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Chat History Storage Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework
When people talk about building AI agents, they usually focus on models, tools, and prompts. In practice, one of the most important architectural decisions is much simpler: where does the conversation history live?
Imagine a user asks your agent a complex question, clicks “try...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure MCP Server now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb)
Azure MCP Server is now available as an MCP Bundle (.mcpb), enabling one-click installation into Claude Desktop and other MCP-compatible clients.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure Data Studio is retired: Move your Azure SQL workflow to VS Code in 10 minutes
Azure Data Studio (ADS) retired on February 6, 2025, and support ended on February 28, 2026. The recommended path forward is Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension. If you used ADS daily, this guide gets you productive quickly in VS Code. The focus is on importing your existing...
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Apr 22, 2026
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Securing MCP: A Control Plane for Agent Tool Execution
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a common way for AI agents to discover and use tools. It provides a consistent interface to databases, APIs, file systems, and third-party services, which makes it easier to plug capabilities into agent workflows.
However, MCP...
Microsoft for Developers
Apr 22, 2026
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Windows App Development CLI v0.3: new run and ui commands, plus dotnet run support for packaged apps
Windows App Development CLI v0.3 is here! This release brings some of our best features yet including a full run-and-debug experience outside Visual Studio and built-in UI Automation from the command line.
With v0.3, we've unlocked a whole class of agentic and automation scenarios....
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Apr 22, 2026
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Mapping the page tables into memory via the page tables
So-called "fractal page mapping".
The Old New Thing
Apr 22, 2026
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Public Preview: Actual Result for Manual Tests in Azure Test Plans
We're excited to announce the public preview of the highly anticipated Actual Result (AR) feature for manual testing in Azure Test Plans! This feature has been one of the top requests of the community, and we're thrilled to make it available for you.
Why use the Actual Result...
Azure DevOps Blog
Apr 21, 2026
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I Wasted 68 Minutes a Day Re-Explaining My Code. Then I Built auto-memory.
~1,900 lines of Python. Zero dependencies. Saves you an hour a day.
GitHub → · pip install auto-memory
Now give Copilot CLI enhanced context recall. Point it at deploy/install.md and let it cook. 🍳
Are you tired of using the slash /compact command every 10 min?
The...
All things Azure
Apr 21, 2026
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Azure SDK Release (April 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Apr 21, 2026
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Getting Started with Agentic DevOps – Part 1: Foundations
This post is the first in a 3-part series:
Foundations (this post)
Start shipping (context engineering, MCP servers, orchestration)
App modernization (Java, .NET, PHP, microservices)
Bookmark this post for quick reference as you start exploring Agentic DevOps. It will be...
All things Azure
Apr 21, 2026
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The Polyglot tax – Part 4
The Agent-Ready Database: Security, Backup, and MCP
Part 4 of 4 – The Multi-Model Database Series
This is the final post in a four-part series on multi-model databases in SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL - exploring how the optimizer, storage engine, and security layer treat each data...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Apr 21, 2026
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.NET 10.0.7 Out-of-Band Security Update
We are releasing .NET 10.0.7 as an out-of-band security update to address CVE-2026-40372.
.NET Blog