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Context-Driven Development: Agent Skills for Microsoft Foundry and Azure

Code will be generated, not written. Working with 100+ companies, I have seen this firsthand: most enterprise workloads taking dependencies on AI SDKs are usually net-new microservices. Hardly anyone has Windows-scale codebases for their new AI features. This is modular, greenfield work....
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Bringing work context to your code in GitHub Copilot

This week we shipped the GitHub Copilot SDK which takes the agent loop from the Copilot CLI and makes it easy to embed in other applications. We’ve been using, improving, and extending Copilot CLI for the last few months and it’s sparked new ideas about what it means to have the right...
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Title slide for Azure Cosmos DB TV Episode 110 with a dark, space-themed background. Text reads “Supercharging AI Agents with the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit,” with “Azure Cosmos DB TV Episode 110” above it. A stylized Azure Cosmos DB planet logo appears on the left, and the presenters’ names, Mark Brown and Sajeetharan Sinnathurai, are shown at the bottom.
Jan 23, 2026
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Azure Cosmos DB TV Recap: Supercharging AI Agents with the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit (Ep. 110)

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In Episode 110 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, host Mark Brown is joined by Sajeetharan Sinnathurai to explore how the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit is changing the way developers build, deploy, and scale AI agents using real application data. As agentic AI systems evolve, one challenge continues...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 23, 2026
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Bringing work context to your code in GitHub Copilot

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Kayla Cinnamon
This week we shipped the GitHub Copilot SDK which takes the agent loop from the Copilot CLI and makes it easy to embed in other applications. We’ve been using, improving, and extending Copilot CLI for the last few months and it’s sparked new ideas about what it means to have the right...
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Jan 23, 2026
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C++ has scope_exit for running code at scope exit. C# says "We have scope_exit at home."

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Raymond Chen
You can wrap it in an IDisposable.
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Jan 23, 2026
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Bridging Local Development and Cloud Evaluation: Using Microsoft Devtunnels with Azure Machine Learning

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Nasryn El-Hinnawi
Learn how to streamline AI development by using Microsoft Devtunnels to connect local services with Azure Machine Learning evaluation pipelines, eliminating deployment delays while maintaining comprehensive cloud-based validation.
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Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit
Jan 22, 2026
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Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit: Your AI Pair Programmer Just Got Smarter

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Sajeetharan Sinnathurai
The Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit is an open-source collection of skills that teaches your AI coding assistant (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI) expert-level Azure Cosmos DB best practices. Install with one command, get production-ready guidance instantly. The Challenge Every...
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Jan 22, 2026
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A simple helper function for attaching a progress handler to a Windows Runtime IAsync­Action­With­Progress or IAsync­Operation­With­Progress

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Raymond Chen
It doesn't do much, but it saves typing.
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Jan 21, 2026
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Now in Public Preview: GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows

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David Li
Last year, we launched our new GitHub Copilot build performance capabilities in Private Preview. With help from our fantastic C++ community, we gathered insights and addressed key feedback. We’re happy to share that GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows is now in Public Preview....
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Jan 21, 2026
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Context-Driven Development: Agent Skills for Microsoft Foundry and Azure

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Govind Kamtamneni
Code will be generated, not written. Working with 100+ companies, I have seen this firsthand: most enterprise workloads taking dependencies on AI SDKs are usually net-new microservices. Hardly anyone has Windows-scale codebases for their new AI features. This is modular, greenfield work....
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Jan 21, 2026
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On the proper usage of a custom Win32 dialog class

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Raymond Chen
You are replacing the window procedure, not the dialog procedure.
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