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Dec 18, 2024
GitHub Copilot Free is here in Visual Studio
If you haven’t already heard, GitHub just announced Copilot Free! And great news: you can already start using Copilot Free right now in Visual Studio. It's available now, and we're putting the finishing touches on a more streamlined experience in January.
We’re excited to bring...
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Unwrap some Semantic Kernel (Power)Toys this holiday season
Windows PowerToys has always been one of my favorite productivity hacks, and its latest release adds Paste with Advanced AI, which takes it to a new level. This feature, powered by Semantic Kernel, transforms how you work with text, images, and data from your clipboard by applying...
Read moreDec 19, 2024
Global Expansion – "G3J Learn Semantic Kernel" Show – A Deep Dive in Korean!
Global Expansion – "G3J Learn Semantic Kernel" Show – A Deep Dive in Korean!
Localization Increases Demand
Following the success of this multi-language delivery, we quickly noticed a surge in demand for localized content. Developers from different parts of the world have expressed...
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Dec 11, 2024
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Python in Visual Studio Code - December 2024 Release
The December 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a special review of docstring generation features from Pylance, the new Python Environments extension in preview, Pylance's "full" language server mode, and much more. Keep reading to learn more!
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Dec 11, 2024
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New Boards Hub Rollout Expectations
Although the process may seem slow, we are steadily progressing toward rolling out the New Boards Hub to all customers. Our plan is to deprecate the old Boards experience for all Azure DevOps service users by the end Q1 2025.
The rollout is advancing on two fronts. First, we are setting...
Azure DevOps Blog
Dec 11, 2024
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Dev Box Ready-To-Code Dev Box images template
Microsoft One Engineering System (1ES) team shares a sample for building Ready-To-Code Dev Box environments pre-configured with the necessary tools, repositories, and settings, ensuring consistency and reliability across teams.
Engineering@Microsoft
Dec 11, 2024
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Effortless publishing with Azure Functions Flex Consumption
Struggling with complex deployment processes for your serverless applications? Visual Studio 2022 introduces a seamless solution with the new Azure Functions Flex Consumption hosting plan, now generally available.
Imagine a world where deploying your serverless applications to a...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 11, 2024
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What is the CONTINUE_IF_FAILED equivalent of RETURN_IF_FAILED?
Be careful how you write it, or better: Don't write it at all.
The Old New Thing
Dec 10, 2024
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Invoking Async Power: What Awaits WinForms in .NET 9
With .NET 9, we’re bringing a suite of new async APIs to WinForms, aimed at making UI updates, dialog interactions, and control management more efficient.
.NET Blog
Dec 10, 2024
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Effortless publishing to Azure WebJobs on Linux
Are you tired of the cumbersome process involved in publishing your .NET console applications to Azure WebJobs on Linux? For developers yearning for a seamless and efficient method to deploy their applications, Visual Studio 2022 introduces a much-anticipated solution.
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Visual Studio Blog
Dec 10, 2024
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Compute scaling in Azure Fluid Relay
Explore the journey of identifying and fine-tuning the optimal Kubernetes autoscaling configuration for Azure Fluid Relay.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Dec 10, 2024
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ONNX GenAI Connector for Python (Experimental)
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ONNX GenAI Connector for Python (Experimental)
With the latest update we added support for running models locally with the onnxruntime-genai. The onnxruntime-genai package is powered by the ONNX Runtime in the background, but first let’s clarify what ONNX, ONNX Runtime and ONNX...
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