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Chat History Storage Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework
When people talk about building AI agents, they usually focus on models, tools, and prompts. In practice, one of the most important architectural decisions is much simpler: where does the conversation history live?
Imagine a user asks your agent a complex question, clicks “try...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure MCP Server now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb)
Azure MCP Server is now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb), enabling one-click installation into Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure Data Studio is retired: Move your Azure SQL workflow to VS Code in 10 minutes
Azure Data Studio (ADS) retired on February 6, 2025, and support ended on February 28, 2026. The recommended path forward is Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension. If you used ADS daily, this guide gets you productive quickly in VS Code. The focus is on importing your existing...
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Apr 22, 2026
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C++ Code Intelligence for GitHub Copilot CLI (Preview)
We recently brought C++ code understanding tools to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code. These tools provide precise, semantic understanding of your C++ code to GitHub Copilot using the same IntelliSense engine that powers code navigation in the IDE. Until now, these capabilities...
C++ Team Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.117
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.117
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VS Code Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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Write azd hooks in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or .NET
Hooks are one of the most popular features in azd, and now you can write them in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or .NET, not just Bash and PowerShell.
What's new?
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) hook system now supports four more languages beyond Bash and PowerShell. You can write hook...
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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PIX 2604.27004-preview - support for new D3D12 Preview features, and more
Today we released PIX version 2604.27004-preview, which can be downloaded here. This release has initial support for the new D3D12 features, notably Batched Asynchronous Command List APIs, that was released in a preview DirectX Agility SDK today. Please visit this blog post for more...
PIX on Windows
Apr 22, 2026
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7 tips to optimize Azure Cosmos DB costs for AI and agentic workloads
AI apps and agentic workloads expose inefficiencies in your data layer faster than any previous generation of apps. You’re storing embeddings, serving low-latency retrieval, handling bursty traffic from chat and orchestration, and often operating across regions. Done right, Azure Cosmos...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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Introducing Toolboxes in Foundry
Linda,
Maria,
Ronak
Available in Public Preview Today
Toolbox is a new way to curate, configure, and reuse tools across all of your AI agents without rewiring them every time from Foundry.
Today, teams build agents across different frameworks and runtimes. Each agent often wires tools directly,...
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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From Local to Production: The Complete Developer Journey for Building, Composing, and Deploying AI Agents
Takuto,
jeffhollan
When we launched Microsoft Agent Framework last October, we made a promise: building production-grade AI agents should feel as natural and structured as building any other software.
Today, we’re delivering on that promise — with the v1.0 release of Microsoft Agent Framework and the...
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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Introducing the new hosted agents in Foundry Agent Service: secure, scalable compute built for agents
Takuto,
jeffhollan,
Lakshmi
Agents are already transforming how developers solve problems. Whether it's a coding agent that refactors your repo overnight, a research agent that synthesizes hundreds of documents into a brief, or an ops agent that monitors and remediates infrastructure — the pattern is clear....
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Apr 22, 2026
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Optimizing Git policy management at scale
With just a single improvement in the REST API of Azure DevOps, we achieved a massive reduction in CPU usage and execution time when managing Git policies: 2x less CPU and 10-15x faster execution!
This change is already available to all users of Azure DevOps, and it's time to share a bit...
Azure DevOps Blog