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Securing Azure apps with Aspire enterprise networking
Network security has a funny way of showing up late.
You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up:
Can storage and secrets be taken off the public internet?
Can this app run inside our...
Read moreClick to read more about this postVSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026: Send Your Team Home With Working Code
If you lead a development team, you already know the pattern. You approve the travel, your developers attend a great conference, they come back energized, and then the work resumes exactly as it was. The ideas don't survive contact with the backlog.
This July at VSLive! @ Microsoft...
Read moreClick to read more about this postMicrosoft SQL Security Across the MAESTRO Stack: Building Secure Agentic AI with Defense-in-Depth
Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly. What began as simple prompt-and-response systems is now transforming into fully autonomous, agentic AI architectures capable of reasoning, orchestrating tools, interacting with enterprise data, and invoking external systems dynamically. While...
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May 15, 2026
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Advanced Shader Delivery expands Public Preview with AMD
Last October, we released Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) on the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. Advanced Shader Delivery addresses one of the most frustrating challenges for PC players today – long load times and disruptive stuttering during a game’s first launch. The feature works by...
DirectX Developer Blog
May 15, 2026
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The case of the CreateFileMapping that always reported ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS
Maybe because it already exists?
The Old New Thing
May 14, 2026
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Segment Heap support for C++ projects in Visual Studio
Learn how Visual Studio enables Segment Heap by default for new C++ projects and how to adopt and verify it in existing builds.
C++ Team Blog
May 14, 2026
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Exponential backoff and circuit breaker for Service Bus-triggered Azure Functions
Use exponential backoff and circuit breaker patterns in Azure Functions with Service Bus SDK bindings. Control retry storms, protect dependencies, and degrade gracefully under transient failures.
Azure SDK Blog
May 14, 2026
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Considering NL2SQL? Should your database really be the prompt? How can SQL MCP Server help?
You’ve probably experienced both of these, perhaps at the same time. First, that desire to let an agent get at your data. It’s driven by simplification and better experiences for the user and for you: fewer screens, fewer queries, fewer reports, and less code overall.
Second, and...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
May 14, 2026
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Governance at the Speed of Agents: Microsoft Agent Framework and Agent Governance Toolkit, Better Together
Imran,
Shawn
Building powerful AI agents is only half the story, running them safely in production is the real challenge. As customers adopt Microsoft Agent Framework for agent orchestration, a clear need has emerged for robust, built-in governance. In this post, Imran Siddique from the AGT team walks...
Microsoft Agent Framework
May 14, 2026
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Securing Azure apps with Aspire enterprise networking
Network security has a funny way of showing up late.
You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up:
Can storage and secrets be taken off the public internet?
Can this app run inside our...
Aspire Blog
May 14, 2026
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May Patches for Azure DevOps Server
We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server.
The most recent release, Azure DevOps Server, is available on the download page.
The...
Azure DevOps Blog
May 14, 2026
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From beta to stable: Announcing the Azure SDK for Rust 🎉🦀
Announcing the stable release of the Azure SDK for Rust. This release includes stable libraries for Core, Identity, Key Vault (Secrets, Keys, Certificates), and Storage (Blobs, Queues).
Azure SDK Blog
May 14, 2026
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VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon 2026: Send Your Team Home With Working Code
If you lead a development team, you already know the pattern. You approve the travel, your developers attend a great conference, they come back energized, and then the work resumes exactly as it was. The ideas don't survive contact with the backlog.
This July at VSLive! @ Microsoft...
Visual Studio Blog
May 14, 2026
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A constant-space linear-time algorithm for deleting all but the 10 most recent files in a directory
Using data structures you already knew.
The Old New Thing
May 14, 2026
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WebAssembly Data Processing at the Edge with Azure IoT Operations
Safe, composable dataflow operators for Azure IoT Operations, built as WASM modules using the Component Model, WIT interfaces, and WASI Preview 2.
ISE Developer Blog
May 13, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools Preview updates - May 2026
Try the latest updates to MSVC Build Tools Preview
C++ Team Blog
May 13, 2026
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Visual Studio Code 1.120
Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.120
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VS Code Blog
Microsoft for Python Developers Blog
May 13, 2026
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Microsoft SQL Security Across the MAESTRO Stack: Building Secure Agentic AI with Defense-in-Depth
Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly. What began as simple prompt-and-response systems is now transforming into fully autonomous, agentic AI architectures capable of reasoning, orchestrating tools, interacting with enterprise data, and invoking external systems dynamically. While...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
May 13, 2026
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Process API Improvements in .NET 11
Process API improvements in .NET 11, including high-level APIs for starting processes, capturing output without deadlocks, handle inheritance control, lifetime management features, and a lightweight `SafeProcessHandle`-based API surface.
.NET Blog
May 13, 2026
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.NET MAUI Moves to CoreCLR in .NET 11
.NET MAUI apps on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst now run on CoreCLR by default in .NET 11, unifying the runtime across all of .NET.
.NET Blog
May 13, 2026
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Agent Skills in Visual Studio: Teach Copilot How Your Team Works
Visual Studio now supports Agent Skills, which are reusable instruction sets that teach Copilot agents how to handle specific tasks like running a build pipeline, generating boilerplate, or following your team's coding standards. Define a skill once, and the agent applies it automatically...
Visual Studio Blog
May 13, 2026
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The case of the hang when the user changed keyboard layouts
Keeping things moving.
The Old New Thing
May 13, 2026
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General Availability of SharePoint Framework 1.23 - Advancing the modern developer experience
We are excited to announce general availability for the SharePoint Framework 1.23. We are rolling out new features in extensions, preview of new CLI and addressing known npm audit issues.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
May 13, 2026
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Introducing WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
These skills enable your agent to take your ideas to a native Windows app in minutes! They are built around the end-to-end loop: scaffold, build, run, test, iterate. They've been optimized to know how to drive each stage, recognize common failures that get normal agents stuck in...
#ifdef Windows
May 12, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools version 14.51 (GA) now available
MSVC Build Tools v14.51 GA available in Visual Studio 2026 18.6
C++ Team Blog
May 12, 2026
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.NET 11 Preview 4 is now available!
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 4 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more!
.NET Blog
May 12, 2026
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Is This a Packaged Process?
Sometimes you need to know whether the current process has package identity. Certain Windows features require it, and behaviors can differ—both technically and culturally.
For example, classic Windows applications often store settings in the registry, whereas packaged applications...
Inside MSIX
May 12, 2026
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.NET and .NET Framework May 2026 servicing releases updates
Rahul,
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A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for May 2026.
.NET Blog
May 12, 2026
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Foundry Local 1.1: Live Transcription, Embeddings, and Responses API
Foundry Local 1.1 adds live transcription, embeddings, Responses API, WebGPU plugin, and download cancellation.
Microsoft Foundry Blog