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Customer Case Study: Visma Spcs Improves Customer Experience with Semantic Kernel

Today we will dive into a customer case study. Thanks to the Visma team on their amazing partnership! Visma Spcs, is a leading software company providing modern services to simplify accounting, HR, payroll, and more, and they've successfully integrated AI and Semantic Kernel to revolutionize their customer experience. With hundreds of ...


See Your Pull Request Comments with the Latest Preview

We just shipped preview support for viewing your GitHub and Azure DevOps pull request comments directly in your working file in Visual Studio in 17.10 Preview 2. As one of the most highly requested Git tooling feature suggestions on Developer Community, we need your help to make sure we're on the right track! Download the Latest Visual ...


Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024: A Deep Dive for Developers and AI Enthusiasts

(image) The world of data is constantly evolving, and developers need powerful tools to keep pace. Enter Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed NoSQL database built for modern app development. This year's Azure Cosmos DB Conf, happening virtually on April 16th, 2024, at 9AM – 12PM PT, is set to offer a wealth of insights and learning ...


Using Semantic Kernel with Dependency Injection

Semantic Kernel fully supports dependency injection. After receiving many questions from the community as to how to best use dependency injection with Semantic Kernel, the team created an app to illustrate some effective patterns.  Dependency injection is a technique in which an object receives other objects that it requires rather than ...


Improvements in Variable Visibility when Debugging

In Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 2, we’re including a small quality-of-life improvement that results in the Watch/Locals window displaying local variables correctly for any arbitrary frames in the call stack in debug builds. To try it out, please install the recently released Preview. For more information, read on.  The problem: ...


Introducing Regular Expression (Regex) Support in Azure SQL DB

We are pleased to announce the private preview of regular expressions (regex) support in Azure SQL Database. Regex is a powerful tool that allows you to search, manipulate, and validate text data in flexible ways. With regex support, you can enhance your SQL queries with pattern matching, extraction, replacement, and more. You can also combine...