# Microsoft for Developers > Get the latest information, insights, and news from Microsoft. ## Topics - [AI](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/ai): 37 posts - [Microsoft for Developers](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/msfordevs): 16 posts - [GitHub Copilot](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/github-copilot): 16 posts - [Announcement](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/announcement): 11 posts - [Developer Events](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/developer-events): 10 posts - [Visual Studio](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/visual-studio): 9 posts - [Microsoft for Developers](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/microsoft-for-developers): 8 posts - [Visual Studio Code](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/visual-studio-code): 7 posts - [GitHub](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/github): 6 posts - [Azure](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/azure): 6 posts - [Security](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/security): 6 posts - [MCP](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/mcp): 3 posts - [Azure DevOps](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/azure-devops): 2 posts - [Package Management](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/package-management): 2 posts - [Extensions](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/extensions): 1 posts - [Supply Chain Security](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/supply-chain-security): 1 posts - [Mobile Apps](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/mobile-apps): 1 posts - [Customer Zero Stories](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/category/customer-zero-stories): 1 posts ## Recent Posts - [What AI benchmarks are not telling you](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/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... - [Your agent already has a plan](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/your-agent-already-has-a-plan): If an agent isn't doing the right thing, the obvious move is to make the docs clearer. Add a tip,... - [Learn from Microsoft: Transform software development through an agentic platform](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/learn-from-microsoft-transform-software-development-through-an-agentic-platform): See how Microsoft is transforming software development with agentic workflows, AI-powered automation, and specialized agents across the engineering lifecycle. - [When the model has never seen your code](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/when-the-model-has-never-seen-your-code): This is the fifth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work... - [Models don't have preferences, they have context](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/models-dont-have-preferences-they-have-context): You open a fresh chat, type "What framework should I use for a web app?", and the model says "React."... - [Stop overloading your skills](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/stop-overloading-your-skills): You built a skill for your technology. API references, authentication flows, SDK patterns, error handling, version info, all packed into... - [When your agent extensions fight each other](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/when-your-agent-extensions-fight-each-other): This is the fourth article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work... - [Competing against yourself](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/competing-against-yourself): You shipped a new CLI: better developer experience, modern architecture, and optimized for agents. You deprecated the old one, updated... - [Your agent just scaffolded a project from 2020](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/your-agent-just-scaffolded-a-project-from-2020): Your agent ran a scaffold command. Project generated, dependencies resolved, no errors. Everything looks fine. Except it's based on the... - [Is your agent extension actually working?](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/is-your-agent-extension-actually-working): This is the third article in a series about Agent Experience (AX): the practice of making AI coding agents work... - [Stop skillmaxxing, save your tokens](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/stop-skillmaxxing-save-your-tokens): You built a dozen skills for your technology: authentication, CRUD, error handling, deployment, testing, monitoring. Then you installed a cloud... - [Spec-Driven Development: A Spec-First Approach to AI-Native Engineering](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/spec-driven-development-ai-native-engineering): AI has made software delivery faster, but speed alone does not guarantee better outcomes. As teams adopt AI-native development, the... - [Microsoft Build 2026 recap: vision, launches, and top sessions](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/build-recap): Catch up on Microsoft Build 2026 with the vision lead-off, top developer announcements, and must-watch sessions across the Microsoft developer ecosystem. - [Improve your agentic developer tools by grounding in Microsoft Learn](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/improve-your-agentic-developer-tools-by-grounding-in-microsoft-learn): Development workflows span terminals, IDEs, background agents, and custom assistants. What matters is whether they draw from the same current... - [How AI coding agents actually use your technology](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/how-ai-coding-agents-actually-use-your-technology): You ship an SDK, a CLI, an API, and developers use it. Now AI coding agents use it too, except... - [The AX stack: what's fixed, where you can win](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/the-ax-stack-whats-fixed-where-you-can-win): AI coding agents promise to make you more productive. On the surface they do, but in practice they fall short:... - [Agentic-Agile: Why Agent Development Needs Agile (Not Just Prompts)](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/agentic-agile-why-agent-development-needs-agile-not-just-prompts): "A bad system will beat a good person [or agent] every time" ~Dr. William Edwards Deming (with apologies) I started... - [Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 Recap: Lessons from Production](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/azure-cosmos-db-conf-2026-recap-lessons-from-production): A team was running at 100% RU utilization. Throttles were compounding into retries. P99 latency was degrading. The assumption was... - [LangChain.js for Beginners: A Free Course to Build Agentic AI Apps with JavaScript](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/langchainjs-for-beginners): Want to build AI agents with JavaScript that go beyond basic chat completions? Agents that reason, call tools, and pull... - [Securing MCP: A Control Plane for Agent Tool Execution](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/securing-mcp-a-control-plane-for-agent-tool-execution): The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a common way for AI agents to discover and use tools. It... - [Take your PostgreSQL-backed apps to the next level](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/take-your-postgresql-backed-apps-to-the-next-level): PostgreSQL is a powerful and hugely popular database engine, and it really comes alive across Microsoft developer platforms. You can... - [Awesome GitHub Copilot just got a website, and a learning hub, and plugins!](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/awesome-github-copilot-just-got-a-website-and-a-learning-hub-and-plugins): Back in July, we launched the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo with a simple goal: give the community a place... - [Build a real-world example with Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft Foundry, MCP and Aspire](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/build-a-real-world-example-with-microsoft-agent-framework-microsoft-foundry-mcp-and-aspire): Building AI agents is getting easier. Deploying them as part of a real application, with multiple services, persistent state, and... - [Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/get-started-with-github-copilot-cli-a-free-hands-on-course): Learn GitHub Copilot CLI with this free, 8-chapter hands-on course. Review code, generate tests, debug issues, and build custom agents and skills - all from your terminal. No AI experience needed. Works with GitHub Copilot Free. Clone the repo or open in Codespaces to get started. - [The JavaScript AI Build-a-thon Season 2 starts today!](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/the-javascript-ai-build-a-thon-season-2-starts-today): The JavaScript AI Build‑a‑thon Season 2 starts today! Join a free, four‑week, hands‑on program—from Local AI and RAG pipelines to multi‑agent hackathon—designed specifically for JavaScript/TypeScript developers. - [GitHub Copilot Dev Days: Build faster with GitHub Copilot CLI, in VS Code & Visual Studio, and beyond!](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/github-copilot-dev-days): Modern software development is moving fast—and AI is now a practical part of how Microsoft developers design, build, and ship... - [WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/winget-configuration-set-up-your-dev-machine-in-one-command): I've set up a lot of dev machines in my life. Traditionally, this takes a lot of time to get... - [Bringing work context to your code in GitHub Copilot](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/bringing-work-context-to-your-code-in-github-copilot): This week we shipped the GitHub Copilot SDK which takes the agent loop from the Copilot CLI and makes it... - [Making Windows Terminal awesome with GitHub Copilot CLI](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/making-windows-terminal-awesome-with-github-copilot-cli): As someone who lives and breathes in the command line, I love making my terminal feel like home. Windows Terminal... - [Announcing the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer for VS Code](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/jsts-modernizer-preview): Keeping JavaScript/TypeScript projects up-to-date can be a challenge, especially when it’s time to upgrade a bunch of npm packages or... ## Pages - [Home](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/) - [Microsoft for Developers Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog) - [DevBlogs](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devblogs-landing-page) - [Privacy on Dev Blogs](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/privacy-on-devblogs) - [Dev Blogs FAQs](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/faq) - [Search](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/search) - [Principles for AI generated content](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/principles-for-ai-generated-content) - [VS Code Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog) - [Newsletter](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/newsletter) - [DevBlogs RSS Feed](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/landing) ## Optional - [Full content version](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/llms-full.txt)