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Oct 1, 2024
OpenAPI at Microsoft
Welcome to the OpenAPI Blog
An introduction to the OpenAPI blog, what it is, and what you can expect to find here.
Oct 8, 2024
.NET Blog
.NET 9 Release Candidate 2 is now available!
Try out the latest features in .NET 9 Release Candidate 2 across the .NET SDK, libraries, runtime, ASP.NET Core, SignalR, .NET MAUI, and more!
Oct 10, 2024
C++ Team Blog
New Contextual Tools for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2022 17.11 now allows you to pass your entire workspace or specific classes and functions as context for GitHub Copilot Chat. By referencing your entire codebase, down to specific classes and functions, Copilot Chat can deliver refined and accurate results tailored to your...
Oct 16, 2024
.NET Blog
How we build GitHub Copilot into Visual Studio
Find out how Visual Studio integrates GitHub Copilot, architectural detail, .NET implementation, and the importance of the indexing service for providing context-aware AI code suggestions.
Oct 14, 2024
.NET Blog
Catch the highlights from Azure Developers - .NET Aspire Day 2024!
Watch the top sessions on demand for insights and practical guidance on building distributed applications with .NET Aspire!
Events
November 12, 2024 - November 14, 2024
.NET Conf 2024
.NET 9 launches at .NET Conf 2024! Tune in with the .NET community to celebrate and learn about the new release on November 12-14.
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Pete Brown
Oct 21, 2024
Windows MIDI and Music dev
Windows MIDI Services October 2024 Update
It's been a little while since I last posted an update about Windows MIDI Services outside of our Discord Server, but we've been busy! With all the announcements today at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, I thought I'd dive in a bit on where we are with our new MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 stack on...
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Pete Brown
Oct 21, 2024
Windows MIDI and Music dev
Make Great Music with Windows on Arm
This week has been amazing, with our musician work really coming together at Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2024! There's only so much time available in a keynote, so I thought I'd expand a bit more on the music-related announcements, especially for the new in-box features.
Music is all...
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Rishit,
Luce
Oct 21, 2024
.NET Blog
MongoDB EF Core Provider: What's New?
The latest updates to the MongoDB EF Core Provider brings updates to change tracking, index creation, complex queries, and transactions.
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Meredith Moore
Oct 21, 2024
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Updates to Azure Cosmos DB's Portal Networking Settings
We are happy to share with you an update to the Azure Cosmos DB networking configuration options within the Azure Portal. This update introduces a split in the IP address list, now presented as two distinct categories: user IP addresses and Portal Middleware IPs. Managing IP access...
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Raymond Chen
Oct 21, 2024
The Old New Thing
Why does adding WS_MINIMIZEBOX
change how my window behaves when the user presses Win+D?
It minimizes your window if it can.
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Raymond Chen
Oct 18, 2024
The Old New Thing
Evaluating tail call elimination in the face of return address protection, part 2
Rewriting the activation frame.
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Mryam Girmay
Oct 17, 2024
C++ Team Blog
Enhanced Breakpoint Expressions for C++ Debugging in Visual Studio
Conditional Breakpoints Performance Improvement
Debugging C++ code can be a time-consuming process, especially when dealing with complex scenarios. As a developer, it's frustrating to go through extensive setup and wait for a specific conditional breakpoint to trigger so you can analyze...
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Arbaaz Abdulwahid
Oct 17, 2024
Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
Creating an ASP.Net application with External ID using Visual Studio
Integrate Microsoft Entra External ID into your ASP.NET application using Visual Studio. Learn how External ID simplifies user authentication, improves your security posture, and reduces vulnerabilities. Whether you're new to identity management, or more experienced, this tutorial equips you with the guidance to enhance security and efficiency in your applications.
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Katie Savage
Oct 17, 2024
.NET Blog
.NET Conf 2024 Student Zone
The .NET Conf Student Zone is a beginner-friendly, virtual event where experts will teach you how to build amazing projects - all using C# and .NET!
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