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Join us for AI Dev Days - December 10-11
2025 was a year of incredible progress for AI and our industry as a whole. At Microsoft and GitHub, we've innovated beyond isolated chats and prompts to building systems that collaborate with connected workflows and operational intelligence. This shift can be seen across the stack, from...
Read moreWhy changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio isn’t as simple as it seems
A straight look at what’s behind the keys
We’ve all tried unlearning a keyboard shortcut - it feels like forgetting how to breathe. Muscle memory doesn’t mess around. We wrestle with this every time someone suggest a “quick” shortcut change. It’s not just editing a keybinding...
Read moreUnlocking New Possibilities: Microsoft Azure Hyperscale AI Computing with H200 GPUs Accelerates Secure AI Innovation in Azure for U.S. Government Secret and Top Secret
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries and redefine the boundaries of innovation, Microsoft is proud to announce a leap forward in secure, high-performance computing in our Secret and Top Secret clouds: the integration of NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs into Azure’s AI...
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Dec 11, 2025
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Studying the various locale mismatch scenarios in Windows clipboard text format synthesis
If they don't match, then the 8-bit strings are basically broken already.
The Old New Thing
Dec 11, 2025
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Making Windows Terminal awesome with GitHub Copilot CLI
As someone who lives and breathes in the command line, I love making my terminal feel like home. Windows Terminal is full of personalization options that really allow for a custom experience. Additionally, I can stay within my terminal for my development with GitHub Copilot with the...
Microsoft for Developers
Dec 11, 2025
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Aspire Integrations, Batteries Included
Aspire provides a *batteries included* approach through **integrations**
Aspire Blog
Dec 11, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB vNext Emulator: Query and Observability Enhancements
The Azure Cosmos DB Linux-based vNext emulator (preview) is a local version of the Azure Cosmos DB service that runs as a Docker container on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides a cost-effective way to develop and test applications locally without requiring an Azure subscription or...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB : Becoming a Search-Native Database
Hari,
Samer,
Harsha
For years, “Database” and “Search systems" (think Elastic Search) lived in separate worlds. While both Databases and Search Systems operate in the same domain (storing, indexing and querying data), they prioritized different aspects.
OLTP Databases prioritized
Structured and...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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November 2025 (version 1.107)
What's new in the Visual Studio Code November 2025 Release (1.107).
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VS Code Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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General Availability of SharePoint Framework 1.22 - A Major Refresh of the Build & Tooling Experience
We are excited to announce general availability for the SharePoint Framework 1.22. This time focus is primarily on updating the build toolchain and to address npm audit issues.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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Streamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026
You’re a .NET developer with a busy morning, and an Azure DevOps ticket drops: “Login endpoint 500s under load.” You’ve got to fix it, review a teammate’s feature branch, and keep your repo clean - all before lunch. Visual Studio’s Git tools turn this everyday Git workflow of...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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How does Windows synthesize the CF_LOCALE clipboard format?
Getting it from a place that might have been obvious in the past, but maybe not today.
The Old New Thing