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Awesome GitHub Copilot just got a website, and a learning hub, and plugins!
Back in July, we launched the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo with a simple goal: give the community a place to share custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes to customize the AI responses from GitHub Copilot. We were hoping for maybe one community contribution per...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhen Infrastructure Scales But Understanding Doesn't
We all know this, even if we don't like to admit it: modern infrastructure can scale infinitely, but human understanding doesn't.
We've all seen it happen - organizations going from managing dozens of servers to thousands of containers, from deploying weekly to deploying hundreds of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAuthentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract
Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this?
They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic.
If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an...
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Jan 22, 2026
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A simple helper function for attaching a progress handler to a Windows Runtime IAsyncActionWithProgress or IAsyncOperationWithProgress
It doesn't do much, but it saves typing.
The Old New Thing
Jan 21, 2026
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Now in Public Preview: GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows
Last year, we launched our new GitHub Copilot build performance capabilities in Private Preview. With help from our fantastic C++ community, we gathered insights and addressed key feedback. We’re happy to share that GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows is now in Public Preview....
C++ Team Blog
Jan 21, 2026
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Context-Driven Development: Agent Skills for Microsoft Foundry and Azure
Code will be generated, not written. Most enterprise AI workloads are net-new microservices. Modular, greenfield work. Perfect for coding agents.
The catch? Out-of-the-box agents lack domain knowledge about your SDKs and patterns. But frontier LLMs are extraordinarily sample efficient....
All things Azure
Jan 21, 2026
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On the proper usage of a custom Win32 dialog class
You are replacing the window procedure, not the dialog procedure.
The Old New Thing
Jan 20, 2026
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Introducing Azure Performance Diagnostics Tool for Java: Automated Java Performance Analysis in Kubernetes via Azure SRE Agent
We're excited to announce that the Azure Performance Diagnostics Tool for Java is now available for preview as part of
the Azure SRE Agent platform, bringing intelligent,
automated Java performance diagnoses. Currently supporting Java workloads deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Jan 20, 2026
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PIX 2601.15 - new Intel plugin, many buffer viewer improvements, and more
Today we released PIX version 2601.15, which can be downloaded here. This release includes everything in the previous 2509.25 release, plus:
A new Intel plugin with many new features and improvements
Many new Buffer Viewer and Buffer Formatter improvements
Misc other bug fixes...
PIX on Windows
Jan 20, 2026
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Go 1.25.6-1 and 1.24.12-1 Microsoft builds now available
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download.
Microsoft for Go Developers
Jan 20, 2026
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Microspeak: On fire, putting out fires
Dealing with emergencies.
The Old New Thing
Jan 20, 2026
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PowerToys 0.97 is here: a big Command Palette update and a new mouse utility
PowerToys 0.97 is here! This release packs in a ton of improvements to Command Palette, introduces a brand-new mouse utility called CursorWrap, expands CLI support across several utilities, and includes plenty of other refinements. Get the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or...
Windows Command Line