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What's new with Azure Repos?
We thought it was a good time to check in and highlight some of the work happening in Azure Repos. In this post, we’ve covered several recent improvements, along with a preview of features that are coming soon. To stay up to date, be sure to visit the Azure DevOps Roadmap.
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Read moreClick to read more about this postAzure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 — Call for Proposals Is Now Open
Every production system has a story behind it.
The scaling limit you didn’t expect.
The data model that finally clicked.
The tradeoff you had to make under real-world pressure.
The solution that worked—and the lessons you’d pass on to the next team.
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Jan 5, 2026
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How can you swap two non-adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
Applying the rotation trick to our new problem.
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Jan 5, 2026
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Welcome to 2026, A Growth Year for All of Us
I always enjoy the quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s one of the few moments in the year when things slow down just enough to reflect on what actually resonated.
While many of us were unplugging, our digital team was doing the opposite, editing and publishing 19...
Visual Studio Blog
Jan 2, 2026
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How can you swap two adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
A different algorithm, employing a different kind of cleverness.
The Old New Thing
Jan 1, 2026
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Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant memory
A variation on the constant-memory rotation.
The Old New Thing
Dec 31, 2025
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Java at Microsoft: 2025 Year in Review
A breakthrough year for modernization, AI‑assisted development, Agentic AI development, and platform innovation
2025 was one of the most significant years yet for Java at Microsoft. From the arrival of OpenJDK 25 as the newest Long‑Term Support (LTS) release, to AI‑powered...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Dec 31, 2025
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Top .NET Videos & Live Streams of 2025
Let's take a look back at the amazing .NET videos, events, and live streams from 2025!
.NET Blog
Dec 31, 2025
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2025 year-end link clearance
Another year gets relegated to history.
The Old New Thing
Dec 31, 2025
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Understanding and mitigating a stack overflow in our task sequencer
The recurring problem of synchronous resumption.
The Old New Thing
Dec 30, 2025
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Top .NET Blog Posts of 2025
Let's look back at the most-read .NET blog posts published in 2025, from .NET 10 to AI, performance, and developer tooling.
.NET Blog