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How 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 26, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - May and June 2026

Kristen Womack
A combined May and June recap. A new azd tool command group, the cross-platform azd exec runner, safer multi-layer provisioning, an interactive Ctrl+C cancel prompt, Go support for Azure Functions, self-contained extension bundles, per-tenant subscription filters, and a long list of correctness fixes for parallel Container Apps deploys and authentication.
Azure SDK Blog
Jun 26, 2026
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The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 2

Raymond Chen
Tying two bugs together.
The Old New Thing
Jun 26, 2026
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Passing Context Between Agents in Multi-Agent A2A Systems

Olha,
Scott
How we solved the challenge of passing conversational context between independently deployed agents using the A2A protocol's embedded context pattern, keeping domain agents stateless and secure.
ISE Developer Blog
Jun 26, 2026
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Iterating faster with TypeScript 7

VS Code Team
How the VS Code and TypeScript teams collaborated to adopt TypeScript 7 and speed up VS Code development Read the full article
VS Code Blog
Jun 25, 2026
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Save the Date: Pure Virtual C++ 2026

Marian Luparu
Pure Virtual C++ is back for its 7th year! Join us on July 21 for a free, one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community.
C++ Team Blog
Jun 25, 2026
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Your agent already has a plan

Garry Trinder
If an agent isn't doing the right thing, the obvious move is to make the docs clearer. Add a tip, spell out the correct command, describe the right approach more prominently. You do all of that, and the agent still ignores it. It does what it had already decided to do. The tip wasn't...
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 25, 2026
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Learn from Microsoft: Transform software development through an agentic platform

Poonam Gupta
See how Microsoft is transforming software development with agentic workflows, AI-powered automation, and specialized agents across the engineering lifecycle.
Microsoft for Developers
Jun 25, 2026
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The case of the DLL that was not present in memory despite not being formally unloaded, part 1

Raymond Chen
Figuring out how it went missing.
The Old New Thing