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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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Jan 30, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - January 2026: Configuration & Performance
This post announces the January 2026 release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Blog
Jan 29, 2026
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Standardizing Dimensions: Completing the Unified Data Model
Anirudh,
Nitin,
Suresh
Standardizing Dimensions: Completing the Unified Data Model
Introduction
A Unified Data Model is only as strong as the consistency of its dimensions. This article explains why standardizing dimensions is the critical final step in completing the Unified Data...
Unified Data Model at Microsoft
Jan 29, 2026
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Azure SDK Release (January 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Jan 29, 2026
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Azure Cosmos DB TV Recap - From Burger to Bots – Agentic Apps with Cosmos DB and LangChain.js | Ep. 111
Jay,
Mark
In Episode 111 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, host Mark Brown is joined by Yohan Lasorsa to explore how developers can build agent-powered applications using a fully serverless architecture. This episode focuses on a practical, end-to-end example that demonstrates how transactional application...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 29, 2026
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How can I retain access to the data in a SAFEARRAY after my method returns?
Find a way to take ownership.
The Old New Thing
Jan 29, 2026
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Dev Proxy v2.1 with configuration hot reload and stdio proxying
Waldek,
Garry
Introducing Dev Proxy v2.1 with configuration hot reload and stdio proxying
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jan 28, 2026
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Introducing the Microsoft Graph User Configuration API (preview)
The User Configuration API is now available in the beta endpoint in Microsoft Graph. Use it to create, read, update, and delete user configuration objects in Exchange Online mail folders.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jan 28, 2026
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Accelerate Your Cosmos DB Infrastructure with GitHub Copilot CLI and Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit
Modern infrastructure work is increasingly agent driven, but only if your AI actually understands the platform you’re deploying. This guide shows how to turn GitHub Copilot CLI into an Azure Cosmos DB aware infrastructure expert by loading the Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit. In under a...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog