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Unit Testing with Semantic Kernel

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

Hi all, Testing is an integral part of the software development process. Unit testing allows to test your functionality in isolation. This usually means that instead of performing real work (e.g. sending HTTP request to LLM), it needs to be replaced with something that only simulates the work and return some predefined result, which will be...

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Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 6

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

Raymond Chen

Using a change counter with coalescing.

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The Old New Thing

Securing identity: Exploring application types and authentication flows

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

Adam Matthews

Building on the foundations laid out in an earlier blog post on IAM basics, this blog post dives into the world of application types and authentication flows.

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Microsoft Entra Identity Platform

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Making Plans with Semantic Kernel: Implementing the Microsoft Graph Plugin

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey, José Luis Latorre Millás

Hi all, Today we’re featuring a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, José Luis Latorre Millás, an MVP for Microsoft focused on AI. We will turn it over to Jose to dive into Making Plans with Semantic Kernel - Implementing the Microsoft Graph Plugin. "Welcome back – I’m continuing where we left off in part 1 here. We ended ...

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Semantic Kernel

Supporting Federal Agencies in Their Implementation of the Executive Order on AI – Part 1

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Jason Payne, Kent Cunningham, Richard Brion

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence (M-24-10) (the “Memo”), part of the President’s comprehensive strategy on AI, outlines a structured approach for federal agencies to leverage artificial intelligence responsibly. The Memo provides direction that establishes a governance framework, fosters...

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Azure Government

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Refactor your C# code with primary constructors

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

David Pine

Explore C# 12's primary constructors through incremental refactoring of a Worker service.

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.NET Blog

Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code update – April 2024

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Yu Zhang

Learn about the latest updates including added improvements to build API Message extensions with an auth-protected API.

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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 5

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Raymond Chen

Using a change counter.

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The Old New Thing

Java on Visual Studio Code Update - April 2024 (Roadmap Update)

April 23, 2024 Apr 23, 2024 04/23/24

Nick Zhu

Hi everyone, welcome to the April update for Visual Studio Code for Java! In this blog we are going to share our roadmap for the next few months, and also recent product updates such as JDK 22 support and redesigned Project Settings experience, so let's get started! Roadmap for the next 6 months We are excited to share our roadmap for the ...

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Microsoft for Java Developers