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Copilot Studio gets faster with .NET 10 on WebAssembly
Microsoft Copilot Studio recently upgraded its .NET WebAssembly engine to .NET 10. The migration was straightforward, simplified deployment, and delivered another round of meaningful performance gains for end users.
Read moreClick to read more about this postSQL query generation from natural language
Evaluating AI agents for NL-to-SQL generation across Azure Databricks AI/BI Genie, GitHub Copilot CLI, and Microsoft Agent Framework. We achieved ~75% accuracy with schema documentation and runtime validation, while discovering that business logic errors represent a fundamental limitation requiring domain expertise.
Read moreClick to read more about this postDurable Workflows in the Microsoft Agent Framework
Build durable AI agent workflows with the Microsoft Agent Framework. Start with in-process console apps, add durability with the Durable Task runtime, scale with parallel AI agents, and host on Azure Functions for serverless execution.
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May 13, 2026
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.NET MAUI Moves to CoreCLR in .NET 11
.NET MAUI apps on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst now run on CoreCLR by default in .NET 11, unifying the runtime across all of .NET.
.NET Blog
May 13, 2026
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Agent Skills in Visual Studio: Teach Copilot How Your Team Works
Visual Studio now supports Agent Skills, which are reusable instruction sets that teach Copilot agents how to handle specific tasks like running a build pipeline, generating boilerplate, or following your team's coding standards. Define a skill once, and the agent applies it automatically...
Visual Studio Blog
May 13, 2026
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The case of the hang when the user changed keyboard layouts
Keeping things moving.
The Old New Thing
May 13, 2026
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General Availability of SharePoint Framework 1.23 - Advancing the modern developer experience
We are excited to announce general availability for the SharePoint Framework 1.23. We are rolling out new features in extensions, preview of new CLI and addressing known npm audit issues.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
May 13, 2026
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Introducing WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
These skills enable your agent to take your ideas to a native Windows app in minutes! They are built around the end-to-end loop: scaffold, build, run, test, iterate. They've been optimized to know how to drive each stage, recognize common failures that get normal agents stuck in...
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May 12, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools version 14.51 (GA) now available
MSVC Build Tools v14.51 GA available in Visual Studio 2026 18.6
C++ Team Blog
May 12, 2026
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.NET 11 Preview 4 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 4 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more!
.NET Blog
May 12, 2026
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Is This a Packaged Process?
Sometimes you need to know whether the current process has package identity. Certain Windows features require it, and behaviors can differ—both technically and culturally.
For example, classic Windows applications often store settings in the registry, whereas packaged applications...
Inside MSIX
May 12, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework May 2026 servicing releases updates
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A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for May 2026.
.NET Blog