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Instructions Hygiene – What Frontier Models Still Need You to Say
Get the most out of the latest models by providing the right level of instructions
.NET 11 Preview 7 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
.NET and .NET Framework August 2026 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
Test reporting in Microsoft.Testing.Platform: from red build to root cause
Microsoft.Testing.Platform brings failures into GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps, uses pipeline history to separate regressions from flakes, and preserves usable reports when a test host crashes.
Beyond Chat: live Speech-to-Text with Foundry Local and C#
Build a live speech-to-text app in C# with Foundry Local, a compact Nemotron model, and local model lifecycle management.
Strengthening NuGet Supply Chain Security: Reducing API Key Lifetime
NuGet API key durations will be reduced to 30 days starting August 17th. This change will significantly strengthen the integrity of the NuGet supply chain.
From generated code to trusted code with a unit-test agent
Meet the open-source polyglot testing agent that learns from a repository, writes unit tests, and checks that they build and pass.
Announcing v2.0 of the official MCP C# SDK
MCP C# SDK v2.0 implements the 2026-07-28 specification with a stateless-first protocol, standardized HTTP headers, and Multi Round-Trip Requests for interactive tools, all while staying backward compatible.
Analyze MSBuild Binary Logs with Copilot in VS Code
Meet the MSBuild Binlog Analyzer for VS Code - a Copilot-powered way to read MSBuild binary logs, explain and fix build failures with one click, compare builds, and catch regressions, backed by the Microsoft.AITools.BinlogMcp MCP server.