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Securing Azure apps with Aspire enterprise networking
Network security has a funny way of showing up late.
You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up:
Can storage and secrets be taken off the public internet?
Can this app run inside our...
Read moreClick to read more about this postVSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026: Send Your Team Home With Working Code
If you lead a development team, you already know the pattern. You approve the travel, your developers attend a great conference, they come back energized, and then the work resumes exactly as it was. The ideas don't survive contact with the backlog.
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Read moreClick to read more about this postMicrosoft SQL Security Across the MAESTRO Stack: Building Secure Agentic AI with Defense-in-Depth
Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly. What began as simple prompt-and-response systems is now transforming into fully autonomous, agentic AI architectures capable of reasoning, orchestrating tools, interacting with enterprise data, and invoking external systems dynamically. While...
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Feb 10, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates
Rahul,
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A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for February 2026.
.NET Blog
Feb 10, 2026
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Building AI-Powered Apps with Azure Cosmos DB and the Vercel AI SDK
The Vercel AI SDK is an open-source TypeScript toolkit that provides the core building blocks for integrating AI into any JavaScript application. It works with 20+ AI providers out of the box—including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and more—so you can write your...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Feb 10, 2026
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Standardizing HLSL
The HLSL team is excited to announce the formation of Ecma Technical Committee 57; a committee to standardize the High Level Shading Language. The formation of this committee marks an important milestone in HLSL's development and strengthens Microsoft's commitment to HLSL as a...
DirectX Developer Blog
Feb 10, 2026
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How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video Buddy Holly on the CD?
Asking nicely, and asking a lot of people.
The Old New Thing
Feb 10, 2026
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From Local Models to Agent Workflows: Building a Deep Research Solution with Microsoft Agent Framework on Microsoft Foundry Local
Introduction: A New Paradigm for AI Application Development
In enterprise AI application development, we often face this dilemma: while cloud-based large language models are powerful, issues such as data privacy, network latency, and cost control make many scenarios difficult to...
Microsoft Agent Framework
Feb 9, 2026
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Time Travel in Azure SQL with Temporal Tables
Applications often need to know what data looked like before. Who changed it, when it changed, and what the previous values were. Rebuilding that history in application code is tedious and error prone. This is especially valuable when exposing a database to an AI agent through MCP servers...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Feb 9, 2026
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What should I do if a wait call reports WAIT_ABANDONED ?
It's your one chance to make amends.
The Old New Thing
Feb 6, 2026
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What’s New in vcpkg (Nov 2025 - Jan 2026)
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.12.12 and 2026.01.16 registry releases and the 2025-11-13, 2025-11-18, 2025-11-19, 2025-12-05, and 2025-12-16 tool releases. These updates include support for targeting the Xbox GDK October 2025 update,...
C++ Team Blog
Feb 6, 2026
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Mastering User Settings in SharePoint Framework
User preferences and settings are fundamental components of modern web applications. When developing SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions, the ability to store and manage user-specific configurations across devices and sessions becomes crucial for delivering personalized experiences....
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog