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Streamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026

You’re a .NET developer with a busy morning, and an Azure DevOps ticket drops: “Login endpoint 500s under load.” You’ve got to fix it, review a teammate’s feature branch, and keep your repo clean - all before lunch. Visual Studio’s Git tools turn this everyday Git workflow of...
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Retirement of Global Personal Access Tokens in Azure DevOps

In the new year, we’ll be retiring the Global Personal Access Token (PAT) type in Azure DevOps. Global PATs allow users to authenticate across all accessible organizations. While this can feel convenient, a single credential with broad reach creates a concentrated security risk —...
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Sep 3, 2025
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Let Copilot Coding Agent handle the busy work

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Bruno Capuano
See how GitHub Copilot Coding Agent automates unit tests and ships features from a PRD in a real .NET sample, so you can focus on design and review.
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Sep 3, 2025
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What's new in Azure AI Foundry | August 2025

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Nick Brady
August 2025 highlights GPT‑5 arrives in Foundry, Model Router adds GPT‑5 support, Responses API is GA, Browser Automation enters public preview, plus Sora updates, Mistral Document AI, FLUX image models, OpenAI gpt‑oss with Foundry Local, and SDK/documentation updates.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
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Sep 3, 2025
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How can I write a C++/WinRT IAsyncOperation<T> where T is not a Windows Runtime type?, part 1

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Raymond Chen
It's not representable in the Windows Runtime, but you can smuggle it.
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Sep 3, 2025
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Unlocking Vector Search with OneLake Indexer and OpenAI Integration in Microsoft Fabric

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Liliam Leme
Exploring how Microsoft Fabric OneLake indexer integrates with OpenAI
ISE Developer Blog
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Sep 2, 2025
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PowerToys 0.94 is here: Settings search, shortcut conflict detection and more!

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Niels Laute
This release is all about quality-of-life improvements — making it easier to find the setting you’re looking for, spot shortcut conflicts, and even adding a new way to move your mouse cursor. Get the update by checking for updates in PowerToys or heading to the release page. Search...
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Sep 2, 2025
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Dubious security vulnerability: Remembering passwords for recently-opened ZIP files

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Raymond Chen
If it didn't remember them, you wouldn't like it.
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Sep 2, 2025
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Boost Your Copilot Collaboration with Reusable Prompt Files

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Jessie Houghton
Writing effective prompts for AI tools can be time-consuming and challenging. Cement those efforts by leveraging reusable prompt files. These custom prompts allow for quick access at the prompt box, and they’re automatically stored and shared with your teammates to make it easy...
Visual Studio Blog
Sep 1, 2025
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Enriching Microsoft 365 profiles with Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors for people data (public preview)

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Microsoft 365 Platform team
Enrich Microsoft 365 profiles with Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors for people data
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
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Sep 1, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 16: Second attempt to use a list

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Raymond Chen
We can splice nodes to move them between lists.
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