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Getting the most out of MCP in Visual Studio with Prompts, Resources, and Sampling

We're excited to announce that Visual Studio now supports MCP prompts, resources, and sampling (with even more coming soon!) to enhance your Copilot experience by bringing in more context from your engineering stack. These powerful new features unlock deeper integrations with your...
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The new GitHub app for Teams: from conversation to code

Meet the reimagined GitHub app for Teams: an AI-powered app to collaborate with GitHub Copilot right inside your Teams conversations.
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Sep 19, 2025
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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Not a legal base class

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Raymond Chen
What would make it an illegal base class?
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Sep 18, 2025
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AI-Assisted Development powered by Local Models

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Maanav Dalal
Developers have long struggled with concerns about data privacy, restrictive cloud dependencies, and limited control over their AI tools—especially when working on sensitive projects or within regulated industries. Now, with the excitement surrounding local models, you can harness AI...
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Sep 18, 2025
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The new GitHub app for Teams: from conversation to code

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Sujeet Mehta
Meet the reimagined GitHub app for Teams: an AI-powered app to collaborate with GitHub Copilot right inside your Teams conversations.
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Sep 18, 2025
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Can I close a duplicate handle while I'm waiting on the original?

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Raymond Chen
That's fine, since you're not closing the handle that you're waiting on.
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Sep 17, 2025
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How can I get my shell thumbnail extractors to run in the same process?

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Raymond Chen
Adding another level of indirection.
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Record Scanner for vinyl collectors cuts costs with Azure Cosmos DB  vector search 
Sep 17, 2025
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Record Scanner for vinyl collectors cuts costs with Azure Cosmos DB vector search

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Azure Cosmos DB Team
by Artur Drozdz, Founder of Record Scanner (recordscanner.com) If you’re like me, there’s at least one room in your home with an entire cabinet dedicated to your growing vinyl collection. At this point, you’ve probably heard that vinyl is making a comeback, it’s not just...
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Sep 17, 2025
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Getting the most out of MCP in Visual Studio with Prompts, Resources, and Sampling

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We're excited to announce that Visual Studio now supports MCP prompts, resources, and sampling (with even more coming soon!) to enhance your Copilot experience by bringing in more context from your engineering stack. These powerful new features unlock deeper integrations with your...
Visual Studio Blog
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Sep 17, 2025
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Prompt Files and Instructions Files Explained

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Wendy Breiding (SHE/HER)
Unlocking the Power of GitHub Copilot for .NET Developers with Instruction Files and Prompt Files
.NET Blog
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Sep 17, 2025
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SQL Server 2025 RC1: faster DiskANN and FP16 support

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We’re excited to announce major improvements to DiskANN in SQL Server 2025 RC1, making vector search faster, more scalable, and more storage-efficient than ever before. ⚡ Significantly Faster Index Builds Building DiskANN indexes is now considerably faster, thanks to...
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