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Jan 16, 2025
Unlocking new possibilities: Microsoft AI, database, and identity products receive authorization for Top Secret workloads
Microsoft’s leading AI capabilities are being used across industries to enhance data analysis, bolster security, and support key business priorities. Our U.S. Government customers and authorized partners consistently share that they are ready and eager to apply these same tools to serve...
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AutoGen reimagined: Launching AutoGen 0.4
We are thrilled to announce the release of AutoGen v0.4! This new version represents a complete redesign of the AutoGen library, focusing on improved code quality, robustness, usability, and scalability of agentic workflows. This release sets the stage for a robust ecosystem to drive...
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Guest Blog: Leap Forward with Modern AI using Microsoft 365 Agents SDK and Semantic Kernel
Leap Forward with Modern AI using Microsoft 365 Agents SDK and Semantic Kernel
Today we’re featuring a guest author, Arafat Tehsin, who’s a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for AI. He’s written an article we’re sharing below, focused on how to Leap Forward with...
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Jan 23, 2025
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Improve the "R" in RAG and embrace Agentic RAG in Azure SQL
The RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) pattern, which is commonly discussed today, is based on the foundational idea that the retrieval part is done using vector search. This ensures that all the most relevant information available to answer the given question is returned and then fed...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Jan 23, 2025
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Memory corruption from outside the process looks like space aliens
The write isn't visible to your process, just the effect of the write.
The Old New Thing
Jan 22, 2025
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Guest Blog: Creative Writing Assistant - a multi-agent app sample with Semantic Kernel & .NET Aspire
Sophia,
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Today we’re featuring a guest author, Ricardo Niepel, who’s a Senior Technical Specialist at Microsoft. He’s written an article we’re sharing below; we’ll turn it over to Ricardo to share more!
If “Creative Writing Assistant” sounds familiar, it might be because we've...
Semantic Kernel
Jan 22, 2025
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Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time?
What is your implied point in time for the reference?
The Old New Thing
Jan 21, 2025
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WinForms: Analyze This (Me in Visual Basic)
Your WinForms code might have issues—maybe an Async call picked the wrong overload, or it’s leaking data into resource files. Time to call in a code-shrink! So, WinForms, Analyze This!
.NET Blog
Jan 21, 2025
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Why doesn't the Windows blue screen of death prominently identify the company that created the driver that crashed?
Because the driver that crashed may not be the one at fault.
The Old New Thing
Jan 20, 2025
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Reminder: When a C++ object fails to construct, the destructor does not run
If you need to run after a failed construction, you have to put it in a base class or member variable.
The Old New Thing
Jan 20, 2025
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Extending Regular Expressions (Regex) Support on Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI)
We are happy to announce the Private Preview of Regular Expressions (Regex) support on Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI). This new feature brings powerful text processing capabilities to your SQL queries, enabling you to perform complex pattern matching and data manipulation with...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner