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Dec 9, 2024
Why a Unified Data Model is Critical: Lessons from Building Microsoft's Semantic Layer
Introduction
Some years ago, we were wrestling with a persistent issue in our data stack. Every team had their own way of collecting and structuring data. What was a simple query for one team became a debugging nightmare for another. Discovering the right dataset felt like looking for...
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2024 Python in VS Code Wrapped
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to reflect and celebrate the incredible progress the Python extension for VS Code has made in the past year. From merging in top requested features to countless lines of code written and deleted, keep reading to get an inside look to all things
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How Global System Integrators can make the most of their GitHub Copilot licenses
AI-powered code assistant tools like GitHub Copilot have revolutionized the development landscape. We’ve observed significant Copilot adoption among Global System Integrators (GSIs), who are leading the charge in harnessing its potential. While many developers are already utilizing...
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Sep 6, 2024
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Python in Visual Studio Code - September 2024 Release
The September 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include Django test support. Keep reading to learn more!
Python
Sep 5, 2024
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What’s New in vcpkg (August 2024)
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.08.23 release, 2024-08-01 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout August. This month’s release includes several notable changes as well as bug fixes and documentation...
C++ Team Blog
Sep 5, 2024
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Guest Blog: Vision Buddy - Empowering the Visually Impaired with AI and .NET Semantic Kernel
Today we're featuring a guest author, Jonathan David. He’s written an article we’re sharing below, focused on how to create Vision Buddy to empower visually impaired individuals using .NET and Semantic Kernel. We’ll turn it over to Jonathan to share more!
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Semantic Kernel
Sep 5, 2024
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Azure Cosmos DB Vector Search with DiskANN Part 1: Full Space Search
Nitish,
James,
Harsha
Vector Search with Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Cosmos DB NoSQL features advanced vector indexing and search capabilities powered by DiskANN, a suite of highly scalable, accurate, and cost-effective approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) algorithms for low-latency vector search at any...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Sep 5, 2024
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) - September 2024
This post announces the September release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`). Including remote container build support, multiple hooks per event, deployment stack support, promoting resource group scoped deployments to the Beta feature stage, and more.
Azure SDK Blog
Sep 5, 2024
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Microsoft 365 Certification control spotlight: Vulnerability scanning
Learn how Microsoft 365 Certification validates vulnerability scanning for your application.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Sep 5, 2024
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The case of the image that came out horribly slanted: Taking the pitch into account
Getting the pieces to line up.
The Old New Thing