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Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo

Today we're excited to announce the launch of the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo! The Awesome Copilot repo is a community-driven resource with custom instructions, reusable prompts, and custom chat modes that helps you get consistent AI assistance. In other words,...
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Join us for MCP Dev Days - July 29-30

Get ready for two days of deep technical insight, community connection, and hands-on learning at MCP Dev Days, a virtual event dedicated to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the emerging standard that bridges AI models and the tools they rely on. You can watch MCP Dev Days by...
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Jul 8, 2025
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Smarter, workspace-aware code completions for C++ in VS Code

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Sinem Akinci
C++ code understanding Developing C++ code can be complex. C++ project structure, style, and convention can vary widely from repository to repository, and critical context for a given task often spans multiple files. This can require C++ developers to open and navigate across several...
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Jul 8, 2025
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A walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3

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Raymond Chen
Don't get lost on your walk down memory lane.
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Jul 8, 2025
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Build Biosensing AI-Native Apps on Azure with BCI, AI Foundry, and Agents Service

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Govind Kamtamneni
Co‑Author: JD Chibuk, Founder Blueberry X We obsessively track our steps, heart rate, and sleep - but what about our mental state? 🧠 Most of us navigate life blind to how stress, focus, and cognitive overload show up in our physiology. Tools to help capture...
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Jul 7, 2025
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Markdown Support Arrives for Work Items

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Dan Hellem
After several months in private preview and many bug fixes along the way, we’re excited to announce that Markdown support in large text fields is now generally available! 🎉 🦄 How it works By default, all existing and new work items will continue using the HTML editor for large...
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Jul 7, 2025
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Dubious security vulnerability: If I perform this complex series of manual steps, I can crash a program I am running

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Raymond Chen
What security boundary did you cross?
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Jul 7, 2025
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Microsoft build of Go Telemetry - Helping Us Build Better Tools

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George Adams
Starting with Go 1.25, we're enabling telemetry collection in the Microsoft build of Go to gather valuable usage data that helps us prioritize future roadmap items and improve the developer experience.
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Jul 4, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (June 2025)

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Augustin Popa
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.06.13 registry release, 2025-04-16, 2025-05-19, and 2025-06-02 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout May and June. This release includes bug fixes, several documentation...
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Jul 4, 2025
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Why doesn't LVIF_INDENT work without an image list?

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Raymond Chen
Its original client had an image list.
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Jul 3, 2025
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Automating Secure and Scalable AI Deployments on Azure with HashiCorp

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While the promise of AI continues to generate momentum, many organizations face a familiar challenge: getting AI projects beyond the prototype phase. According to Gartner, only 30% of AI initiatives make it into production, and RAND reports that up to 80% fail to deliver expected...
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