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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.
Read moreClick to read more about this postAgent Harness: Scaling the claw or harness capabilities
Part 3 of Build your own claw and harness with Microsoft Agent Framework.
In Part 2 our personal finance assistant learned to work with your data safely: it reads your portfolio, asks before it trades, and remembers what matters across sessions. It's useful - but everything it knows is...
Read moreClick to read more about this postDon't rewrite your CLI for agents
There's advice making the rounds: replace your CLI args with a single --json payload so agents can use your tool more effectively. The thinking being, that agents already think in structured formats, and nested data maps cleanly to JSON. Flat args on the other hand, force awkward...
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Jul 2, 2026
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The case of the thread executing from an unloaded third-party DLL
Oops, I didn't realize that I was still doing that.
The Old New Thing
Jul 2, 2026
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Fundamentals of Azure DevOps with SQL projects
Building automated pipelines with your SQL database projects enables you to build a rich CI/CD ecosystem to ensure that your application is being deployed with good quality code and at high confidence of success. SQL Database Projects are compatible with just about every automation...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jul 1, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.127
Learn what is new in Visual Studio Code 1.127
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VS Code Blog
Jul 1, 2026
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Upcoming Change: NTLM Removal in Git (libcurl) – Impact to Azure DevOps Server Customers
Overview
In September 2026, NTLM support will be removed from libcurl, which is used by Git for HTTP(S) operations. As a result, Git operations over HTTPS against Azure DevOps Server (on-premises) will stop working for customers who rely on NTLM authentication. This change is part of a...
Azure DevOps Blog
Jul 1, 2026
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Audit Frontier AI Agents with SQL MCP Server
With On-Behalf-Of authentication, SQL MCP Server lets agents access Microsoft SQL without losing the user identity behind the request. Azure SQL can audit the signed-in user who invoked the operation, not just the agent, app, or MCP server that carried it out.
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jul 1, 2026
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What AI benchmarks are not telling you
This is the sixth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work correctly with your technology. The series covers what you can and can't control in the agent stack, how to measure whether your extensions are helping or hurting, and how to...
Microsoft for Developers
Jul 1, 2026
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It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Changing administrative settings
Unlocking the door from the inside.
The Old New Thing
Jul 1, 2026
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What’s new across Microsoft SQL in 2026 so far (SQL Server, Azure SQL, and SQL database in Fabric)
We’re halfway through 2026, and Microsoft SQL has not slowed down. Since SQLCon/FabCon in March (where we released a ton of things, and those updates can be found in this updates video), we shipped a wave of updates across SQL Server, Azure SQL, and SQL database in Fabric, with...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Jun 30, 2026
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Access GitHub Copilot in JetBrains - GitHub Copilot Is Now a Native Agent in JetBrains AI Assistant
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GitHub Copilot is now a first-class, native option in JetBrains AI Assistant agent picker(read more). You can select it directly from the chat interface, no extra configuration needed, and immediately put Copilot to work on real coding tasks without ever leaving AI...
Microsoft for Java Developers