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Microsoft and LangChain4j: A Partnership for Secure, Enterprise-Grade Java AI Applications

The artificial intelligence landscape presents unprecedented opportunities for Java developers. With decades of experience building robust enterprise applications using Spring, Quarkus and Jakarta EE, Java developers are uniquely positioned to create sophisticated AI solutions. The...
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Bring your own agents into Microsoft 365 Copilot

Custom Engine Agents now generally available—build and integrate your own AI into the flow of work Microsoft 365 Copilot is redefining how people interact with AI—embedding it directly into the flow of work as the intuitive, natural interface for agents: the ‘UI for AI’ As...
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Jul 7, 2025
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Markdown Support Arrives for Work Items

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Dan Hellem
After several months in private preview and many bug fixes along the way, we’re excited to announce that Markdown support in large text fields is now generally available! 🎉 🦄 How it works By default, all existing and new work items will continue using the HTML editor for large...
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Jul 7, 2025
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Dubious security vulnerability: If I perform this complex series of manual steps, I can crash a program I am running

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Raymond Chen
What security boundary did you cross?
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Jul 7, 2025
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Microsoft build of Go Telemetry - Helping Us Build Better Tools

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George Adams
Starting with Go 1.25, we're enabling telemetry collection in the Microsoft build of Go to gather valuable usage data that helps us prioritize future roadmap items and improve the developer experience.
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Jul 4, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (June 2025)

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Augustin Popa
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.06.13 registry release, 2025-04-16, 2025-05-19, and 2025-06-02 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout May and June. This release includes bug fixes, several documentation...
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Jul 4, 2025
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Why doesn't LVIF_INDENT work without an image list?

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Raymond Chen
Its original client had an image list.
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Jul 3, 2025
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Automating Secure and Scalable AI Deployments on Azure with HashiCorp

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While the promise of AI continues to generate momentum, many organizations face a familiar challenge: getting AI projects beyond the prototype phase. According to Gartner, only 30% of AI initiatives make it into production, and RAND reports that up to 80% fail to deliver expected...
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Jul 3, 2025
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If the Format­Message function fails, and I requested that it allocate a buffer, do I have to free the buffer?

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Raymond Chen
There was no buffer returned, so there's nothing to free anyway.
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Jul 2, 2025
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Local AI + .NET = AltText Magic in One C# Script

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Bruno Capuano
Learn how to generate image AltText using .NET 10 and local AI models — all in a single C# file with dotnet run app.cs. A fun and accessible example of what AI can do beyond chat.
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