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.NET AI Essentials - The Core Building Blocks Explained
Learn how Microsoft.Extensions.AI provides a unified API for building intelligent .NET applications with any LLM provider - one interface, endless possibilities, with built-in middleware, telemetry, structured outputs and more.
Read moreClick to read more about this postBuild AI Agents with GitHub Copilot SDK and Microsoft Agent Framework
Microsoft Agent Framework now integrates with the GitHub Copilot SDK, enabling you to build AI agents powered by GitHub Copilot. This integration brings together the Agent Framework's consistent agent abstraction with GitHub Copilot's capabilities, including function calling, streaming...
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Oct 1, 2025
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The $150 Secret Hiding in Plain Sight
Picture this: I’m standing in front of 400+ developers at Visual Studio Live! Redmond, right here on the Microsoft campus in Building 33, about to reveal what I call the hidden value of a Visual Studio subscription. I pull up a simple question on the screen:
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Visual Studio Blog
Oct 1, 2025
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Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview): Making AI Agents Simple for Every Developer
Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview) unifies agent creation, orchestration, tooling, hosting, and observability so any .NET developer can ship production AI agents faster.
.NET Blog
Oct 1, 2025
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How do I convert a FILETIME to a C++ clock like std::system_clock or winrt::clock?
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winrt::clock has a conversion for you.The Old New Thing
Oct 1, 2025
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Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: The Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI Apps
Takuto,
Shawn,
Elijah
Why agents need a new foundation
Over the last year, developers have been experimenting with AI agents in every imaginable form. Agents are not just chatbots or copilots — they are autonomous software components that can reason about goals, call tools and APIs, collaborate with other...
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Sep 30, 2025
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TypeScript 7 native preview in Visual Studio 2026
In March of this year Anders Hejlsberg announced TypeScript 7 native preview and in May Daniel posted Announcing TypeScript Native Previews. Visual Studio 2026 Insiders now supports TypeScript’s Native Preview. Use the download link below to install the latest preview of Visual Studio...
Microsoft for Developers
Sep 30, 2025
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Microspeak: Convicted
False backformation.
The Old New Thing
Sep 30, 2025
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Visual Studio September Update - profiler agent, app modernization, and more
The September 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) is now available. In this month, we are bringing you a fully integrated and game-changing agentic AI experience, from code generation to modernization, profiling, and code reviews.
Profiler Agent
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Visual Studio Blog