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Copilot Autofix for GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Over the last few years, we've encouraged customers to move their repositories from Azure Repos to GitHub, where the newest AI-powered and agentic development experiences land first.
Migrating isn't equally simple for everyone. A move to GitHub can range from straightforward to a...
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Read moreClick to read more about this postMake Visual Studio look the way you want
Themes are personal. Some of us live in dark mode, some swear by high contrast, and some of us have very strong opinions about that one shade of blue from years ago. The new themes in Visual Studio 2026 are built on Fluent, which gives us a much more consistent and accessible foundation,...
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Jun 18, 2026
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DirectX Dump Files Preview Now Available!
At this year’s GDC, we shared our vision for bringing console‑level GPU developer tools to Windows. As part of that announcement, we introduced DirectX Dump Files as a major step forward in GPU crash debugging on Windows.
Today, we’re excited to make our DirectX Dump Files public...
DirectX Developer Blog
Jun 18, 2026
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PIX 2606.18-preview: DirectX Dump Files and more
Today we released PIX 2606.18-preview, available here.
This PIX release coincides with the preview availability of DirectX Dump Files (.dxdmp). The PIX UI can open DirectX Dump Files directly for analysis, and the PIX API can be used to analyze them programmatically. Please visit the...
PIX on Windows
Jun 18, 2026
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Stop overloading your skills
You built a skill for your technology. API references, authentication flows, SDK patterns, error handling, version info, all packed into one skill. The agent calls it, gets all that context, and generates code. The kicker? You've just wasted a lot of tokens.
It already knows
Models have...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 18, 2026
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Announcing TypeScript 7.0 RC
Today we are excited to announce the Release Candidate of TypeScript 7.0!
If you haven't been following TypeScript 7.0's development, this release is significant in that it is built on a completely new foundation.
Over the past year, we have been porting the existing TypeScript...
TypeScript
Jun 18, 2026
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Use your own language model key in VS Code
Learn how to use bring your own key (BYOK) in VS Code to add models from providers like Azure, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, Huggingface, OpenRouter, or use a local model with Ollama, Foundry Local, and more.
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VS Code Blog
Jun 17, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.125
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.125
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VS Code Blog
Jun 17, 2026
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AI-Powered MSBuild Investigation with the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server
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Diagnose MSBuild build failures and performance issues with AI using the new Microsoft Binlog MCP Server - 15 specialized tools that let your AI assistant investigate binary logs.
.NET Blog
Jun 17, 2026
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When your agent extensions fight each other
This is the fourth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work correctly with your technology. The series covers what you can and can't control in the agent stack, how to measure whether your extensions are helping or hurting, and how to...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 17, 2026
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Windows stack limit checking retrospective, follow-up
Choosing the register to use to pass the desired stack allocation size.
The Old New Thing