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Guest Blog: Building Multi-Agent Solutions with Semantic Kernel and A2A Protocol
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI application development, the ability to orchestrate multiple intelligent agents has become crucial for building sophisticated, enterprise-grade solutions. While individual AI agents excel at specific tasks, complex business scenarios often require...
Read moreMicrosoft and LangChain4j: A Partnership for Secure, Enterprise-Grade Java AI Applications
The artificial intelligence landscape presents unprecedented opportunities for Java developers. With decades of experience building robust enterprise applications using Spring, Quarkus and Jakarta EE, Java developers are uniquely positioned to create sophisticated AI solutions. The...
Read moreBring your own agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot
Custom Engine Agents now generally available—build and integrate your own AI into the flow of work
Microsoft 365 Copilot is redefining how people interact with AI—embedding it directly into the flow of work as the intuitive, natural interface for agents: the ‘UI for AI’
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Apr 8, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (March 2025)
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.03.19 registry release, 2025-03-13 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout March. This release includes two new commands for our continuous integration system PR reviews, minor...
C++ Team Blog
Apr 8, 2025
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Microsoft Dev Box subscriptions and licensing requirements demystified: What You Need and Why
Thinking of deploying Microsoft Dev Box service but want to understand the licensing and subscription requirements first? Then, you have come to the right place. This blog post breaks it all down—clearly and simply—so you know exactly what you need and why, whether you’re an IT...
Develop from the cloud
Apr 8, 2025
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April Patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server
Today we are releasing patches that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server, as well as Team Foundation Server 2018.3.2. We strongly encourage and recommend that all customers use the latest, most secure release of Azure DevOps Server. You can download the latest version of...
Azure DevOps Blog
Apr 8, 2025
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Multi-Process CPU Usage Analysis in Visual Studio
Streamlined Performance Insights Across Processes
The Visual Studio Profiler's CPU Usage tool and Instrumentation tool now supports multi-process analysis, providing a unified view of CPU activity across multiple processes. With performance graphs featuring distinct, color-coded stacked...
Visual Studio Blog
Apr 8, 2025
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Python Vector Store Connectors update: Faiss, Azure SQL Server and Pinecone
Announcing New Vector Stores: Faiss, SQL Server, and Pinecone
We are thrilled to announce the availability of three new Vector Stores and Vector Store Record Collections: Faiss, SQL Server, and Pinecone. These new connectors will enable you to store and retrieve vector data...
Semantic Kernel
Apr 8, 2025
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The Goldilocks zone of software stability
Not too new, not too old.
The Old New Thing
Apr 7, 2025
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Pure Virtual C++ 2025 Talks Announced
Pure Virtual C++ is our free, one-day, virtual conference for the whole C++ community. This year, it is running on the 30th April. We're pleased to announce four of our five live sessions for the day:
Welcome to v1.0 of the meta::[[verse]]! with Inbal Levi
Proxy: Next...
C++ Team Blog
Apr 7, 2025
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Guest Blog: Semantic Kernel and Copilot Studio Usage Series - Part 1
Today on the Semantic Kernel blog we're excited to welcome a group of guest authors from Microsoft. We'll turn it over to Riccardo Chiodaroli, Samer El Housseini, Daniel Labbe and Fabrizio Ruocco to dive into their use cases with Semantic Kernel and Copilot Studio.
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Semantic Kernel
Apr 7, 2025
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Build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in C#
Learn how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using the C# SDK to enable seamless communication between AI models and applications.
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