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Copilot Autofix for GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

Over the last few years, we've encouraged customers to move their repositories from Azure Repos to GitHub, where the newest AI-powered and agentic development experiences land first. Migrating isn't equally simple for everyone. A move to GitHub can range from straightforward to a...

The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad that they fixed it during emulation

Offensive content in the eyes of a software engineer.

Make Visual Studio look the way you want

Themes are personal. Some of us live in dark mode, some swear by high contrast, and some of us have very strong opinions about that one shade of blue from years ago. The new themes in Visual Studio 2026 are built on Fluent, which gives us a much more consistent and accessible foundation,...

Apr 1, 2026

Project Nighthawk: A Research Agent Built for Field Engineering

Diego,

Ray

If you work in field engineering, you know the scenario. A customer is deploying AKS in a regulated environment. They hit an issue during node bootstrapping. They want to know exactly what happens when a node joins the cluster, which components run in which order, and whether the...

All things Azure

Mar 31, 2026

Building with Azure Skills

Chris Harris

Part 3 of the Azure Skills Plugin series Previously: How to Install the Azure Plugin You've installed the Azure Skills Plugin. The Azure MCP server is running. You have a huge collection of tools and skills at your disposal. So, now what do you actually say to...

All things Azure

Mar 31, 2026

Aspire 13.2: Dashboard Gets Smarter Export and Telemetry

James Newton-King

Aspire 13.2 brings powerful new dashboard features for exporting and importing telemetry, querying telemetry via API, and improved GenAI telemetry visualization.

Aspire Blog

Mar 31, 2026

Visual Studio March Update - Build Your Own Custom Agents

Mark Downie

This month's Visual Studio update gives you new ways to customize GitHub Copilot. Custom agents allow you to build specialized Copilot agents tailored to your team's workflow, backed by the tools and knowledge sources that matter to your project. Alongside that, agent skills bring...

Visual Studio Blog

Mar 31, 2026

Before you check if an update caused your problem, check that it wasn't a problem before the update

Raymond Chen

It was going to be like that when I got here.

The Old New Thing

Mar 30, 2026

Azure Developer CLI (azd) - March 2026: Run and Debug AI Agents Locally, GitHub Copilot Integration, & Container App Jobs

PuiChee (PC) Chan

Run, invoke, and monitor AI agents locally or in Microsoft Foundry with the new azd AI agent extension commands. Plus GitHub Copilot-powered project setup, Container App Jobs deployment, local preflight validation, and configurable timeouts.

Azure SDK Blog