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Dec 20, 2024

Unwrap some Semantic Kernel (Power)Toys this holiday season

Windows PowerToys has always been one of my favorite productivity hacks, and its latest release adds Paste with Advanced AI, which takes it to a new level. This feature, powered by Semantic Kernel, transforms how you work with text, images, and data from your clipboard by applying...
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Dec 19, 2024

Global Expansion – "G3J Learn Semantic Kernel" Show – A Deep Dive in Korean!

Global Expansion – "G3J Learn Semantic Kernel" Show – A Deep Dive in Korean! Localization Increases Demand Following the success of this multi-language delivery, we quickly noticed a surge in demand for localized content. Developers from different parts of the world have expressed...
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Dec 17, 2024
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Embedding models and dimensions: optimizing the performance to resource-usage ratio

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Davide Mauri
Since the release of vector preview, we've been working with many customers that are building AI solution on Azure SQL and SQL Server and one of the most common questions is how to support high-dimensional data, for example more than 2000 dimensions per vector. In fact, at the moment, the...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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Dec 17, 2024
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Microspeak terms that didn't take hold: airspace, synthetics, and AOI

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Raymond Chen
Sometimes they don't stick.
The Old New Thing
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Dec 17, 2024
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Refresh your Find results

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Leah Tran
Are you tired of having to repeatedly launch the Find window in Visual Studio to update your search results? Whether you've just refactored some code or pulled recent changes, having to redo a search to get updated results is no longer necessary. With the new refresh option, you can now...
Visual Studio Blog
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Dec 16, 2024
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Azure SQL ❤️ Python!

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Davide Mauri
I recently presented at Python Day 2024 on Langchain integration. I created a slide deck that I believe can be useful beyond just the session, so I wanted to share it here for everyone's benefit. The deck covers the most common topics for a Python developer: Is there a free...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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Dec 16, 2024
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Exploring Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData with Qdrant and Azure AI Search

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Bruno Capuano
Discover how to use Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData to implement semantic search using Qdrant and Azure AI Search
.NET Blog
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Dec 16, 2024
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Why do we have header files <pshpackN.h> and <poppack.h> instead of just issuing the pragma directly?

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Raymond Chen
Because the pragma may not work everywhere.
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Dec 16, 2024
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Create internal GitHub repos for your team

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Jessie Houghton
Visual Studio 2022 now includes support for creating internal repositories for GitHub organizations. This feature allows developers to work within their GitHub organization's guidelines within the Visual Studio environment more effectively. Managing repositories involves...
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Dec 16, 2024
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Transforming Language into Code: Building and Evaluating a Robotic Code Generation Copilot

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Ihar Shulhan
This blog post explores the development and evaluation of an AI assistant that converts natural language into robotic code.
ISE Developer Blog
Dec 13, 2024
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PIX 2412.12 - Texture/Buffer/Visualizer improvements, Work Graph Shader Debugging, and many Timing Capture improvements

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Austin Kinross
Today we released PIX on Windows version 2412.12, which can be downloaded here. This release includes several new improvements to GPU Captures and Timing Captures, including: GPU Captures: Custom Buffer/Texture/Mesh Visualizer Improvements Work Graph Shader Debugging (preview) ...
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