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Before you check if an update caused your problem, check that it wasn't a problem before the update
It was going to be like that when I got here.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAspire Docs in Your Terminal (and Your AI's Brain)
Aspire 13.2 ships aspire docs, a CLI for browsing, searching, and reading official aspire.dev docs from your terminal, with the same source of truth available to AI skills and automation.
Read moreClick to read more about this postImproving the Markdown Editor for Work Items
We introduced the Markdown editor in July 2025 to bring Markdown support to large text fields in work items. Since then, we’ve received valuable customer feedback highlighting challenges with the editing experience, particularly when switching in and out of edit mode.
Many users found...
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Apr 1, 2026
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Bookmark Studio: evolving bookmarks in Visual Studio
Bookmarks in Visual Studio have always been a simple, reliable feature. Many developers use them regularly, and over the years we’ve heard consistent feedback from those users. Bookmarks were useful, but there were a few core gaps that kept them from being as effective and relevant as...
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Apr 1, 2026
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Project Nighthawk: A Research Agent Built for Field Engineering
Diego,
Ray
If you work in field engineering, you know the scenario. A customer is deploying AKS in a regulated environment. They hit an issue during node bootstrapping. They want to know exactly what happens when a node joins the cluster, which components run in which order, and whether the...
All things Azure
Mar 31, 2026
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Building with Azure Skills
Part 3 of the Azure Skills Plugin series
Previously: How to Install the Azure Plugin
You've installed the Azure Skills Plugin. The Azure MCP server is running.
You have a huge collection of tools and skills at your disposal.
So, now what do you actually say to...
All things Azure
Mar 31, 2026
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Aspire 13.2: Dashboard Gets Smarter Export and Telemetry
Aspire 13.2 brings powerful new dashboard features for exporting and importing telemetry, querying telemetry via API, and improved GenAI telemetry visualization.
Aspire Blog
Mar 31, 2026
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Visual Studio March Update - Build Your Own Custom Agents
This month's Visual Studio update gives you new ways to customize GitHub Copilot. Custom agents allow you to build specialized Copilot agents tailored to your team's workflow, backed by the tools and knowledge sources that matter to your project. Alongside that, agent skills bring...
Visual Studio Blog
Mar 31, 2026
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Before you check if an update caused your problem, check that it wasn't a problem before the update
It was going to be like that when I got here.
The Old New Thing
Mar 30, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - March 2026: Run and Debug AI Agents Locally, GitHub Copilot Integration, & Container App Jobs
Run, invoke, and monitor AI agents locally or in Microsoft Foundry with the new azd AI agent extension commands. Plus GitHub Copilot-powered project setup, Container App Jobs deployment, local preflight validation, and configurable timeouts.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 30, 2026
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Writing Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure
This post shows how to write Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure.
Azure SDK Blog