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How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
Build professional iOS widgets with .NET MAUI, from static displays to interactive widgets.
Read moreClick to read more about this postStreamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026
You’re a .NET developer with a busy morning, and an Azure DevOps ticket drops: “Login endpoint 500s under load.” You’ve got to fix it, review a teammate’s feature branch, and keep your repo clean - all before lunch. Visual Studio’s Git tools turn this everyday Git workflow of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postRetirement of Global Personal Access Tokens in Azure DevOps
In the new year, we’ll be retiring the Global Personal Access Token (PAT) type in Azure DevOps.
Global PATs allow users to authenticate across all accessible organizations. While this can feel convenient, a single credential with broad reach creates a concentrated security risk —...
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Dec 15, 2025
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The Windows clipboard automatic text conversion algorithm is path-dependent
When the journey is not half of the fun.
The Old New Thing
Dec 12, 2025
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Resolving an ambiguity in the Windows clipboard automated text conversion table
Who goes first?
The Old New Thing
Dec 12, 2025
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Retirement of Global Personal Access Tokens in Azure DevOps
In the new year, we’ll be retiring the Global Personal Access Token (PAT) type in Azure DevOps.
Global PATs allow users to authenticate across all accessible organizations. While this can feel convenient, a single credential with broad reach creates a concentrated security risk —...
Azure DevOps Blog
Dec 11, 2025
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Making Windows Terminal awesome with GitHub Copilot CLI
As someone who lives and breathes in the command line, I love making my terminal feel like home. Windows Terminal is full of personalization options that really allow for a custom experience. Additionally, I can stay within my terminal for my development with GitHub Copilot with the...
Microsoft for Developers
Dec 11, 2025
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Aspire Integrations, Batteries Included
Aspire provides a *batteries included* approach through **integrations**
Aspire Blog
Dec 11, 2025
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Studying the various locale mismatch scenarios in Windows clipboard text format synthesis
If they don't match, then the 8-bit strings are basically broken already.
The Old New Thing
Dec 11, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB vNext Emulator: Query and Observability Enhancements
The Azure Cosmos DB Linux-based vNext emulator (preview) is a local version of the Azure Cosmos DB service that runs as a Docker container on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides a cost-effective way to develop and test applications locally without requiring an Azure subscription or...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Dec 10, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB : Becoming a Search-Native Database
Hari,
Samer,
Harsha
For years, “Database” and “Search systems" (think Elastic Search) lived in separate worlds. While both Databases and Search Systems operate in the same domain (storing, indexing and querying data), they prioritized different aspects.
OLTP Databases prioritized
Structured and...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog