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Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app
Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app. Follow your upgrade from assessment through execution in an interactive upgrade canvas.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAgent Harness: Scaling the claw or harness capabilities
Part 3 of Build your own claw and harness with Microsoft Agent Framework.
In Part 2 our personal finance assistant learned to work with your data safely: it reads your portfolio, asks before it trades, and remembers what matters across sessions. It's useful - but everything it knows is...
Read moreClick to read more about this postDon't rewrite your CLI for agents
There's advice making the rounds: replace your CLI args with a single --json payload so agents can use your tool more effectively. The thinking being, that agents already think in structured formats, and nested data maps cleanly to JSON. Flat args on the other hand, force awkward...
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Apr 21, 2026
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General Availability: Dynamic Data Masking for Azure Cosmos DB
Protecting sensitive data is a foundational requirement for modern applications. As organizations scale their use of Azure Cosmos DB across teams, environments, and workloads, controlling who can see sensitive information becomes increasingly important.
Today, we are excited to...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Apr 21, 2026
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Aspire 13.2: Bun Support and Container Enhancements
Aspire 13.2 keeps the JavaScript story moving with Bun for Vite, more predictable containers, and small but meaningful fixes across debugging and builds.
Aspire Blog
Apr 21, 2026
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Sure, xor'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub?
Somehow xor became the most popular version.
The Old New Thing
Apr 21, 2026
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Azure DevOps MCP Server April Update
This update brings a set of improvements and changes across both local and remote Azure DevOps MCP Servers.
Here’s a summary of what’s changed.
Query work items with WIQL
We’ve introduced a new wit_query_by_wiql tool that enables users to construct and run work item WIQL queries....
Azure DevOps Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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GitHub Copilot meets Azure Developer CLI: AI-assisted project setup and error troubleshooting
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) now integrates with GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted project scaffolding and intelligent deployment error troubleshooting, helping you resolve common Azure errors like MissingSubscriptionRegistration, SkuNotAvailable, and StorageAccountAlreadyTaken without leaving the terminal.
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
The C# Dev Kit team replaced C++ Node.js addons with C# and Native AOT, removing a dependency on Python. This post walks through building a Node.js native addon entirely in C# using N-API, LibraryImport, and UnmanagedCallersOnly.
.NET Blog
Apr 20, 2026
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How did code handle 24-bit-per-pixel formats when using video cards with bank-switched memory?
You still have to use aligned accesses, even though the pixels might not be aligned.
The Old New Thing
Apr 20, 2026
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Discoverable - Observable MCP Server
How to build an observable MCP Server with discoverable tools and agents.
ISE Developer Blog
Apr 17, 2026
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Forgotten message from the past: LB_INITSTORAGE
Preallocating memory to avoid quadratic behavior.
The Old New Thing