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Mar 18, 2025
Boost your GitHub productivity with our new multi-account support!
Managing your GitHub identity in Visual Studio 2022 just got easier! Our latest update overhauls the GitHub account management experience and improves how you work with multiple accounts, especially for GitHub Copilot and version control scenarios. In this post, we'll detail how these...
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Upcoming Updates for Azure Pipelines Agents Images
To ensure our hosted agents in Azure Pipelines are operating in the most secure and up-to-date environments, we continuously update the supported images and phase out older ones. In October 2024, we announced support for Ubuntu-24.04. Soon, we plan to update the ubuntu-latest image to...
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Optimizing Build Times with Build Insights: How Activision Cut Call of Duty’s Build Time by 50%
Slow build times are a major headache for developers, especially in large, complex C++ codebases like game engines. Every minute spent waiting on a build is time that could be used to refine features, resolve issues, or push development forward. Activision faced this challenge with Call...
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Dec 2, 2024
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Microsoft Entra External ID Custom URL Domains—now generally available
Discover Microsoft Entra External ID Custom URL Domains, now generally available (GA). Learn how to enhance the authentication experience by branding login endpoints with your own domain name, creating a seamless, secure, and familiar experience for users.
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
Dec 2, 2024
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Announcing: Azure Developers – Python Day
Experience cloud computing with Python on Azure during Python Day 2024!
Microsoft for Python Developers Blog
Dec 2, 2024
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An analogy about register preservation rules in calling conventions
And tying it back to unwind codes.
The Old New Thing
Dec 2, 2024
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AI-Powered Insights: Streamlining Variable Analysis with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
Tired of spending countless hours troubleshooting errors and unexpected values in your code? Visual Studio 2022 introduces GitHub Copilot Variable Analysis. This powerful tool makes inspecting and analyzing variables from Locals, Autos, watch windows and DataTips effortless, helping you...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 1, 2024
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How to subscribe to GitHub Enterprise with Advanced Security and Copilot Business/Enterprise: A Step-by-Step Guide
As GitHub announced metered billing, anyone with an active Azure subscription can now self-provision a paid GitHub Enterprise Cloud account, with Advanced Security and GitHub Copilot Business/Enterprise. This post is a screenshot-based step-by-step guide on how you can do...
All things Azure
Nov 29, 2024
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Announcing the Public Preview of OpenID Connect external identity provider support for Microsoft Entra External ID
Discover the new OpenID Connect identity provider support in Microsoft Entra External ID, now in Public Preview. Simplify user sign-in and partner integrations, and improve conversion rates and user satisfaction by federating with external identity providers like Okta, Amazon, Auth0, and Azure AD B2C.
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform