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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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Feb 4, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools Versions 14.30 – 14.43 Now Available in Visual Studio 2026
When Visual Studio 2026 reached General Availability in November, it included several versions of the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools:
14.50 (initially shipped with Visual Studio 2026)
14.44 (initially shipped with Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14)
14.29 (initially shipped...
C++ Team Blog
Feb 4, 2026
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January 2026 (version 1.109)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code January 2026 Release (1.109).
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VS Code Blog
Feb 4, 2026
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The OS for Intelligence: How GitHub Bridges the Fragmented AI Landscape
We are currently living through the "fragmentation phase" of the AI revolution.
If you’re a developer, you know the drill: You have Claude Code open for reasoning. You have ChatGPT open for logic checks. Then you drop into your terminal to actually build the thing—manually...
All things Azure
Feb 4, 2026
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Windows MIDI Services 2026 release - known issues and workarounds
This is a post to assist customers with known bigger issues or workarounds, in the interest of remaining transparent on this project and unblocking customers and companies. Please see links below to our Discord server for further discussion and workarounds.
Updated March 17, 2026.
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Windows MIDI and Music dev
Feb 4, 2026
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Roadmap for AI in Visual Studio (February)
After a busy January (catch up here), we're shifting focus to reliability and refinement. This month is about tightening core workflows, improving agent stability, and building on the MCP foundations we've been laying.
Agent Mode & Coding Agents
Reliability is the priority this...
Visual Studio Blog
Feb 4, 2026
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Auto-install `azd` extensions in dev containers
The `azd` dev container feature now supports automatic extension installation.
Azure SDK Blog
Feb 4, 2026
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Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot includes custom agent support
We recently released the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent for Azure Boards to all customers. If you’re not already familiar with it, we recommend taking a few minutes to read this blog post for an overview and details.
One of the top requests from customers using the GitHub Copilot Coding...
Azure DevOps Blog
Feb 4, 2026
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WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command
I've set up a lot of dev machines in my life. Traditionally, this takes a lot of time to get everything just right, but now there's a faster way with WinGet Configuration files. Let me show you how to go from a fresh Windows install to a fully configured dev environment with a single...
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