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Chat History Storage Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework
When people talk about building AI agents, they usually focus on models, tools, and prompts. In practice, one of the most important architectural decisions is much simpler: where does the conversation history live?
Imagine a user asks your agent a complex question, clicks “try...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure MCP Server now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb)
Azure MCP Server is now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb), enabling one-click installation into Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure Data Studio is retired: Move your Azure SQL workflow to VS Code in 10 minutes
Azure Data Studio (ADS) retired on February 6, 2025, and support ended on February 28, 2026. The recommended path forward is Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension. If you used ADS daily, this guide gets you productive quickly in VS Code. The focus is on importing your existing...
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Jan 12, 2026
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Aspire for JavaScript developers
Aspire 13 brings comprehensive JavaScript and TypeScript support to cloud-native development, enabling you to orchestrate Node.js applications, Vite frontends, and JavaScript services alongside your .NET projects with unified tooling and seamless integration.
Aspire Blog
Jan 12, 2026
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How We Synchronize .NET's Virtual Monorepo
A deep dive into the technical challenges of keeping .NET's product repositories synchronized with our Virtual Monolithic Repository using a custom two-way algorithm.
.NET Blog
Jan 12, 2026
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Clipping the focus item when looking for its on-screen location
Preventing the cursor from pointing to nothing.
The Old New Thing
Jan 9, 2026
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Using Active Accessibility to find out where the focus item is
Looking at child objects.
The Old New Thing
Jan 8, 2026
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December 2025 (version 1.108)
Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code December 2025 Release (1.108).
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VS Code Blog
Jan 8, 2026
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Scaling AI Agents with Aspire: The Missing Isolation Layer for Parallel Development
Scaling AI agent development with Aspire and Git worktrees by solving port conflicts through automatic port allocation scripts and an MCP proxy layer that enables parallel AI agents to orchestrate and debug complete distributed systems simultaneously.
Aspire Blog
Jan 8, 2026
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Using Active Accessibility to find out where the Windows caret is
It's old and rather simple, but we like simple.
The Old New Thing
Jan 7, 2026
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The Realities of Application Modernization with Agentic AI (Early 2026)
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This article is a reflection based on hands-on experience and is written for engineers and technical leaders who are facing a new application modernization effort and want to build a realistic mental model before reaching for tools.
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Jan 7, 2026
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Secure and Intelligent: Queryable Encryption and Vector Search in MongoDB EF Core Provider
Rishit,
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The MongoDB EF Core provider now supports Queryable Encryption and Vector Search. Learn how to encrypt sensitive data while querying it and build AI-powered semantic search applications directly with EF Core.
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