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Bring Your Own Model to Chat in Visual Studio

We’re excited to announce that you can now bring your own language model into Visual Studio Chat. You can connect API keys from providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google) to access a wider range of models. This makes it easy to test the latest releases, customize workflows, or run on...
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.NET Conf 2025 - Announcing the Call for Content

The .NET Conf 2025 Call for Content is now open! Join us November 11-13 for the premier .NET virtual event celebrating .NET 10. Submit your session proposal by August 31st and share your .NET expertise with developers worldwide.
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Aug 26, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 12: A shared tracking pointer

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Raymond Chen
Sharing a single tracking pointer among all instances.
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Aug 25, 2025
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Secure Your Connections with Entra ID Support in the DocumentDB VS Code Extension

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Khelan Modi
Today, we're thrilled to announce a major update to the DocumentDB for VS Code extension that will make life easier for enterprise developers. With version 0.3, you can now connect to your Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) clusters using Microsoft Entra ID authentication.  For many...
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Aug 25, 2025
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GitHub Copilot for Azure (Preview) Launches in Visual Studio 2022 with Azure MCP Support

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Yun Jung Choi
The GitHub Copilot for Azure extension is now in Public Preview for Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+). It brings a curated set of Azure developer tools—exposed through the Azure MCP server—directly into GitHub Copilot Agent Mode in Visual Studio. The extension automatically installs and...
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Aug 25, 2025
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MauiReactor: An MVU Approach for .NET MAUI

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David Ortinau
A look at how the Model-View-Update pattern can complement the .NET MAUI ecosystem
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Aug 25, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 11: Repairing assignment

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Raymond Chen
Restoring things that were automatically deleted.
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Aug 22, 2025
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Everyone is talkin’ bout vibes

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Jay Gordon
Leading up to Microsoft Ignite, I wanted to pressure-test something the community keeps talking about: vibe coding. It’s a style of AI-assisted development where you describe outcomes in natural language and your assistant does most of the scaffolding, refactoring, and glue. You keep...
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Aug 22, 2025
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Unlocking GPT-5’s Freeform Tool Calling: A New Era of Seamless Integration

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Ananya Bishnoi
GPT-5 models are now available in Azure AI Foundry via Azure OpenAI. Designed for advanced reasoning and generation. One of the core capabilities of the model is tool calling, which enables it to interact with external systems by generating and sending raw text directly to...
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Aug 22, 2025
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Thoughts on creating a tracking pointer class, part 10: Proper conversion

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Raymond Chen
Making sure you cannot remove qualifiers.
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Aug 22, 2025
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OData .NET (ODL) 9 Preview Release

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John Gathogo
We’re happy to announce that OData .NET (ODL) 9 Preview 2 has been officially released and is available on NuGet: Microsoft.OData.Core 9.0.0 Preview 2 Microsoft.OData.Edm 9.0.0 Preview 2 Microsoft.Spatial 9.0.0 Preview 2 Microsoft.OData.Client 9.0.0 Preview 2 What’s...
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