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Microsoft Build 2026 recap: vision, launches, and top sessions
Catch up on Microsoft Build 2026 with the vision lead-off, top developer announcements, and must-watch sessions across the Microsoft developer ecosystem.
Read moreClick to read more about this post.NET at Microsoft Build 2026: Must watch sessions
Catch up on all the .NET sessions from Microsoft Build 2026 covering .NET 11, union types in C#, AI building blocks, the agentic web, .NET MAUI, and more!
Read moreClick to read more about this postEnhancing Code Quality at Scale with AI-Powered Code Reviews
Microsoft’s AI-powered code review assistant has transformed pull request workflows by automating routine checks, suggesting improvements, and enabling conversational Q&A, leading to faster PR completion, improved code quality, and enhanced developer onboarding. Its seamless integration and customizability have driven widespread adoption within Microsoft
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May 21, 2026
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The AX stack: what's fixed, where you can win
AI coding agents promise to make you more productive. On the surface they do, but in practice they fall short: agents generate code that doesn't compile, use a deprecated SDK, or pick the wrong service entirely. Is it you using it wrong? Is it your tech stack? Or is it the tools you...
Microsoft for Developers
May 21, 2026
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Plan Before You Build: Introducing the Plan agent in Visual Studio
You ask Copilot to tackle something big, it gets to work, and a dozen file changes later you realize you had a completely different approach in mind. The code isn't wrong... it just isn't what you were going for.
Last year, we introduced planning as a feature in Agent mode to help with...
Visual Studio Blog
May 21, 2026
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Announcing Agent Governance Toolkit MCP Extensions for .NET
Announcing a Public Preview .NET package that adds policy enforcement, startup tool scanning, fallback governance, and response sanitization to MCP servers with a single builder extension.
.NET Blog
May 21, 2026
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Improving C# Memory Safety
The `unsafe` keyword is being redesigned to mark caller-facing contracts rather than just syntax. Safety obligations between callers and callees become visible and reviewable. The model is motivated by the rise of AI-assisted code generation and arrives as a preview in .NET 11.
.NET Blog
May 21, 2026
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How do I use Win32 structures from the Windows Runtime?
Trick question: You can't. But maybe you can fake it.
The Old New Thing
May 21, 2026
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PowerShell is now notarized and hardened for macOS
PowerShell for macOS is now properly notarized and hardened, meeting both Apple and Microsoft security requirements.
PowerShell Team
May 21, 2026
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Coordinating AI-Assisted Development with AGENTS.md and Skills
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How to move AI-assisted development from ad-hoc experimentation to a coordinated team-wide capability using AGENTS.md and reusable skills with GitHub Copilot CLI
ISE Developer Blog
May 20, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.121
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.121
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VS Code Blog
May 20, 2026
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PowerShell PSResource Roadmap and Best Practices
PowerShell is a critical automation and configuration platform across enterprises—and as that automation grows, how you source, validate, and distribute PowerShell packages becomes just as important as the scripts themselves.
Modern security guidance increasingly treats package feeds...
PowerShell Team