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Why 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...
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Unlocking 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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Long-term data retention up to 10 years: Announcing Private Preview of Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB
Dec 8, 2025
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Long-term data retention up to 10 years: Announcing Private Preview of Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB

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Hans Wieser [MS]
Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB is a new option that lets you securely protect and recover your Azure Cosmos DB data for compliance, audit, and ransomware protection scenarios. It leverages Azure Backup’s vault isolation and Azure Cosmos DB’s native backup streams to deliver...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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Dec 8, 2025
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Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development

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Explore how the Learn MCP server enhances the developer experience with Copilot, showcase practical examples, and provide straightforward integration instructions for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, the Copilot Command Line Interface, and the Copilot Coding Agent
.NET Blog
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Dec 8, 2025
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.NET 10 Networking Improvements

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Máňa
Introducing new networking features in .NET 10 including HTTP space, WebSockets, security and more!
.NET Blog
Host Node.js MCP Server on Azure Functions
Dec 8, 2025
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Host Your Node.js MCP Server on Azure Functions in 3 Simple Steps

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Yohan Lasorsa
Building AI agents with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is powerful, but when it comes to hosting your MCP server in production, you need a solution that's reliable, scalable, and cost-effective. What if you could deploy your regular Node.js MCP server to a serverless platform that...
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Dec 8, 2025
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Python is First Class in Aspire 13

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Eric Erhardt
Aspire 13 introduces first-class Python support with dedicated APIs for hosting Python applications, modules, and ASGI web apps alongside your .NET services.
Aspire Blog
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Dec 8, 2025
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How does Windows synthesize CF_OEM­TEXT from CF_TEXT and vice versa?

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Raymond Chen
Starting with the easy case, or at least it looks easy.
The Old New Thing
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Dec 7, 2025
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Foundry IQ in Microsoft Agent Framework

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Farzad,
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Build enterprise-grade RAG agents with Foundry IQ Knowledge Bases in ~20 lines of Python. Learn how the Azure AI Search Context Provider brings intelligent, multi-hop retrieval to the Microsoft Agent Framework—no fragmented pipelines, just plug in the knowledge your agent needs.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
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Dec 5, 2025
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Join us for AI Dev Days - December 10-11

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James Montemagno
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...
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Dec 5, 2025
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How can my process read its own standard output?

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Raymond Chen
You'll have to trick yourself before anybody notices, which may not be possible.
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