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How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
Build professional iOS widgets with .NET MAUI, from static displays to interactive widgets.
Read moreClick to read more about this postStreamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026
You’re a .NET developer with a busy morning, and an Azure DevOps ticket drops: “Login endpoint 500s under load.” You’ve got to fix it, review a teammate’s feature branch, and keep your repo clean - all before lunch. Visual Studio’s Git tools turn this everyday Git workflow of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postRetirement of Global Personal Access Tokens in Azure DevOps
In the new year, we’ll be retiring the Global Personal Access Token (PAT) type in Azure DevOps.
Global PATs allow users to authenticate across all accessible organizations. While this can feel convenient, a single credential with broad reach creates a concentrated security risk —...
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Jan 5, 2026
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Generative AI with Large Language Models in C# in 2026
A practical introduction to modern AI for .NET developers.
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Jan 5, 2026
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How can you swap two non-adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
Applying the rotation trick to our new problem.
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Jan 5, 2026
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Welcome to 2026, A Growth Year for All of Us
I always enjoy the quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s one of the few moments in the year when things slow down just enough to reflect on what actually resonated.
While many of us were unplugging, our digital team was doing the opposite, editing and publishing 19...
Visual Studio Blog
Jan 2, 2026
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How can you swap two adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
A different algorithm, employing a different kind of cleverness.
The Old New Thing
Jan 1, 2026
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Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant memory
A variation on the constant-memory rotation.
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Dec 31, 2025
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Java at Microsoft: 2025 Year in Review
A breakthrough year for modernization, AI‑assisted development, Agentic AI development, and platform innovation
2025 was one of the most significant years yet for Java at Microsoft. From the arrival of OpenJDK 25 as the newest Long‑Term Support (LTS) release, to AI‑powered...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Dec 31, 2025
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Top .NET Videos & Live Streams of 2025
Let's take a look back at the amazing .NET videos, events, and live streams from 2025!
.NET Blog
Dec 31, 2025
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2025 year-end link clearance
Another year gets relegated to history.
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Dec 31, 2025
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Understanding and mitigating a stack overflow in our task sequencer
The recurring problem of synchronous resumption.
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