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.NET AI Essentials - The Core Building Blocks Explained
Learn how Microsoft.Extensions.AI provides a unified API for building intelligent .NET applications with any LLM provider - one interface, endless possibilities, with built-in middleware, telemetry, structured outputs and more.
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Microsoft Agent Framework now integrates with the GitHub Copilot SDK, enabling you to build AI agents powered by GitHub Copilot. This integration brings together the Agent Framework's consistent agent abstraction with GitHub Copilot's capabilities, including function calling, streaming...
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Nov 14, 2025
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Azure MCP Server Now Built-In with Visual Studio 2026: A New Era for Agentic Workflows
Managing cloud resources often means juggling multiple tools, writing custom scripts, and switching contexts between your IDE and cloud management portals. These extra steps slow development and make it harder to build intelligent, secure applications efficiently.
We’re excited to...
Visual Studio Blog
Nov 13, 2025
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OpenAPI.NET: The Biggest Update Ever
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A celebratory announcement of what is new in OpenAPI.NET v2 and v3.
OpenAPI at Microsoft
Nov 13, 2025
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Python in Visual Studio Code - November 2025 Release
The November 2025 release brings new Pylance features including improvements to Copilot Hover Summaries and a Code Action to convert wildcard imports to explicit imports. Keep on reading to learn more!
Microsoft for Python Developers Blog
Nov 13, 2025
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A first look at the all‑new UX in Visual Studio 2026
Visual Studio 2026 introduces a refreshed user experience, thoughtfully crafted for clarity, accessibility, and a clean interface that feels right at home on Windows. This update is the result of extensive collaboration with developers and incorporates valuable feedback from the...
Visual Studio Blog
Nov 13, 2025
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Could we use CTAD to simplify the use of WRL's Callback function?
Not directly, but maybe indirectly.
The Old New Thing
Nov 13, 2025
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Ensuring Seamless User Experience in Modernization Projects with AI‑Generated Stagehand and Playwright UI Tests
Using AI‑generated tools like Stagehand with Microsoft's Playwright helps ensure a smooth user experience during modernization efforts such as Hyper Velocity Engineering and monolith-to-microservices migrations.
ISE Developer Blog
Nov 12, 2025
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Perform wide-sweeping refactors using C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot
Refactoring a C++ codebase can often require tracking updates across various sections of multiple files to ensure accuracy and relevancy. Historically, developers have relied on manual searches across a codebase and refactoring tools to perform these types of edits. However, with...
C++ Team Blog
Nov 12, 2025
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Optimize Your C++ Build Times with GitHub Copilot
Long build times are one of the top pain points for C++ projects. If you’ve ever waited too long for a C++ build to finish, you know how much it can slow down your productivity. In past years, we introduced C++ Build Insights to help you analyze traces and find bottlenecks. However, we...
C++ Team Blog
Nov 12, 2025
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Fix build issues using GitHub Copilot after upgrading MSVC Build Tools
A few problems have reared their heads at every company where I’ve worked on C++ as a Software Engineer over the past 20 years. For the most part, those problems have nothing to do with the language and how it is used, but instead all the “other” stuff, like dealing with long...
C++ Team Blog