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Choosing the Right Azure Hosting Model for AI Agents: A Deep Dive into Foundry Hosted Agents
AI agents are quickly moving from experiments to production‑critical components of modern applications. But while many teams know how to build agents, far fewer are confident they’re hosting them on the right foundation.
Most organizations start by deploying agents the same way...
Read moreClick to read more about this postOne-click security scanning and org-wide alert triage come to Advanced Security
We're shipping two major capabilities that change how security teams enable and act on application security in Azure DevOps: CodeQL default setup makes it possible to enable code scanning across your organization without configuring a single pipeline, and a new combined alerts experience...
Read moreClick to read more about this postDevOps Playbook for the Agentic Era
Practices, Principles, and Strategic Direction
Software delivery has entered a new phase. AI agents are no longer confined to autocomplete suggestions in the editor. They are opening pull requests, generating code across multiple files, proposing infrastructure changes, responding to...
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Dec 29, 2025
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How can I detect that the system is running low on memory? Or that my job is running low on memory?
You can register for a memory notification.
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Dec 26, 2025
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Why are we worried about memory access semantics? Full barriers should be enough for anybody
You have to find new ways of going faster.
The Old New Thing
Dec 25, 2025
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Why is the last letter of my string not making it to the clipboard?
The struggle for null termination.
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Dec 24, 2025
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Why does my Ctrl+M accelerator key activate when I press the Enter key?
Understanding the difference between keys and characters for accelerators.
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Dec 23, 2025
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When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates
So transfer them to his office, or so it seems.
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Dec 23, 2025
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SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update – December 2025
SPFx is powering the future of Microsoft 365. From AI-driven portals to seamless integrations across SharePoint, Teams and Viva, SPFx is driving innovation at scale. This monthly blog series kicks off our journey into the next evolution - transparent, community-driven, and built for the AI era. Let’s shape what’s next, together.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Dec 22, 2025
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How AI fixed my procrastination
I struggled to get started. For ages, I kept putting off building this website, creating a new programming language for Visual Studio, and coming up with fresh color themes. Each project looked overwhelming, and I couldn’t find the time or motivation to jump in. It all just felt like...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 22, 2025
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All the other cool languages have try...finally. C++ says "We have try...finally at home."
The destructor serves as the "finally".
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