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💫 Welcome to Aspire: Your stack, streamlined

Aspire goes polyglot. Explore the new Aspire.dev — a unified, open-source platform for building, observing, and deploying distributed apps in any language.

Upgrading C++ Projects to Visual Studio 2026

With Visual Studio 2026 version 18.0 getting closer to General Availability (GA), we want to share with you how you can upgrade your projects from your current versions of Visual Studio and the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools to the latest versions. The new IDE ships with the v145...

Join us at .NET Conf: Dive into the future of development with Visual Studio 2026

We're thrilled to invite you to one of the most exciting events in the .NET ecosystem: .NET Conf. It runs from November 11th through the 13th and you’re invited! This annual virtual conference is a must-attend for developers, architects, and enthusiasts looking to level up their...

Oct 28, 2025

Java and AI for Beginners: a practical video series for Java

Brian Benz

If you're looking for a clear, no-nonsense path into generative AI on Java, this series is for you. Microsoft's Java and AI for Beginners video series is a set of short tutorials that introduce the concepts, tooling, and patterns you need to get started at a pace that respects your...

Microsoft for Java Developers

Oct 28, 2025

MCP Registry and Allowlist Controls for Copilot in JetBrains and Eclipse Now in Public Preview

Jialuo Gan

MCP registry and allowlist controls for GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs and Eclipse are now available in public preview in nightly/pre-release builds. What’s new MCP Registry An MCP Registry is a directory of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. For users of JetBrains IDEs and...

Microsoft for Java Developers

Oct 28, 2025

From Backup to Discovery: Veeam’s Search Engine Powered by Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB Team

This article was co-authored by Zack Rossman, Staff Software Engineer, Veeam; Ashlie Martinez, Staff Software Engineer, Veeam; and James Nguyen, Senior Principal Cloud Solution Architect, AI/ML, Microsoft. Don't miss: Hear all about about Veeam's AI-powered semantic search use case...

Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Oct 28, 2025

How did the Windows 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base?

Raymond Chen

Ported bit by bit.

The Old New Thing

Oct 27, 2025

Azure SDK Release (October 2025)

Ronnie Geraghty

Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.

Azure SDK Blog

Oct 27, 2025

Dubious security vulnerability: Denial of service by loading a very large file

Raymond Chen

I mean, it's what you asked it to do.

The Old New Thing

Oct 24, 2025

Your 6-Step Guide to Deploying a Website with GitHub Codespaces and Copilot agent mode

Shree,

Priyanka

👋everyone! Shree here. I'm sure many of you have had a similar chat with someone you know. We often hesitate to celebrate our achievements because of social perceptions around self-promotion. I believe it’s time to challenge that mindset. Building a personal site is about...

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Oct 24, 2025