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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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Nov 27, 2025
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Visualizing GitHub Audit Log in Microsoft Defender
Xuefeng,
sombanerjee
Key Observability Trends Around GitHub Security
Modern enterprises are increasingly adopting DevSecOps practices, integrating security into every phase of the development lifecycle. Key observability trends include:
Unified Security Dashboards: Organizations seek a single...
All things Azure
Nov 27, 2025
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Message-only windows are for messaging, not as a convenient victim for hosting UI
If you want to host UI, use a real window (possibly hidden).
The Old New Thing
Nov 26, 2025
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.NET Day on Agentic Modernization Coming Soon
Join us live on December 9 to explore the newest, most practical ways to modernize your .NET apps with Azure, AI, and powerful agentic tooling.
.NET Blog
Nov 26, 2025
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At what point in the Windows development cycle is it too late to change the text of a translatable string?
The translation team sets the deadline.
The Old New Thing
Nov 26, 2025
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Announcing OData Model Builder 3.0.0 Preview 1 Release
We're excited to announce that OData Model Builder 3.0.0 Preview 1 has been officially released and is available on NuGet:
Microsoft.OData.ModelBuilder 3.0.0 Preview 1
This is a major release that brings the library up to date with the latest .NET and OData ecosystem, featuring...
OData
Nov 25, 2025
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Azure SDK Release (November 2025)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Nov 25, 2025
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Manage Containers the Easy Way: Copilot + VS Code
Managing containers can be one of the most repetitive parts of modern development. Between remembering CLI commands, switching contexts, and digging through logs, it’s easy to lose focus on the actual code you’re building. The latest release of the VS Code Container Tools extension...
Microsoft for Developers
Nov 25, 2025
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Celebrating Community Contributions in Aspire 13
Celebrates Aspire 13.0 community contributions, highlighting key PRs that improved App Service, Kusto workflows, dashboards, and cross-language support.
Aspire Blog
Nov 25, 2025
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Introducing Memory in Foundry Agent Service
Lewis,
Paul,
Takuto
Give your agents the power to remember
Imagine your agent never asks the same question twice. Until now, most agents have been stateless. Each conversation resets to zero, forgetting what users said just minutes ago or weeks ago. Developers tried to bridge this gap with homegrown...
Microsoft Foundry Blog