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Choosing the Right Azure Hosting Model for AI Agents: A Deep Dive into Foundry Hosted Agents
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.
Most organizations start by deploying agents the same way...
Read moreClick to read more about this postOne-click security scanning and org-wide alert triage come to Advanced Security
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...
Read moreClick to read more about this postDevOps Playbook for the Agentic Era
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...
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Apr 21, 2026
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Getting Started with Agentic DevOps – Part 1: Foundations
This post is the first in a 3-part series:
Foundations (this post)
Start shipping (context engineering, MCP servers, orchestration)
App modernization (Java, .NET, PHP, microservices)
Bookmark this post for quick reference as you start exploring Agentic DevOps. It will be...
All things Azure
Apr 21, 2026
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Azure DevOps MCP Server April Update
This update brings a set of improvements and changes across both local and remote Azure DevOps MCP Servers.
Here’s a summary of what’s changed.
Query work items with WIQL
We’ve introduced a new wit_query_by_wiql tool that enables users to construct and run work item WIQL queries....
Azure DevOps Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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GitHub Copilot meets Azure Developer CLI: AI-assisted project setup and error troubleshooting
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) now integrates with GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted project scaffolding and intelligent deployment error troubleshooting, helping you resolve common Azure errors like MissingSubscriptionRegistration, SkuNotAvailable, and StorageAccountAlreadyTaken without leaving the terminal.
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
The C# Dev Kit team replaced C++ Node.js addons with C# and Native AOT, removing a dependency on Python. This post walks through building a Node.js native addon entirely in C# using N-API, LibraryImport, and UnmanagedCallersOnly.
.NET Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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How did code handle 24-bit-per-pixel formats when using video cards with bank-switched memory?
You still have to use aligned accesses, even though the pixels might not be aligned.
The Old New Thing
Apr 20, 2026
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Discoverable - Observable MCP Server
How to build an observable MCP Server with discoverable tools and agents.
ISE Developer Blog
Apr 17, 2026
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Forgotten message from the past: LB_INITSTORAGE
Preallocating memory to avoid quadratic behavior.
The Old New Thing
Apr 16, 2026
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Best of Both Worlds for Agentic Refactoring: GitHub Copilot + MicroVMs via Docker Sandbox
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 sync that...
All things Azure
Apr 16, 2026
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What's New in Microsoft Foundry Fine-Tuning | April 2026
April 2026 brings three major Reinforcement Fine-Tuning updates: Global Training for o4-mini with lower per-token rates across 12+ regions, new GPT-4.1 model graders for richer reward signals, and a comprehensive RFT best practices guide to help you ship specialized models faster.
Microsoft Foundry Blog