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Give Your Agents Domain Expertise with Agent Skills in Microsoft Agent Framework
You can now equip your Microsoft Agent Framework agents with portable, reusable skill packages that provide domain expertise on demand — without changing a single line of your agent's core instructions. With the new FileAgentSkillsProvider, available for both .NET and Python, your...
Read moreClick to read more about this postGitHub Copilot Dev Days: Build faster with GitHub Copilot CLI, in VS Code & Visual Studio, and beyond!
Modern software development is moving fast—and AI is now a practical part of how Microsoft developers design, build, and ship applications every day. From writing code in Visual Studio and VS Code, to building cloud-native apps on Azure, developers are looking for ways to stay...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhat sort of horrible things happen if my dialog has a non-button with the control ID of IDCANCEL?
You get notifications that might not make sense.
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Nov 3, 2025
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Why does SHFormatDateTime take an unaligned FILETIME?
Designed for its original use case.
The Old New Thing
Nov 3, 2025
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Accelerate Your Growth: Azure Cosmos DB Partner Acceleration Program
Unlock 360° Success with the Cosmos DB Engineering Team
Are you ready to elevate your cloud data practice and drive innovation for your customers? The Azure Cosmos DB Partner Acceleration Program—spearheaded by the Cosmos DB Engineering Team—offers a unique, end-to-end journey for...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Oct 31, 2025
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Multi-region Expansion for Azure Deployments
Why Financial Services Organizations Should Consider Expanding to Other Azure Regions for New Workloads
As a Cloud Architect, I work closely with financial services organizations to help them unlock the full potential of Azure innovations. One of the most impactful strategies I recommend...
All things Azure
Oct 31, 2025
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Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2025: Trip Report
Another year and another CppCon is all wrapped up! Microsoft was pleased to once again be an exhibitor and to have several of our employees present sessions at the conference. Here are my major takeaways from the keynotes, sessions, conversations, and the general vibe.
AI tooling is...
C++ Team Blog
Oct 31, 2025
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Behind the Universe demo: From prompt to production with VS Code, GitHub Copilot and the Microsoft Agent Framework
Amanda,
Rong,
Shayne
At this year’s GitHub Universe, we set out to answer a simple question:
What would it take to go from an idea to production in under 30 minutes – using only natural language, your editor, and AI?
On stage, we built a cloud-native, intelligent app from scratch using Visual...
Microsoft for Developers
Oct 31, 2025
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💫 Welcome to the New Aspire: Your Stack, Streamlined
Maddy,
Jason
Aspire goes polyglot. Explore the new Aspire.dev — a unified, open-source platform for building, observing, and deploying distributed apps in any language.
Aspire Blog
Oct 31, 2025
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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...
Visual Studio Blog