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SQL 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.
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Durable 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 12, 2026
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Introducing dotnet new WinUI templates

Niels,
Dinah,
Nikola
  We've been working on something new for WinUI developers: a set of open-source project and item templates for WinUI you can use directly from the command line. 🚀 With these templates, you can now create and run a new WinUI app using dotnet new, without needing to go...
#ifdef Windows
May 12, 2026
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What's new in Microsoft Foundry | April 2026

Nick Brady
April brings Foundry Local GA for local AI development, GPT-5.5 model support with Tier 5 and Tier 6 default quota in Microsoft Foundry, new tracing paths for Microsoft Agent Framework and hosted agents, CodeAct with Hyperlight for sandboxed agent code execution, expanded monitoring and continuous evaluation capabilities for production agents, SDK updates across Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, and Java, and a reminder to register for Microsoft Build.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
May 11, 2026
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Publishing VM Applications in a Secure World

Joseph Calev
Many of you who have published VM Applications may have come across a difficult conundrum regarding security. To create an application version, you must upload your application package to a Storage blob, then provide the address of that Storage blob for replication to occur. The problem...
Azure VM Runtime Team
May 11, 2026
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Additional notes on controlling which handles are inherited by Create­Process

Raymond Chen
Putting the handles in a private container.
The Old New Thing
May 8, 2026
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Generate Embeddings Function and External Model Object Support Are Now Generally Available in Azure SQL

Aaron Saidi
We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS and CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance. These two T-SQL features — CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL and AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS — work together as a single,...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
May 8, 2026
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Announcing the public preview of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Evaluations tool

Barry,
Sai
The Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Evaluations tool helps developers measure and improve the quality of agents they build for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
May 8, 2026
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Go 1.26.3-1 and 1.25.10-1 Microsoft builds now available

Davis Goodin
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download.
Microsoft for Go Developers
May 8, 2026
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Developing more confidence when tracking renames via Read­Directory­ChangesW

Raymond Chen
You can track the file ID.
The Old New Thing
May 7, 2026
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A Tour of Handoff Orchestration Pattern

Jacob Alber
A Tour of the Handoff Orchestration Pattern Most multi-agent systems start out simple: a router agent receives a user request, picks the right specialist, and forwards the conversation. As long as each specialist can complete its task in one pass, that model works fine. The first...
Microsoft Agent Framework