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Masking Sensitive Data in Azure SQL

Applications often need access to data without needing access to everything. Social Security numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers are common examples. Storing them is required. Exposing them broadly is not. This is especially valuable when exposing a database to an AI agent through...
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WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command

I've set up a lot of dev machines in my life. Traditionally, this takes a lot of time to get everything just right, but now there's a faster way with WinGet Configuration files. Let me show you how to go from a fresh Windows install to a fully configured dev environment with a single...
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Feb 12, 2026
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Microsoft at DevNexus 2026: Practical AI for Real-World Java Development

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Ayan Gupta
Java developers face a tough trifecta: keeping mission-critical systems running, modernizing legacy apps, and weaving AI into real engineering workflows, all without increasing risk. At DevNexus 2026, the Microsoft Java team is tackling these challenges head-on.  This...
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Feb 12, 2026
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Handling Legacy User Settings in SharePoint Framework

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Paolo Pialorsi
Introduction The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) has undergone some important changes in how it handles Entra ID app registration and security models. Here you can find additional details about what was updated and about the new application IDs used by SPFx. These changes have important...
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Feb 12, 2026
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Build Intelligent Apps with SQL: Join the SQL + AI Datathon

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Jasmine Greenaway
The SQL + AI Datathon is a hands‑on challenge designed to show how the foundations for building modern, intelligent applications with SQL. Over a set of guided missions and a focused open hack, you’ll learn how to combine SQL with embeddings, semantic search, and Retrieval...
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Feb 12, 2026
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How can I distinguish between the numeric keypad 0 and the top-row 0 in the WM_KEY­DOWN message?

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Raymond Chen
Check whether it is an extended key.
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Feb 11, 2026
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How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server

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When we launched the Microsoft Learn Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server in June 2025, our goal was simple: make it effortless for AI agents to use trusted, up-to-date Microsoft Learn documentation. GitHub Copilot and other agents are increasingly common, and they need to be able to...
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Feb 11, 2026
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta

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Daniel Rosenwasser
Today we are announcing the beta release of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta TypeScript 6.0 is a unique release in that we intend for it to be the last release based on the current...
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Feb 11, 2026
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GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026

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McKenna Barlow
GitHub Copilot testing for .NET is now available in Visual Studio 18.3, offering AI-powered tools to quickly create, build, and run unit tests. With flexible prompts and full IDE integration, it supports testing from single methods to entire solutions, helping reduce repetitive tasks and speed up feedback. Try it and share your feedback to shape its future.
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Feb 11, 2026
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Beyond the Prompt - Why and How to Fine-tune Your Own Models

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Radhika Bollineni
Large Language Models (LLMs) have reached a point where general intelligence is no longer the bottleneck. The real challenge in enterprise AI systems behavioral alignment ensuring models that produce consistent, reliable, policy-compliant outputs on a scale. Prompt engineering and...
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Feb 11, 2026
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Unlock language-specific rich symbol context using new find_symbol tool

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Refactoring at scale is a time-consuming and error-prone process for developers. In large codebases, developers have relied on manual searches and incremental edits across multiple files to accomplish these tasks. Modern development workflows depend on fast and accurate code navigation...
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