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Dec 9, 2024
Why a Unified Data Model is Critical: Lessons from Building Microsoft's Semantic Layer
Introduction
Some years ago, we were wrestling with a persistent issue in our data stack. Every team had their own way of collecting and structuring data. What was a simple query for one team became a debugging nightmare for another. Discovering the right dataset felt like looking for...
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2024 Python in VS Code Wrapped
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to reflect and celebrate the incredible progress the Python extension for VS Code has made in the past year. From merging in top requested features to countless lines of code written and deleted, keep reading to get an inside look to all things
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How Global System Integrators can make the most of their GitHub Copilot licenses
AI-powered code assistant tools like GitHub Copilot have revolutionized the development landscape. We’ve observed significant Copilot adoption among Global System Integrators (GSIs), who are leading the charge in harnessing its potential. While many developers are already utilizing...
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Nov 27, 2024
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Properly cycling domain passwords with the JSonADDomain extension
For those familiar with the JsonAdDomain extension, it provides an easy way to join VMs to your domain. However, one aspect that customers have been less crazy about is that the domain password must be shared in the protected settings (where it is at least encrypted) and, more...
Azure VM Runtime Team
Nov 27, 2024
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So how many replicas should my VM Application use?
One great advantage of VM Applications is the ability to specify how many replicas you want for each VM Application version. While documentation exists on how to specify replicas, we don't really provide advice on determining how many replicas to use. The goal of this post is to rectify...
Azure VM Runtime Team
Nov 27, 2024
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Azure SDK Release (November 2024)
The Azure SDKs release every month. This post includes the month's highlights and release notes.
Azure SDK Blog
Nov 27, 2024
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Dramatically faster package restores with .NET 9's new NuGet resolver
.NET 9 introduces a new NuGet dependency graph resolver that dramatically improves package restore performance for large repositories. Learn how this reimagined approach reduces restore times from 30 minutes to just 2 minutes by creating a more efficient dependency graph with fewer nodes.
.NET Blog
Nov 27, 2024
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Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code update – November 2024
Explore the latest Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code updates to learn about new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Nov 27, 2024
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Checking whether a URI refers to a Web site root
Let somebody else do the parsing.
The Old New Thing
Nov 27, 2024
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Updates for C++ developers in Visual Studio 2022 17.12
Visual Studio 17.12 is here and comes with a host of new features for C++ developers. We’ve made improvements across our toolchain, C++ Build Insights, Unreal Engine support, and more. This post gives a quick overview of what’s available; for all the details, see What’s New for C++...
Visual Studio Blog
Nov 26, 2024
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Evaluate the quality of your AI applications with ease
Get started with the new Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation library to kickstart your Intelligent Application eveluation journey.
.NET Blog
Nov 26, 2024
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What’s new in Azure DevTest Labs
DevTest labs now supports the capability to access Azure DevOps artifact repos through Managed Identities and GitHub artifact repos through GitHub app authentication. Additionally, you can now also access the lab storage account through Managed Identities. Until now users have accessed...
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