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Jan 7, 2025
Benchmarking with Visual Studio Profiler
In Visual Studio 17.13 Preview we have released our updated BenchmarkDotNet diagnosers, allowing you to use more of the tools in the performance profiler to analyze benchmarks. With this change it is super quick to dig into CPU usage and allocations of benchmarks making the measure,...
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azd CDN changing January 2025
This blog post makes customers aware of a critical Content Delivery Network (CDN) change for azd (the Azure Developer CLI) because the CDN provider is changing from Edgio to Azure Front Door.
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Important Update: blog migration to quantum.microsoft.com
We are excited to announce that the Q# blog will be migrating to a new home at Azure Quantum in Feb 2025. This move will allow us to provide you with a more integrated and enhanced experience, featuring the latest updates and resources in the world of quantum computing. Stay tuned for...
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Nov 5, 2024
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Announcing Semantic Kernel for Java 1.4.0
Derek,
Milder
Hello Java AI developers!
We are announcing the 1.4.0 release of the Semantic Kernel for Java. Please see the full changelog here. You can find our updates on our GitHub repository and the artifacts on Maven Central.
What's New in Semantic Kernel for Java 1.4.0?
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Semantic Kernel
Nov 5, 2024
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Learn how to create a Client-Server Application in under 45 Minutes in the new Season of AI
What if you could create a robust, versatile client-server application in under 45 minutes? With Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot, this is not only possible but also efficient and enjoyable. This Season of AI, we show you how to use developer tools like GitHub Copilot to create apps...
Visual Studio Blog
Nov 5, 2024
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What's the difference between Display size and Screen size in the Windows 95 display control panel?
No meaningful difference, though others have created a difference.
The Old New Thing
Nov 4, 2024
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How to Create Inclusive Code Review Culture Using GitHub Copilot
Leaders in some development teams where I worked singled out individuals. They inspected developers' code with external reviewers without including the developer or informing them about the code review. This practice created a toxic culture and instilled fear, even when developers put...
All things Azure
Nov 4, 2024
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Announcing GitHub Copilot in Data Wrangler
AI did not write this blog post, but it will make your exploratory data analysis with Data Wrangler better!
Today, we’re excited to introduce our first step of integrating the power of Copilot into Data Wrangler.
With this first integration of Copilot with Data Wrangler, you’ll...
Python
Nov 4, 2024
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OpenSSF Scorecard for .NET and the NuGet ecosystem
Ioana,
Avishay,
Mélanie
OpenSSF Scorecard is a tool developed by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) that provides automated security assessments for open-source projects. The primary goal of the Scorecard project is to help developers and users determine the security posture of open-source software by...
The NuGet Blog
Nov 4, 2024
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Managing Chat History for Large Language Models (LLMs)
Mark,
Sophia
Large Language Models (LLMs) operate with a defined limit on the number of tokens they can process at once, referred to as the context window. Exceeding this limit can have significant cost and performance implications. Therefore, it is essential to manage the size of the input sent to...
Semantic Kernel
Nov 4, 2024
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The making of Bring Back Plus/Minus
A lesson about the software forensics process involved in developing the Bring Back Plus/Minus extension, which brings back the plus/minus symbols to the editor outlining feature in Visual Studio 2022.
While I did have the advantage of being able to look at the Visual Studio source...
Visual Studio Blog
Nov 4, 2024
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On the limits of time travel in the face of undefined behavior in C
C imposes some constraints, but the principle is mostly still there.
The Old New Thing