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From Manual Testing to AI-Generated Automation: Our Azure DevOps MCP + Playwright Success Story

In today’s fast-paced software development cycles, manual testing often becomes a significant bottleneck. Our team was facing a growing backlog of test cases that required repetitive manual execution—running the entire test suite every sprint. This consumed valuable time that could be...
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Scalable Data Governance & Compliance with UDM

Why Data Governance Matters In today’s data-driven world, governance isn’t just a technical requirement—it’s foundational to successful business operations. Good governance ensures data is not only accurate and compliant but also discoverable and usable at scale. At the heart of...
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May 19, 2025
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Announcing the General Availability (GA) of JSON data type & JSON aggregates...

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Umachandar Jayachandran (UC)
We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the native JSON data type and JSON aggregates - JSON_OBJECTAGG & JSON_ARRAYAGG. You can use the JSON data type and JSON aggregates to integrate and work with JSON documents more efficiently in the database. This functionality...
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May 19, 2025
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Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support in JetBrains and Eclipse

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Hang Wang
Today, we're excited to announce that GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and MCP support are now in public preview for both JetBrains and Eclipse! Whether you're working in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm or Eclipse, you can now access Copilot’s intelligent agent features and seamlessly...
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May 19, 2025
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Unlocking the Power of Regex in SQL Server

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Abhiman Tiwari
Regular expressions, or regex, are powerful tools for text manipulation and pattern matching. They are incredibly useful in various scenarios, such as data validation, extraction, and transformation. SQL Server 2025 introduces native support for regex functions, making it easier to...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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May 19, 2025
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Edit is now open source

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Christopher Nguyen
What is Edit? Edit is a new command-line text editor in Windows. Edit is open source, so you can build the code or install the latest version from GitHub! This CLI text editor will be available to preview in the Windows Insider Program in the coming months. After that, it will ship as...
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May 19, 2025
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Accelerating MongoDB Development on Azure: What's New at Microsoft Build 2025

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Gahl Levy
Microsoft Build 2025 is underway in Seattle, bringing developers together to shape the future of cloud-native app development. If you build MongoDB workloads in Azure, this year’s updates give you even more tools to accelerate development. We’ve streamlined how you build and...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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May 19, 2025
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Unlock Instant On-Device AI with Foundry Local

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Raji Rajagopalan
You’re building a next generation AI-powered app. It needs to be fast, private, and work anywhere, even without internet connectivity. This isn’t just about prototyping. You’re shipping a real app to real users, with AI that delivers value and scales cost-effectively. Meet...
Azure AI Foundry Blog
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May 19, 2025
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Supercharge AI development with new AI-powered features in Microsoft Dev Box

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Sagar Chandra Reddy Lankala
AI is reshaping how we build, deploy, and scale software. As more apps become AI-powered, developers need environments that can keep up with speed and demands of innovation. We've heard from customers just how critical it is to have a zero-config experience when building AI applications,...
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May 19, 2025
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Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs

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Zakiullah Khan
Learn how Microsoft 365 Copilot APIs allow you to build solutions grounded in your organization’s content, context, and permissions, without needing to relocate or duplicate data.
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May 19, 2025
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New Generally Available and Preview Search Capabilities in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL

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James Codella
At Microsoft Build 2025, we're excited to announce general availability of search capabilities for Azure Cosmos DB, including full-text and hybrid search, enabling developers to build highly performant, scalable, and intelligent applications. We're also introducing new preview...
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