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Using Agents to Setup Experiments
When setting up an experiment is complex, agents can automate the process to make it faster and more reliable.
Read moreClick to read more about this postBuild a real-world example with Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft Foundry, MCP and Aspire
Building AI agents is getting easier. Deploying them as part of a real application, with multiple services, persistent state, and production infrastructure, is where things get complicated. Developers from the .NET community have requested whether a real-world example that shows running...
Read moreClick to read more about this postThe mystery of the posted message that was dispatched before reaching the main message loop
Perhaps it's because you dispatched it.
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Jan 7, 2026
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Build AI Tooling in Go with the MCP SDK – Connecting AI Apps to Databases
A hands‑on walkthrough of building MCP servers that can plug AI applications into Azure Cosmos DB
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has established itself as the ubiquitous standard for connecting AI applications to external systems. Since its release, there have...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 7, 2026
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How can I find out where the Windows caret is?
You'll have go to a larger scope.
The Old New Thing
Jan 6, 2026
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XAML Studio is now Open Sourced
XAML Studio Open Sourced
It's been over 8 years since what became XAML Studio was started. And from nearly the beginning, it was always envisioned as an open-source project… So, it's with great pleasure that I'm happy to announce that day has finally come!
XAML Studio is now an...
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Jan 6, 2026
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Semantic Reranking with Azure SQL, SQL Server 2025 and Cohere Rerank models
Supporting re‑ranking has been one of the most common requests lately. While not always essential, it can be a valuable addition to a solution when you want to improve the precision of your results. Unfortunately, there isn’t a universal, standardized API for a “re‑rank” call...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jan 6, 2026
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How Azure Cosmos DB Powers ARM’s Federated Future: Scaling for the Next Billion Requests
The Cloud at Hyperscale: ARM’s Mission and Growth
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the backbone of Azure’s resource provisioning and management, orchestrating billions of daily requests from customers around the globe. ARM manages all resources for Azure: VMs, Storage, Databases,...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 6, 2026
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Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant memory, refinement
Could do with a little less rotating.
The Old New Thing
Jan 5, 2026
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Generative AI with Large Language Models in C# in 2026
A practical introduction to modern AI for .NET developers.
.NET Blog
Jan 5, 2026
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How can you swap two non-adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
Applying the rotation trick to our new problem.
The Old New Thing
Jan 5, 2026
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Welcome to 2026, A Growth Year for All of Us
I always enjoy the quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s one of the few moments in the year when things slow down just enough to reflect on what actually resonated.
While many of us were unplugging, our digital team was doing the opposite, editing and publishing 19...
Visual Studio Blog