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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 2, 2026
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Build collaborative agents where work happens

Sujeet Mehta
At Microsoft Build 2026, we're announcing new investments to help your agents become teammates in everyday work, from new interaction patterns to streamlined tooling. 
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Azure DocumentDB Migration Extension for VS Code Is Now Generally Available

Sandeep S. Nair
We are happy to share that online migration in the Azure DocumentDB Migration extension for VS Code is now Generally Available. Back in November 2025, we launched the Public Preview and since then, many customers have put it through its paces with all kinds of MongoDB workloads. Based on...
Azure DocumentDB Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Announced at MS Build 2026: Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit, Semantic Reranking, Global Secondary Indexes, and more!

Azure Cosmos DB Team
Microsoft Build 2026 has officially started and we’re excited to announce new capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB! We’ve launched new features to help developers build AI-powered applications and agents more easily, improve application resilience, and accelerate developer...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Azure DevOps and GitHub: Journeying into the AI Era

Rajesh Ramamurthy
AI is changing how software gets planned, built, and reviewed. As teams adopt agentic development, the platform underneath those workflows matters more. They need tools that bring planning, coding, security, and collaboration together—and can keep pace with how development is...
Azure DevOps Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Frontier Tuning: Teaching AI to work the way you do

Ranveer Chandra
We're announcing the private preview of Frontier Tuning, a new approach to making AI work the way your business does by applying reinforcement learning inside your compliance boundary with your own data, processes, and conventions. 
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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A Developer’s Guide to Managing Models, Cost and Quality in Microsoft Foundry

Naomi Moneypenny
Learn a practical model lifecycle for Microsoft Foundry: select the right model, evaluate quality, optimize cost, operate safely, and improve as production needs change.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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What's Coming Next in Visual Studio: Our Microsoft Build 2026 Announcements

Mads Kristensen
Microsoft Build kicks off today in San Francisco, June 2 and 3. If you cannot make it in person, the sessions are streaming online for free, and I want to walk you through what we are announcing for Visual Studio this week. One idea tie most of it together. Code is an asset, not just...
Visual Studio Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Build and run agents at scale with Microsoft Foundry at Build 2026

Tina Schuchman
Learn how Microsoft Foundry helps developers build, deploy, and operate production-ready agents with Agent Framework, Toolboxes, hosted agents, Microsoft 365 distribution, observability, and agent optimization.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Jun 2, 2026
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Build agents you can trust across any framework with open evals and a control standard

Sarah Bird
Learn how Microsoft helps developers build trustworthy AI agents with open evaluations, portable runtime controls, production observability, and security workflows that work across frameworks.
Microsoft Foundry Blog