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Take full control of your floating windows in Visual Studio

Make Visual Studio floating windows work perfectly with PowerToys FancyZones. Flip one option to get independent windows, better snapping, and less friction.
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MCP Apps on Azure Functions: Quickstart with TypeScript

Learn how to build and deploy MCP (Model Context Protocol) apps on Azure Functions using TypeScript. This guide covers MCP tools, resources, local development, and serverless deployment with a practical weather app example.
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Announcing Azure MCP Server 2.0 Stable Release for Self-Hosted Agentic Cloud Automation

Sandeep Sen
Azure MCP Server 2.0 is now generally available, delivering first-class self-hosting, stronger security hardening, and a faster foundation for agentic workflows across Azure.
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Apr 10, 2026
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How do you add or remove a handle from an active Wait­For­Multiple­Objects?, part 2

Raymond Chen
Waiting for the waiting thread to acknowledge the change.
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Apr 10, 2026
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PowerShell MSI package deprecation and preview updates

Jason Helmick
This post announces the deprecation of MSI packaging beginning with PowerShell 7.7.
PowerShell Team
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Apr 10, 2026
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Putting Agentic Platform Engineering to the test

Arnaud,
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Suzanne
In Part 1 of this blog series set the stage for why platform engineering is being reshaped by agentic AI. (read it here) Basically we outline how instead of humans translating intent through layers of CLIs, SDKs, and bespoke workflows, capable agents can interpret natural-language...
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Apr 9, 2026
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C++23 Support in MSVC Build Tools 14.51

Daniel Griffing
We’re pleased to provide an update on C++23 support in the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools. This blog post will cover the feature additions in MSVC Build Tools version 14.51, including C++23 language features, libraries, and ISO C++ Core Working Group (CWG) and Library Working Group...
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Apr 9, 2026
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What's new in Microsoft Foundry | March 2026

Nick Brady
March ships Foundry Agent Service GA with private networking, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Mini, Priority Processing, Phi-4 Reasoning Vision, SDK 2.0 GA across Python, JS/TS, Java, and .NET, Fireworks AI and NVIDIA Nemotron models, and third-party guardrails from Palo Alto and Zenity.
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Apr 9, 2026
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Foundry Local is now Generally Available

samkemp
Ship local AI to millions of devices - fast, private on-device inference with no per-token costs.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
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Apr 9, 2026
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Running Multiple Instances of an Aspire AppHost Without Port Conflicts

James Newton-King
Aspire 13.2 introduces isolated mode, letting you run multiple instances of the same AppHost in parallel without port conflicts. Learn how the --isolated flag solves development and testing workflows.
Aspire Blog
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Apr 9, 2026
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How do you add or remove a handle from an active Wait­For­Multiple­Objects?

Raymond Chen
You can't, but you can cooperate with the other thread.
The Old New Thing