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Building Agents for Teams: Turning conversations into outcomes
The Microsoft Teams platform mission is to build the best collaborative platform in the world. We want to make it easy for developers to build agents that participate seamlessly in chats, channels, and meetings, helping teams turn ideas into action in real time. By bringing agents...
Read moreClick to read more about this postHow to test agent skills without hitting real APIs
Your agent skill calls an API. The moment you start evaluating it, every run either costs money or mutates production data. Learn how to mock APIs transparently so you can run evals without changing your skill or hitting real endpoints.
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Jul 13, 2026
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The Visual Studio Dev/Test Benefit: Freedom to Build, Test, and Experiment in Azure
One of the best parts of a Visual Studio Subscription is discovering benefits that can make your day-to-day development work easier and more cost effective. One benefit that deserves more attention is Azure Dev/Test pricing. In fact, it's one of the most valuable benefits...
Visual Studio Blog
Jul 13, 2026
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Why don't we just make the entire stack out of guard pages?
Guard pages all the way down?
The Old New Thing
Jul 10, 2026
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Go 1.26.5-2 Microsoft build now available
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download.
Microsoft for Go Developers
Jul 10, 2026
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The case of the mysterious changes to integers when there shouldn't have been any code generation effect
Decoding where those integer came from.
The Old New Thing
Jul 10, 2026
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Shrinking Azure Pipeline task extensions using esbuild
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We bundled an internal Azure Pipelines task extension into a single bundled JavaScript file using esbuild. The task package dropped from tens of megabytes and thousands of files to three files per task ( script.js , task.json , and icon.png ). The change took about 20 lines...
Azure DevOps Blog
Jul 10, 2026
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Microsoft Agent Framework for Go public preview
Microsoft Agent Framework for Go is entering public preview, bringing Agent Framework concepts to Go developers building agents and multi-agent workflows.
Microsoft for Go Developers
Jul 9, 2026
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Pure Virtual C++ 2026 [Meet the Speakers, Part 1]: Build Faster, Run Faster
Meet the speakers behind Pure Virtual C++ 2026. In part one, Ryan Shepherd and David Li show how to build faster and smaller with C++20 modules and GitHub Copilot build performance.
C++ Team Blog
Jul 9, 2026
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Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app
Modernize .NET applications in the GitHub Copilot app. Follow your upgrade from assessment through execution in an interactive upgrade canvas.
.NET Blog
Jul 9, 2026
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SharePoint Copilot Apps Now in Public Preview: From Intent to Action in Microsoft 365 Copilot
SharePoint Copilot Apps are now in public preview, introducing a new way to bring guided, action-oriented business experiences into Microsoft 365 Copilot. By combining natural language reasoning with structured UX, validation, permissions, and deterministic operations, organizations can help users move from intent to trusted outcomes directly in the Copilot flow.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog