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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 17, 2026
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Intelligent Terminal 0.1.1 is here: bash support, new slash commands, and more customization
We're back with the first servicing release of Intelligent Terminal! This update brings auto error detection to Bash and WSL, a new /fix command for on-demand help, an on-the-fly /model picker, a customizable agent pane, and Windows 10 support, along with a round of bug fixes and...
Windows Command Line
Jun 17, 2026
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AI-Powered MSBuild Investigation with the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server
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Diagnose MSBuild build failures and performance issues with AI using the new Microsoft Binlog MCP Server - 15 specialized tools that let your AI assistant investigate binary logs.
.NET Blog
Jun 17, 2026
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When your agent extensions fight each other
This is the fourth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work correctly with your technology. The series covers what you can and can't control in the agent stack, how to measure whether your extensions are helping or hurting, and how to...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 17, 2026
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Windows stack limit checking retrospective, follow-up
Choosing the register to use to pass the desired stack allocation size.
The Old New Thing
Jun 17, 2026
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Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB Public Preview Adds Immutable Backups and Long-Term Retention
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Jay
Azure Backup for Azure Cosmos DB Public Preview Adds Immutable Backups and Long-Term Retention
Picture the first few hours after a serious data incident. A production application is down. Security teams are still trying to understand what happened. Application owners need to know...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jun 17, 2026
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Improving token efficiency for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Learn how we're improving token efficiency for GitHub Copilot to reduce costs and latency for VS Code users.
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VS Code Blog
Jun 16, 2026
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Boosting Adobe Photoshop’s Performance with MSVC and SPGO
Boosting Adobe Photoshop’s Performance with MSVC and SPGO
Adobe and Microsoft worked together to improve Photoshop performance and responsiveness on Windows by combining MSVC’s peak-performance build settings with Sample-based Profile-Guided Optimization (SPGO). The collaboration...
C++ Team Blog
Jun 16, 2026
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Aspire in VS Code: the 13.4 developer loop
Aspire 13.4 brings more of the local development loop into VS Code: AppHost CodeLens actions, live resource state, dashboard shortcuts, typed resource command prompts, TypeScript AppHost support, and multi-language debugging.
Aspire Blog
Jun 16, 2026
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Third Rule of MSIX
MSIX has several core principles underlying its design and implementation. Engineers half-jokingly call these The Rules of MSIX. The Third Rule of MSIX is arguably the most important and certainly the most foundational:
Package identity is unique across space and...
Inside MSIX