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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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Aug 27, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 13: Restoring the strong exception guarantee
Don't commit to anything until you know you can finish the job.
The Old New Thing
Aug 26, 2025
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Encoding Changes for Template Arguments in Semantic Kernel
In previous versions of the Semantic Kernel, the encoding of template arguments was performed automatically if the argument type was a string. The encoding was not applied for custom types, anonymous types, or collections.
With the latest changes, we've introduced stricter rules: if...
Semantic Kernel
Aug 26, 2025
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Azure Authentication Changes in Semantic Kernel Python
In previous versions of the Semantic Kernel Python, the default fallback authentication mechanism for Azure services like AzureChatCompletion was DefaultAzureCredential from the Azure Identity library. This provided a convenient way to authenticate without explicitly passing credentials,...
Semantic Kernel
Aug 26, 2025
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The Visual Studio August Update is here - smarter AI, better debugging, and more control
The August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) is now available, and it’s all about helping developers stay focused, productive, and in control. Whether you're building games, tuning performance, or exploring AI, this release brings meaningful improvements that make everyday...
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Aug 26, 2025
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Windows Terminal Preview 1.24 Release
We’re back with another Terminal release for you! This development cycle, we focused on overall quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
We are also updating Windows Terminal stable to version 1.23, which will include all of the features from this previous blog post. Some notable...
Windows Command Line
Aug 26, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 12: A shared tracking pointer
Sharing a single tracking pointer among all instances.
The Old New Thing
Aug 26, 2025
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VS Code Dev Days – Join an event near you to learn about AI-assisted development
Join a VS Code Dev Days event to learn about GitHub Copilot in VS Code
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