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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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The CMake exclude setting ignoring test and third party libraries for Pioneer
Jul 21, 2025
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Visual Studio Code CMake Tools Extension 1.21 Release: Multi-root improvements, CMake Presets v10, and more…

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Sinem Akinci
We’re excited to announce the latest 1.21 release of the CMake Tools extension for Visual Studio Code. This update brings a host of new updates, including addressing one of our top-voted issues for multi-root improvements and adding CMake presets version 10 support. To view the full...
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Jul 21, 2025
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Ask Mode vs Agent Mode - Choosing the Right Copilot Experience for .NET

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Wendy Breiding (SHE/HER)
GitHub Copilot Chat offers two powerful modes, Ask Mode and Agent Mode, that can dramatically accelerate your development. Learn when to use each mode to get the most out of this tool.
.NET Blog
M365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server
Jul 21, 2025
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Build Smarter with the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server

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Daniel,
Yan
As AI agents become central to how we build and interact with modern productivity apps, developers need tools that are flexible, standard-based, and deeply integrated with AI. That’s where the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server comes in.  This is a local Model Context...
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
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Jul 21, 2025
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Integration testing for Go applications using Testcontainers and containerized databases

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Abhishek Gupta
Integration testing has always presented a fundamental challenge: how do you test your application against real dependencies without the complexity of managing external services? Traditional approaches often involve either mocking dependencies (which can miss integration issues) or...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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Jul 21, 2025
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Azure Developer CLI: From Dev to Prod with One Click

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PuiChee,
Kristen
This post walks through how to implement a "build once, deploy everywhere" pattern using Azure Developer CLI (azd) that provisions environment-specific infrastructure and promotes applications from dev to prod with the same build artifacts. You'll learn how to use conditional Bicep...
Azure DevOps Blog
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Jul 21, 2025
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What happens if C++/WinRT is unable to resume execution on a dispatcher thread?

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Raymond Chen
What you get out of the box.
The Old New Thing
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Jul 21, 2025
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Guest Blog: Building Multi-Agent Solutions with Semantic Kernel and A2A Protocol

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Kinfey Lo
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI application development, the ability to orchestrate multiple intelligent agents has become crucial for building sophisticated, enterprise-grade solutions. While individual AI agents excel at specific tasks, complex business scenarios often require...
Semantic Kernel
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Jul 18, 2025
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The case of the invalid instruction exception on an instruction that should never have executed

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Raymond Chen
I don't recall ever asking you to do that.
The Old New Thing
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Jul 18, 2025
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AI Model Promotion with dstoolkit-mlops-v2

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Malcolm,
Daniel
Evaluates various repository structures and designs for maximizing the efficiency of Data Scientists and Software Engineers developing, promoting and deploying AI models on the same project.
ISE Developer Blog