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Jan 16, 2025

Unlocking new possibilities: Microsoft AI, database, and identity products receive authorization for Top Secret workloads

Microsoft’s leading AI capabilities are being used across industries to enhance data analysis, bolster security, and support key business priorities. Our U.S. Government customers and authorized partners consistently share that they are ready and eager to apply these same tools to serve...

Jan 17, 2025

AutoGen reimagined: Launching AutoGen 0.4

We are thrilled to announce the release of AutoGen v0.4! This new version represents a complete redesign of the AutoGen library, focusing on improved code quality, robustness, usability, and scalability of agentic workflows. This release sets the stage for a robust ecosystem to drive...

Jan 17, 2025

Guest Blog: Leap Forward with Modern AI using Microsoft 365 Agents SDK and Semantic Kernel

Leap Forward with Modern AI using Microsoft 365 Agents SDK and Semantic Kernel Today we’re featuring a guest author, Arafat Tehsin, who’s a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for AI. He’s written an article we’re sharing below, focused on how to Leap Forward with...

Jan 22, 2025

Guest Blog: Creative Writing Assistant - a multi-agent app sample with Semantic Kernel & .NET Aspire

Sophia,

Ricardo

Today we’re featuring a guest author, Ricardo Niepel, who’s a Senior Technical Specialist at Microsoft. He’s written an article we’re sharing below; we’ll turn it over to Ricardo to share more! If “Creative Writing Assistant” sounds familiar, it might be because we've...

Semantic Kernel

Jan 22, 2025

Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time?

Raymond Chen

What is your implied point in time for the reference?

The Old New Thing

Jan 21, 2025

WinForms: Analyze This (Me in Visual Basic)

Klaus Loeffelmann

Your WinForms code might have issues—maybe an Async call picked the wrong overload, or it’s leaking data into resource files. Time to call in a code-shrink! So, WinForms, Analyze This!

.NET Blog

Jan 21, 2025

Why doesn't the Windows blue screen of death prominently identify the company that created the driver that crashed?

Raymond Chen

Because the driver that crashed may not be the one at fault.

The Old New Thing

Jan 20, 2025

Reminder: When a C++ object fails to construct, the destructor does not run

Raymond Chen

If you need to run after a failed construction, you have to put it in a base class or member variable.

The Old New Thing

Jan 20, 2025

Extending Regular Expressions (Regex) Support on Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI)

Abhiman Tiwari

We are happy to announce the Private Preview of Regular Expressions (Regex) support on Azure SQL Managed Instance (MI). This new feature brings powerful text processing capabilities to your SQL queries, enabling you to perform complex pattern matching and data manipulation with...

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner