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Guest Blog: Building Multi-Agent Solutions with Semantic Kernel and A2A Protocol
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI application development, the ability to orchestrate multiple intelligent agents has become crucial for building sophisticated, enterprise-grade solutions. While individual AI agents excel at specific tasks, complex business scenarios often require...
Read moreMicrosoft and LangChain4j: A Partnership for Secure, Enterprise-Grade Java AI Applications
The artificial intelligence landscape presents unprecedented opportunities for Java developers. With decades of experience building robust enterprise applications using Spring, Quarkus and Jakarta EE, Java developers are uniquely positioned to create sophisticated AI solutions. The...
Read moreBring your own agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot
Custom Engine Agents now generally available—build and integrate your own AI into the flow of work
Microsoft 365 Copilot is redefining how people interact with AI—embedding it directly into the flow of work as the intuitive, natural interface for agents: the ‘UI for AI’
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Apr 21, 2025
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Guest Blog: Build an AI App That Can Browse the Internet Using Microsoft’s Playwright MCP Server & Semantic Kernel — in Just 4 Steps
Sophia,
Akshay
Today we're excited to feature a returning guest author, Akshay Kokane to share his recent Medium article on Building an AI App That Can Browse the Internet Using Microsoft’s Playwright MCP Server & Semantic Kernel. We’ll turn it over to him to dive in!
MCP! It’s the new...
Semantic Kernel
Apr 21, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB with DiskANN Part 2: Scaling to 1 Billion Vectors with <100ms Search Latency
James,
Haiyang,
Harsha
Introduction
In the first part of our series on Azure Cosmos DB Vector Search with DiskANN, we explored the fundamentals of vector indexing and search capabilities using Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL and demonstrated a few early performance and cost characteristics. In Part 2, we’ll...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Apr 21, 2025
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Predictable LLM results with Structured Output and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint
OpenAI recently introduced a powerful new feature for developers: structured output using JSON Schema via the response_format parameter. This makes it possible to request responses from a GPT-4o model that strictly match a given schema—no free-text, no guesswork.
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Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
Apr 21, 2025
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The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar
The cost of ticking.
The Old New Thing
Apr 21, 2025
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Introducing the Microsoft Graph API usage report
Learn more about our new journey to give customers more insight and control over how applications access their data through Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Apr 20, 2025
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Announcing the 'Work with Power Fx functions' Learning Path
Based on community feedback, we’ve added a new learning path: Work with Power Fx functions. Check it out!
Power Platform Developer Blog
Apr 18, 2025
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Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ: Introducing the enhanced Java Code Quality Analyzer!
Discover the latest updates to the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, featuring an enhanced Java Code Quality Analyzer to help you write cleaner, safer, and more efficient Java code with Azure SDK client libraries.
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 18, 2025
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The case of the feature flag that didn't stay on long enough, part 2
Leaving everything the way you found it.
The Old New Thing
Apr 18, 2025
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Azure Boards + GitHub: Recent Updates
Over the past several months, we’ve delivered a series of improvements to the Azure Boards + GitHub integration. Whether you're tracking code, managing pull requests, or connecting pipelines, these updates aim to simplify and strengthen the link between your work items and your GitHub...
Azure DevOps Blog