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Agentic-Agile: Why Agent Development Needs Agile (Not Just Prompts)
"A bad system will beat a good person [or agent] every time" ~Dr. William Edwards Deming (with apologies)
I started vibe coding by writing prompts (often dictated into my phone), refining them with an agent in M365 Copilot, and creating handoff files to use with GitHub Copilot CLI. The...
Read moreClick to read more about this postStop prompt injection from hijacking your agent, new security capabilities now released within Agent Framework
Prompt injection is the #1 risk on the OWASP LLM Top 10, and most agents in production today defend against it with one of two heuristics: a defensive system prompt, or a hand-rolled allowlist. Neither is deterministic. Both fail silently the day someone slips a [SYSTEM OVERRIDE] line...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAnnouncing Agent Governance Toolkit MCP Extensions for .NET
Announcing a Public Preview .NET package that adds policy enforcement, startup tool scanning, fallback governance, and response sanitization to MCP servers with a single builder extension.
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Mar 31, 2026
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Before you check if an update caused your problem, check that it wasn't a problem before the update
It was going to be like that when I got here.
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Mar 30, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - March 2026: Run and Debug AI Agents Locally, GitHub Copilot Integration, & Container App Jobs
Run, invoke, and monitor AI agents locally or in Microsoft Foundry with the new azd AI agent extension commands. Plus GitHub Copilot-powered project setup, Container App Jobs deployment, local preflight validation, and configurable timeouts.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 30, 2026
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Writing Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure
This post shows how to write Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 30, 2026
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A question about the maximimum number of values in a registry key raises questions about the question
Why is this even a question?
The Old New Thing
Mar 27, 2026
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What if a dialog wants to intercept its own message loop?
You can steal them from your owner.
The Old New Thing
Mar 26, 2026
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Azure SDK Release (March 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 26, 2026
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Breaking Change Ahead: Graph API Updates to Sensitive Email Properties
On 12/31/2026, we will begin restricting updates to sensitive properties on non-draft email messages (including subject, body, and recipients). Apps will need Mail-Advanced.ReadWrite (or .All / .Shared) with admin consent to continue modifying these fields. Review your current usage and update permissions now to avoid unexpected failures.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Mar 26, 2026
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TypeScript AppHost in Aspire 13.2: same app model, different syntax
Aspire 13.2 enables TypeScript developers to define AppHosts directly in TypeScript, with the same streamlined Aspire application model.
Aspire Blog
Mar 26, 2026
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Why doesn't WM_ENTERIDLE work if the dialog box is a MessageBox?
Because it opted out.
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