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Awesome GitHub Copilot just got a website, and a learning hub, and plugins!
Back in July, we launched the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo with a simple goal: give the community a place to share custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes to customize the AI responses from GitHub Copilot. We were hoping for maybe one community contribution per...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhen Infrastructure Scales But Understanding Doesn't
We all know this, even if we don't like to admit it: modern infrastructure can scale infinitely, but human understanding doesn't.
We've all seen it happen - organizations going from managing dozens of servers to thousands of containers, from deploying weekly to deploying hundreds of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAuthentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract
Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this?
They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic.
If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an...
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Mar 23, 2026
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Ten Months with Copilot Coding Agent in dotnet/runtime
After ten months using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent (CCA) in dotnet/runtime, the .NET team shares data-driven lessons on cloud-AI-assisted development.
.NET Blog
Mar 23, 2026
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How can I make sure the anti-malware software doesn't terminate my custom service?
You'll have to ask nicely.
The Old New Thing
Mar 22, 2026
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Important updates: GitHub Copilot support ending for JetBrains 2024.2 and 2024.3
To deliver new features faster and continue improving stability and performance, GitHub Copilot plugin will end support for JetBrains IDEs versions 2024.2 and 2024.3. By focusing on newer versions, we can bring you new capabilities more quickly and ensure a high-quality...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Mar 20, 2026
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Windows stack limit checking retrospective: arm64, also known as AArch64
Wrapping things up.
The Old New Thing
Mar 19, 2026
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Accelerating .NET MAUI Development with AI Agents
Learn how custom-built AI agents are dramatically improving the .NET MAUI contribution workflow, reducing issue resolution time by 50-70% while increasing test coverage and code quality.
.NET Blog
Mar 19, 2026
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Remote MCP Server preview in Microsoft Foundry
Earlier this week we release the public preview for our Azure DevOps MCP Server. Today we are excited to let you know that the Azure DevOps MCP Server is now available to use in Microsoft Foundry.
For those who are new to Foundry, Microsoft Foundry is a unified platform for building and...
Azure DevOps Blog
Mar 19, 2026
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Windows stack limit checking retrospective: amd64, also known as x86-64
Reaching the modern day.
The Old New Thing
Mar 19, 2026
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From Azure IoT Operations Data Processor Pipelines to Dataflows
In this post we explore the evolution from Azure IoT Operations Data Processor Pipelines to Dataflows, why we adopted a hybrid strategy with custom Rust pods, and the architectural lessons we learned building event detection systems at the edge.
ISE Developer Blog
Mar 18, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.112
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.112
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VS Code Blog