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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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Jan 26, 2026
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What's the difference between SafeArrayAccessData and SafeArrayAddRef?
Two ways of preserving the data.
The Old New Thing
Jan 26, 2026
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Giving Agents a Visual Voice: MCP Apps Support in VS Code
VS Code now supports MCP Apps, enabling AI agents to display interactive UIs for richer developer workflows.
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Jan 23, 2026
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Azure Cosmos DB TV Recap: Supercharging AI Agents with the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit (Ep. 110)
Mark,
Sajeetharan,
Jay
In Episode 110 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, host Mark Brown is joined by Sajeetharan Sinnathurai to explore how the Azure Cosmos DB MCP Toolkit is changing the way developers build, deploy, and scale AI agents using real application data.
As agentic AI systems evolve, one challenge continues...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Jan 23, 2026
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Bringing work context to your code in GitHub Copilot
This week we shipped the GitHub Copilot SDK which takes the agent loop from the Copilot CLI and makes it easy to embed in other applications. We’ve been using, improving, and extending Copilot CLI for the last few months and it’s sparked new ideas about what it means to have the right...
Microsoft for Developers
Jan 23, 2026
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C++ has scope_exit for running code at scope exit. C# says "We have scope_exit at home."
You can wrap it in an
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Jan 23, 2026
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Bridging Local Development and Cloud Evaluation: Using Microsoft Devtunnels with Azure Machine Learning
Learn how to streamline AI development by using Microsoft Devtunnels to connect local services with Azure Machine Learning evaluation pipelines, eliminating deployment delays while maintaining comprehensive cloud-based validation.
ISE Developer Blog
Jan 22, 2026
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Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit: Your AI Pair Programmer Just Got Smarter
The Azure Cosmos DB Agent Kit is an open-source collection of skills that teaches your AI coding assistant (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI) expert-level Azure Cosmos DB best practices.
Install with one command, get production-ready guidance instantly.
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Jan 22, 2026
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A simple helper function for attaching a progress handler to a Windows Runtime IAsyncActionWithProgress or IAsyncOperationWithProgress
It doesn't do much, but it saves typing.
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Jan 21, 2026
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Now in Public Preview: GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows
Last year, we launched our new GitHub Copilot build performance capabilities in Private Preview. With help from our fantastic C++ community, we gathered insights and addressed key feedback. We’re happy to share that GitHub Copilot build performance for Windows is now in Public Preview....
C++ Team Blog