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The New Loop: How Power Pages Builds Software with AI
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When I started writing software professionally in 2015, the tech landscape looked completely different. Tools and frameworks kept evolving since then, but the process of building software barely moved for a decade. That changed in the last couple of months. Here's what has...
Read moreClick to read more about this postThe problem: All-or-nothing batch processing in Azure Service Bus
Azure Functions lets you settle each Service Bus message on its own within a batch. Complete, abandon, dead-letter, or defer messages one by one to avoid duplicate processing and handle errors with precision.
Read moreClick to read more about this postGoverning MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit
Learn how to govern MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit—policy-based access control, security scanning, and response sanitization to reduce risk in AI agent systems.
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Apr 29, 2026
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Announcing Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.2.0
This post announces the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0, with new Windows resources, Bicep gRPC integration, WhatIf support, expression language improvements, and adapter enhancements.
PowerShell Team
Apr 29, 2026
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Governing MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit
Learn how to govern MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit—policy-based access control, security scanning, and response sanitization to reduce risk in AI agent systems.
.NET Blog
Apr 29, 2026
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VSTest is Removing its Newtonsoft.Json Dependency
VSTest is removing its Newtonsoft.Json dependency in .NET 11 and Visual Studio 18.8. Here's who is affected and how to fix it.
.NET Blog
Apr 29, 2026
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General Availability: Refresh Token (RT) Transfer to Apple Watch in Microsoft Entra External ID Native Authentication
We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Single Sign-On (SSO) from Native Apps to Embedded Web Views for Microsoft Entra External ID (EEID) Native Authentication.
This release marks a major milestone in delivering end-to-end seamless authentication experiences for...
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
Apr 29, 2026
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SDK-Style Support for Extension Projects
Starting in Visual Studio 18.5, you can create and build Visual Studio extensions (VSIX) using an officially supported SDK-style project. This brings VSIX projects into the modern build and deployment pipeline, improving incremental build performance and making the build → deploy →...
Visual Studio Blog
Apr 29, 2026
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Developing a cross-process reader/writer lock with limited readers, part 2: Taking turns when being grabby
Please, not everybody, everything all at once.
The Old New Thing
Apr 29, 2026
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The New Loop: How Power Pages Builds Software with AI
Introduction
When I started writing software professionally in 2015, the tech landscape looked completely different. Tools and frameworks kept evolving since then, but the process of building software barely moved for a decade. That changed in the last couple of months. Here's what has...
Power Platform Developer Blog
Apr 28, 2026
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A2A v1 Is Here: Cross-Platform Agent Communication in Microsoft Agent Framework for .NET
As organizations move from single-agent prototypes to multi-agent production systems, the ability for agents to communicate reliably across platforms and organizational boundaries becomes essential. With the release of A2A Protocol v1.0 and updated support in the Microsoft Agent...
Microsoft Agent Framework
Apr 28, 2026
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Visual Studio April Update – Cloud Agent Integration
GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio is becoming more agentic with every release. This update brings cloud agent integration front and center, letting you start remote coding sessions without leaving the IDE.
Visual Studio Blog