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Azure MCP Server Now Built-In with Visual Studio 2026: A New Era for Agentic Workflows

Managing cloud resources often means juggling multiple tools, writing custom scripts, and switching contexts between your IDE and cloud management portals. These extra steps slow development and make it harder to build intelligent, secure applications efficiently. We’re excited to...
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Nov 14, 2025
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Tutorial Videos: Setting up GitHub Copilot for your Company

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Eldrick Wega
This guide shares a series of videos that walk you through setting up GitHub and GitHub Copilot end-to-end for your company. These are especially useful for organizations starting from scratch who want to leverage GitHub Copilot and are looking to get started. These videos were recorded...
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Nov 14, 2025
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I can use WM_COPYDATA to send a block of data to another window, but how does it send data back?

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Raymond Chen
They can send it back with their own WM_COPY­DATA message, or they can put it in an agreed-upon shared location.
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Nov 14, 2025
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Azure MCP Server Now Built-In with Visual Studio 2026: A New Era for Agentic Workflows

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Yun Jung Choi
Managing cloud resources often means juggling multiple tools, writing custom scripts, and switching contexts between your IDE and cloud management portals. These extra steps slow development and make it harder to build intelligent, secure applications efficiently. We’re excited to...
Visual Studio Blog
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Nov 13, 2025
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OpenAPI.NET: The Biggest Update Ever

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A celebratory announcement of what is new in OpenAPI.NET v2 and v3.
OpenAPI at Microsoft
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Nov 13, 2025
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Python in Visual Studio Code - November 2025 Release

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Luciana Abud
The November 2025 release brings new Pylance features including improvements to Copilot Hover Summaries and a Code Action to convert wildcard imports to explicit imports. Keep on reading to learn more!
Microsoft for Python Developers Blog
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Nov 13, 2025
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A first look at the all‑new UX in Visual Studio 2026

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Ruben Rios
Visual Studio 2026 introduces a refreshed user experience, thoughtfully crafted for clarity, accessibility, and a clean interface that feels right at home on Windows. This update is the result of extensive collaboration with developers and incorporates valuable feedback from the...
Visual Studio Blog
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Nov 13, 2025
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Could we use CTAD to simplify the use of WRL's Callback function?

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Raymond Chen
Not directly, but maybe indirectly.
The Old New Thing
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Nov 13, 2025
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Ensuring Seamless User Experience in Modernization Projects with AI‑Generated Stagehand and Playwright UI Tests

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Suganya Srinivasan
Using AI‑generated tools like Stagehand with Microsoft's Playwright helps ensure a smooth user experience during modernization efforts such as Hyper Velocity Engineering and monolith-to-microservices migrations.
ISE Developer Blog
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Nov 12, 2025
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Perform wide-sweeping refactors using C++ code editing tools for GitHub Copilot

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Sinem Akinci
Refactoring a C++ codebase can often require tracking updates across various sections of multiple files to ensure accuracy and relevancy.  Historically, developers have relied on manual searches across a codebase and refactoring tools to perform these types of edits. However, with...
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