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How we built "Ask Learn", the RAG-based knowledge service

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Sarah Luck, Bob Tabor

My name is Bob Tabor and I’m a member of Microsoft’s Skilling organization. We create documentation and training content about Azure, developer tooling and languages, AI, Windows and much more hosted at Microsoft Learn. Our organization also develops and maintains the content publishing platform, the content hosting platform, the ...

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Engineering@Microsoft

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Microsoft Build of OpenJDK - April 2024 Patch & Security Update Release

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Bruno Borges

OpenJDK April 2024 Patch & Security Updates We are happy to announce the latest April 2024 patch & security update release for the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. See the release notes for detailed changes present in the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK binaries. And download or install the binaries today. The latest versions are now...

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Microsoft for Java Developers

Private Preview for External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Brian Spendolini

We have an exciting opportunity for customers and partners to use External REST Endpoint Invocation with Azure SQL Managed Instance in a private preview. What is Azure SQL Managed Instance? Azure SQL Managed Instance is a PaaS service that has near 100% compatibility with the latest Enterprise Edition SQL Server database engine, providing a ...

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Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Easy authentication with Azure App Service and Microsoft Entra External ID

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Katherine Legg

Announcing the public preview of an improved configuration experience when using Microsoft Entra External ID with Azure App Service, simplifying authentication and authorization for external-facing apps so you can focus on your application's core features.

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Microsoft Entra Identity Platform

Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 4

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24

Raymond Chen

What if the UI thread isn't there to save you?

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The Old New Thing

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Sign up for the Microsoft Developers AI Learning Hackathon and Compete for $10,000 in Prizes!

April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 04/19/24

Jay Gordon, Ricky Diep

(image) Are you ready to learn about building your very own AI apps in Azure? Participate in the Microsoft Developers AI Learning Hackathon and discover how to build your own custom AI copilot using Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB and the Azure OpenAI API. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, this event is perfect for anyone ...

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Azure Cosmos DB Blog

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Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 9: Schema versioning

April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 04/19/24

Jay Gordon

Welcome to Part 9 of our Azure Cosmos DB Design Patterns series, focusing on Schema Versioning. This edition is particularly useful for those new to NoSQL databases or looking to understand Azure Cosmos DB's unique capabilities. Here, we will explore how schema versioning can help manage and evolve your database schema efficiently, drawing on ...

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Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 3

April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 04/19/24

Raymond Chen

Abandoning the background work if we know that it is pointless.

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The Old New Thing

Profiling Docker Compose services through Visual Studio

April 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024 04/19/24

Andrew Cardy

A brief summary of how Crew Clark were able to profile performance using Visual Studio and within a Docker Compose environment.

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VS Code C++ Extension 1.19 Release: 3.6x faster Go To Symbol & 1.5x faster colorization

April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24

Alexandra Kemper

With our recent 1.19 release, performance was our biggest focus for the C++ Extension in Visual Studio Code. This included features like progressive population of IntelliSense results and faster symbol searching. With these enhancements, you can begin writing C++ code when opening a file quicker than ever before. Additionally, we also added ...

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C++ Team Blog