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MCP Beyond the Chat Window: Build Diagnostics in CI
A practical tour of the Model Context Protocol tools for .NET build diagnostics - the full Binlog MCP toolset, how those tools run inside a GitHub Actions workflow, and what the evaluation data says about the efficiency gains.
Read moreClick to read more about this postNot all model upgrades are upgrades
A new model drops with lower per-token pricing and better benchmarks. You switch. A week later someone asks why the agent is burning 12x more tokens on the same task while producing worse output.
We ran 150 agent tasks across 15 scenarios on two models, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude...
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Jun 2, 2026
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Announcing Intelligent Terminal 0.1
Today we're announcing Intelligent Terminal version 0.1, an open-source experimental fork of Windows Terminal with native agent integration.
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Install from the Microsoft Store: Intelligent Terminal on the Microsoft Store
Install via WinGet:
winget install...
Windows Command Line
Jun 2, 2026
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Azure Translator API Version 2026‑06‑06 (GA): Supporting Multilingual Applications with Flexible Translation Options
Ship multilingual features in hours, not months
Your translation workflow probably looks like this: one vendor for real-time chat, another for document translation, a custom LLM integration for nuanced content, and a spreadsheet tracking which system handles what. Azure Translator's...
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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What's new in Microsoft Foundry | Build Edition
Microsoft Build 2026 brings a major set of Microsoft Foundry updates for developers building agents: hosted runtimes, Toolboxes, memory, Voice Live, Foundry IQ, new models, managed compute, and trust, evaluation, and observability tools.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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What's New in Hosted Agents in Foundry Agent Service
Tina,
Pranav
A few weeks ago, we announced the public preview refresh of hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service — a fundamentally re-imagined agent runtime built for operationalizing production-grade AI agents in enterprise systems. Today at Microsoft Build, we are excited to share several updates...
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Azure SQL Database Provisioning and More
Yo-Lei,
Carlos,
Tauseef
The MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.43 expands what’s possible inside Visual Studio Code with the General Availability of Schema Designer with GitHub Copilot, Data API builder, and SQL Notebooks. We’re also introducing the Public Preview of Azure SQL Database provisioning, giving...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jun 2, 2026
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Rotation revisited: Another unidirectional algorithm
Moving in a straight line, in a different way.
The Old New Thing
Jun 2, 2026
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Staging Part 1 - Sharing is Caring
A key phase in installing a package is staging the package:
var packageUri = new Uri("C:\\Packages\\ContosoParts-v1.2.3.4-x64.msix");
var options = new StagePackageOptions();
var packageManager = new PackageManager();
var result = await packageManager.StagePackageByUriAsync(packageUri,...
Inside MSIX
Jun 1, 2026
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Aspire 13.4 is here
Aspire 13.4 is here with TypeScript apphost GA, typed resource commands with results, server-side CLI log and telemetry search, more mature Kubernetes and AKS deployment, and more.
Aspire Blog
Jun 1, 2026
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The placeholder name for the Windows 8 experience was "modern"
Modern this and that.
The Old New Thing