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Give Your Agents Domain Expertise with Agent Skills in Microsoft Agent Framework
You can now equip your Microsoft Agent Framework agents with portable, reusable skill packages that provide domain expertise on demand — without changing a single line of your agent's core instructions. With the new FileAgentSkillsProvider, available for both .NET and Python, your...
Read moreClick to read more about this postGitHub Copilot Dev Days: Build faster with GitHub Copilot CLI, in VS Code & Visual Studio, and beyond!
Modern software development is moving fast—and AI is now a practical part of how Microsoft developers design, build, and ship applications every day. From writing code in Visual Studio and VS Code, to building cloud-native apps on Azure, developers are looking for ways to stay...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhat sort of horrible things happen if my dialog has a non-button with the control ID of IDCANCEL?
You get notifications that might not make sense.
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Mar 4, 2026
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C++ Performance Improvements in MSVC Build Tools v14.51
MSVC Build Tools v14.51 improves performance through a wide range of new optimizations.
C++ Team Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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February 2026 Insiders (version 1.110)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code February 2026 Release (1.110).
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VS Code Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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The Polyglot tax - Part 2
When JSON Met Graph
Part 2 of 4 - The Multimodal Database Series
A note on naming. Throughout this series, when we say "SQL Server 2025" we also mean Azure SQL. The multimodal capabilities we discuss - native JSON, graph, vector, and columnstore - are available across both the...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Mar 4, 2026
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DirectX Innovation at GDC 2026
The excitement is building as we head into the 2026 Game Developer Conference and the DirectX team has a lot to share. We will be showcasing major updates in asset streaming, GPU tooling, ML-powered real-time graphics on Windows, and shader compilation at...
DirectX Developer Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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Aha, I found a counterexample to the documentation that says that QueryPerformanceCounter never fails
Of course, anything can happen if you break the rules.
The Old New Thing
Mar 3, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd): One command to swap Azure App Service slots
The new azd appservice swap command makes deployment slot swaps fast and intuitive.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 3, 2026
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Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course
Learn GitHub Copilot CLI with this free, 8-chapter hands-on course. Review code, generate tests, debug issues, and build custom agents and skills - all from your terminal. No AI experience needed. Works with GitHub Copilot Free. Clone the repo or open in Codespaces to get started.
Microsoft for Developers
Mar 3, 2026
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Just for fun: A survey of write protect notches on floppy disks and other media
Just some useless trivia.
The Old New Thing
Mar 2, 2026
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What questions will you ask your data agent?
Data API builder (DAB) 1.7+ delivers secure MCP-based CRUD access with deterministic, policy-enforced query generation and an upcoming aggregate tool that enables complex, production-safe analytical questions without exposing raw SQL to AI agents.
Azure SQL Dev Corner