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The New Loop: How Power Pages Builds Software with AI
Introduction
When I started writing software professionally in 2015, the tech landscape looked completely different. Tools and frameworks kept evolving since then, but the process of building software barely moved for a decade. That changed in the last couple of months. Here's what has...
Read moreClick to read more about this postThe problem: All-or-nothing batch processing in Azure Service Bus
Azure Functions lets you settle each Service Bus message on its own within a batch. Complete, abandon, dead-letter, or defer messages one by one to avoid duplicate processing and handle errors with precision.
Read moreClick to read more about this postGoverning MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit
Learn how to govern MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit—policy-based access control, security scanning, and response sanitization to reduce risk in AI agent systems.
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Jan 27, 2026
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Visual Studio January Update — Enhanced Editor Experience
Productivity Improvements
This month, we are bringing you a series of small yet long requested and popular features to let you better control and customize your editor. These features are currently only available in the Insiders channel and will be available in Release soon.
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Visual Studio Blog
Jan 27, 2026
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A digression on the design and implementation of SafeArrayAddRef and extending APIs in general
The concerns when adding a feature to an existing API.
The Old New Thing
Jan 26, 2026
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Introducing Budget Bytes: Build Powerful AI Apps for Under $25
Jasmine,
Pablo
When developers hear "cloud" and "AI," their first thought is often about cost. "How much will this cost me to learn? Can I build something meaningful without racking up a surprise bill?"
Budget Bytes is a new series is designed to inspire developers to build affordable,...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jan 26, 2026
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Join Microsoft at NDC London 2026 - Let’s Build the Future of .NET Together
Meet the .NET team at NDC London 2026 to explore the latest in .NET 10, Azure, and AI-powered development through sessions and 1:1 meetups.
.NET Blog
Jan 26, 2026
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Introducing the Evals for Agent Interop starter kit
We’re launching Evals for Agent Interop, a starter evaluation kit that provides curated scenarios and representative data that emulate real digital work, and an evaluation harness that organizations can use to self-run their agents across Microsoft 365 surfaces.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jan 26, 2026
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What's the difference between SafeArrayAccessData and SafeArrayAddRef?
Two ways of preserving the data.
The Old New Thing
Jan 26, 2026
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Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code
VS Code now supports MCP Apps, enabling AI agents to display interactive UIs for richer developer workflows.
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VS Code Blog
Jan 23, 2026
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Azure Cosmos DB TV Recap: Supercharging AI Agents with the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit (Ep. 110)
Mark,
Sajeetharan,
Jay
In Episode 110 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, host Mark Brown is joined by Sajeetharan Sinnathurai to explore how the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit is changing the way developers build, deploy, and scale AI agents using real application data.
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Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 23, 2026
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Bringing work context to your code in GitHub Copilot
This week we shipped the GitHub Copilot SDK which takes the agent loop from the Copilot CLI and makes it easy to embed in other applications. We’ve been using, improving, and extending Copilot CLI for the last few months and it’s sparked new ideas about what it means to have the right...
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