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Announcing the Build Server for Gradle Open-Source Repository

Build Server for Gradle In September, we shared that Microsoft and Gradle have joined forces to explore a novel approach to Gradle project import and building, based on the Build Server Protocol (BSP). The objective is address the existing Gradle issues on Visual Studio Code and improve support for Gradle projects. The Build Server for ...


OpenAI Assistants: The power of templated assistant instructions

Another day, another update from the Semantic Kernel team on OpenAI Assistants! For this article, we wanted to dive into assistant instructions, the key element in the Assistant API that allows you to give assistants their own persona. With the existing OpenAI API, instructions are typically static. You define them once for an assistant, ...


Saving and Loading PIX Settings

The Settings layout, accessible from the PIX Home tab, provides several controls for configuring various aspects of the PIX user interface and capturing experience.  These settings, along with Timing Capture Timeline configurations, Metrics view configurations, and Metrics View Consolidated Event Patterns can be exported from PIX and saved ...


Unreal Engine and C++ Game Development Made Easy with Visual Studio 2022

Introduction (image) Creating amazing games just got easier. We are very happy to announce the latest Unreal Engine integrations and powerful C++ productivity features in Visual Studio 2022. Our team has been tirelessly working to incorporate your feedback and bring even more features that will enhance your game development experience ...


November patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation Server

This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server, as well as Team Foundation Server 2018.3.2. Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 Patch 5 Note: If you have Azure DevOps Server 2022, you should first update to Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 and then install Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 Patch 5. If you have...