proxy is original,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

GitHub’s Dependabot now automates dependency updates for C++ projects using vcpkg! This is an exciting development, allowing teams to easily keep library dependencies current and secure with minimal effort. #Cplusplus #GitHub

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Have a generative AI application and questioning the quality of its results? Consider leveraging Azure AI Foundry for evaluation. This platform offers a suite of tools and built-in metrics to assess your application's performance effectively.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Exciting news for developers: the official NuGet MCP Server has arrived! This integration allows real-time NuGet package information and management tools to enhance your AI-powered development workflow. #NuGetMCPServer

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

There’s something special about hosting developers at Microsoft HQ. This year’s Visual Studio Live! Redmond was electric, with every room buzzing. From session one, developers engaged actively, asking smart questions and connecting with Visual Studio, Azure, and GitHub Copilot teams.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Smarter Code Search in Visual Studio has just taken a huge leap forward! The new Remote Semantic Search integration helps find what you need faster and with greater precision. Get ready for a new way to explore your code!

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Exciting news in the .NET universe! The seventh preview release of .NET 10 is here, packed with enhancements across the Runtime, SDK, libraries, and more. Dive into the full release notes below and start exploring today. #dotnet #devcommunity

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

For business leaders building with AI, the conversation has moved beyond chat. The bar is higher: can AI generate, reason, and deliver measurable outcomes—safely and at scale? Today, announcing the general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship model, GPT-5,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The recent engagement by the ISE team at Microsoft with a large industrial customer aimed at making a previously developed distributed system production-ready. This system utilized technologies like Python, Azure IoT, Kubernetes, Redis, and Dapr to handle a greater scale of messages.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

When building AI applications, comprehensive evaluation is crucial to ensure accurate and reliable responses. Microsoft is enhancing its AI evaluation libraries, introducing new evaluators for agent quality assessment and NLP metrics. #AI #Evaluation

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Navigating the complexities of C++ code can often disrupt the workflow, especially when updating existing code. Updating data member access levels typically involves multiple steps: adjusting class sections, adding getter/setter methods, and updating all references. #CPlusPlus

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Join Robert Green and Leslie Richardson for a full day of live sessions, demos, and interviews at Microsoft HQ! Tune in on August 5 for a special edition of Visual Studio Toolbox Live—broadcast straight from VS LIVE! Redmond. #VisualStudioToolbox

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Today, we're thrilled to announce the sixth preview release of .NET 10, featuring enhancements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more. Dive into the full release notes linked below! #DotNet10

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

As a .NET developer, productivity is key to your workflow. GitHub Copilot Chat offers two modes—Ask Mode and Agent Mode—each with unique strengths. Let’s dive in! #DotNetDev

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

🚀 Exciting news! The latest 1.21 release of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code is here! 🎉 This update addresses multi-root improvements and adds CMake presets version 10 support. Check our CHANGELOG for all updates!

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

In a recent engagement, our team of Data Scientists and Software Engineers developed custom AI models tailored to our customer’s specific needs. Balancing a rapid experimentation mindset with engineering fundamentals like CI/CD, PR reviews,

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🚀 Big news! Microsoft has achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Azure AI Foundry Models and Microsoft Security Copilot! This globally recognized standard reinforces our commitment to responsible and transparent AI management. #AIInnovation

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Exciting news in the .NET world! Today we're thrilled to announce the sixth preview release of .NET 10, packed with enhancements across the board. From Runtime to ASP.NET Core, there's a lot to explore! Check out the full release notes linked below and get started today. #dotnet #developers

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Want to extend AI assistants with custom capabilities? In this thread, we’ll dive into how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using .NET 10 and publish it to NuGet, making your AI tools discoverable and reusable by the .NET community! #AI #DotNet

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

GitHub Copilot and its models are capable of some amazing things. In Agent mode, this AI can create parts of or even entire applications from your written (or spoken!) instructions. Feel those coding vibes? #AI #Coding

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ever wondered how AI can help manage your inventory? 🤖💼 A while ago, I glimpsed an AI agent updating a table and thought, why not try this with Microsoft Power Platforms?

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

At Microsoft Build 2025, we unveiled the new GitHub Copilot Coding Agent, which has the potential to transform productivity in software development. 🎉 What if Copilot could completely handle straightforward coding issues? Let’s explore this dream scenario!

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Unlock enterprise-scale web research automation! 🚀 Today, we’re thrilled to announce the public preview of Deep Research in Azure AI Foundry—an API and SDK-based offering of OpenAI’s advanced agentic research capability, fully integrated with Azure’s enterprise-grade platform. #AzureAIFoundry

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

At Electronic Arts (EA), the Frostbite Engineering Workflows team supports thousands of developers working on powerful game engines behind your favorite games. #GameDev

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Generative AI is a transformative force, redefining how modern enterprises operate. It's become central to driving productivity and innovation. The pressure is on: organizations must adopt AI fast to unlock real value or risk falling behind.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Need to generate image descriptions fast? 🤔 Let’s explore how to combine .NET 10’s new capabilities with local AI models to create smart AltText — all in one simple C# file. It’s a fun way to dive into what AI can do beyond chat. #AI #DotNet

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

At Microsoft Industry Solutions Engineering, we love integration tests. But sometimes, they can be overkill, especially in complex projects. Let's explore a different approach that our team recently used for a proof of concept. #TestingTips

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Navigating edge deployments across factory floors is no small task. Recently, the Microsoft ISE team tackled just that by managing multiple workloads across geographical locations. #IoT #CloudComputing

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A long time ago, I stood in a packed room at VS Live! and watched developers erupt in applause after a debugging demo shaved hours off a real-world problem. That was the moment I realized this wasn’t just a conference—it was a place where developers come together to push the craft forward.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

We’re excited to share some major improvements to the Copilot experience in Visual Studio! 🚀 Expect smarter defaults, more choices, and easier usage management.

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Join us for the monthly Adaptive Cloud Community Call this July 2025! 🍪 Stay connected with our vibrant community. Check it out: github.com/microsoft/adaptivecloudc… 🤝 Also, explore our GitHub: aka.ms/AzureAdaptiveCloudGitHub

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MSFT Dev Blogs @msftdevblogs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Expanding user interaction in apps using modern AI models & device capabilities is incredibly exciting! With .NET MAUI, we can easily transform apps from text-based experiences to those that support voice, vision, and much more.

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