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Building Agents for Teams: Turning conversations into outcomes
The Microsoft Teams platform mission is to build the best collaborative platform in the world. We want to make it easy for developers to build agents that participate seamlessly in chats, channels, and meetings, helping teams turn ideas into action in real time. By bringing agents...
Read moreClick to read more about this postHow to test agent skills without hitting real APIs
Your agent skill calls an API. The moment you start evaluating it, every run either costs money or mutates production data. Learn how to mock APIs transparently so you can run evals without changing your skill or hitting real endpoints.
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Jun 30, 2026
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Access GitHub Copilot in JetBrains - GitHub Copilot Is Now a Native Agent in JetBrains AI Assistant
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GitHub Copilot is now a first-class, native option in JetBrains AI Assistant agent picker(read more). You can select it directly from the chat interface, no extra configuration needed, and immediately put Copilot to work on real coding tasks without ever leaving AI...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Jun 30, 2026
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SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update – July 2026
June celebrates the announcement of upcoming SharePoint Copilot Apps, ships the quality-focused SPFx 1.23.2 release, and shares the roadmap for the AI era - shaped by your feedback.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 30, 2026
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Compose your API surface with Data API builder custom paths
Data API builder (DAB) 2.0 adds compound paths for REST endpoints, giving developers more control over how their API surface is organized. Instead of mirroring database topology, endpoints can now reflect simple names, business areas, or schema ownership.
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jun 30, 2026
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MCP Beyond the Chat Window: Build Diagnostics in CI
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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.
.NET Blog
Jun 30, 2026
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Visual Studio June Update - Track Your Usage, Trust Your Tools
The June update includes a Copilot Usage window refresh with proactive alerts as you approach your limits, MCP servers now get a trust check before they run anything new.
Visual Studio Blog
Jun 30, 2026
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MSIX Per-User vs All Users: Install, Provision, and Uninstall Packages
MSIX supports making a package available to all users; the formal term is provisioning. Provisioning a package family makes it available to all users, whereas registration makes a package available to a single user.
Per-User vs All Users
Traditional installers often provide a...
Inside MSIX
Jun 30, 2026
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Mailbox requirement set 1.16 now available for Outlook add-ins
Mailbox requirement set 1.16 is now generally available for Outlook add-ins. This release reflects our continued investment in closing the gap between COM/VSTO and web add-ins, with a focus on message and information security.
Mailbox 1.16 introduces APIs and platform updates that...
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 30, 2026
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2026 mid-year link clearance
Made it to another midpoint.
The Old New Thing
Jun 30, 2026
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A compatibility note on the abuse of Windows window class extra bytes
Finding an illicit place to hide data.
The Old New Thing