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Azure MCP Server Now Built-In with Visual Studio 2026: A New Era for Agentic Workflows

Managing cloud resources often means juggling multiple tools, writing custom scripts, and switching contexts between your IDE and cloud management portals. These extra steps slow development and make it harder to build intelligent, secure applications efficiently. We’re excited to...
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Jul 4, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (June 2025)

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Augustin Popa
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.06.13 registry release, 2025-04-16, 2025-05-19, and 2025-06-02 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout May and June. This release includes bug fixes, several documentation...
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Jul 4, 2025
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Why doesn't LVIF_INDENT work without an image list?

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Raymond Chen
Its original client had an image list.
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Jul 3, 2025
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Automating Secure and Scalable AI Deployments on Azure with HashiCorp

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While the promise of AI continues to generate momentum, many organizations face a familiar challenge: getting AI projects beyond the prototype phase. According to Gartner, only 30% of AI initiatives make it into production, and RAND reports that up to 80% fail to deliver expected...
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Jul 3, 2025
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If the Format­Message function fails, and I requested that it allocate a buffer, do I have to free the buffer?

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Raymond Chen
There was no buffer returned, so there's nothing to free anyway.
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Jul 2, 2025
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Local AI + .NET = AltText Magic in One C# Script

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Bruno Capuano
Learn how to generate image AltText using .NET 10 and local AI models — all in a single C# file with dotnet run app.cs. A fun and accessible example of what AI can do beyond chat.
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Jul 2, 2025
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Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo

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Today we're excited to announce the launch of the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo! The Awesome Copilot repo is a community-driven resource with custom instructions, reusable prompts, and custom chat modes that helps you get consistent AI assistance. In other words,...
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