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Awesome GitHub Copilot just got a website, and a learning hub, and plugins!
Back in July, we launched the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo with a simple goal: give the community a place to share custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes to customize the AI responses from GitHub Copilot. We were hoping for maybe one community contribution per...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhen Infrastructure Scales But Understanding Doesn't
We all know this, even if we don't like to admit it: modern infrastructure can scale infinitely, but human understanding doesn't.
We've all seen it happen - organizations going from managing dozens of servers to thousands of containers, from deploying weekly to deploying hundreds of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAuthentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract
Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this?
They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic.
If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an...
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Dec 2, 2025
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Claude Code + Microsoft Foundry: Enterprise AI Coding Agent Setup
This guide covers setting up Claude Code CLI and VS Code extension with Microsoft Foundry, configuring CLAUDE.md for project context, integrating Spec Kit for structured development, and running Claude Code in GitHub Actions.
Prerequisites
Azure subscription with Foundry access
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All things Azure
Dec 1, 2025
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AppendSelected parameter
Background
The Property parameter introduced in Version 0.10.0-preview allowed customers to select specific properties they would want to return in the response and is used in these 2 main scenarios:
To request extra properties that are not returned by...
Microsoft Entra PowerShell
Dec 1, 2025
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Data API builder’s "request-body-strict" Simplifies Client Code
Data API builder (DAB) provides REST and GraphQL endpoints over SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Data Warehouse. The request-body-strict configuration value controls how REST endpoints treat unknown JSON properties in the payload:
* When set to true (default),...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Dec 1, 2025
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Join the OSS AI Summit: Building with LangChain Event
December 10, 2025
8 am - 10 am Pacific
Registration: https://aka.ms/OSSAISummitRegistration
Overview
AI development is moving at a pace that leaves most teams reacting instead of leading. The next generation of applications will be built by people who understand how to design...
Microsoft for Developers
Dec 1, 2025
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The "Golden Triangle" of Agentic Development with Microsoft Agent Framework: AG-UI, DevUI & OpenTelemetry Deep Dive
In the explosive era of Agentic AI, we're not just seeking more powerful models—we're searching for a development experience that lets developers actually get some sleep. When building Agents locally, we've traditionally faced three major challenges:
Black-Box Execution: What is...
Microsoft Agent Framework
Dec 1, 2025
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Upgrade MSVC, improve C++ build performance, and refactor C++ code with GitHub Copilot
Visual Studio 2026 introduces new GitHub Copilot capabilities to support C++ developers in three development tasks:
Performing large-scale C++ refactors
Improving C++ build performance
Upgrading Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools
These experiences are...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 1, 2025
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How do I get my edit control text to be autoselected when I choose it to be the default focus in my dialog?
Remembering some old APIs.
The Old New Thing
Dec 1, 2025
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Accelerating AI Development with GitHub Copilot: Real-World Use-Cases
This blog post shares real-world experiences from Microsoft's ISE team using GitHub Copilot to accelerate AI development workflows, demonstrating how AI tools can significantly speed up tasks like creating documentation, class diagrams, data visualizations, and demo scripts when used by experienced developers.
ISE Developer Blog
Nov 28, 2025
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How can I have a Win32 drop-down combo box with a read-only edit control?
You can ask for its handle and mark it read-only.
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