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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 9, 2024
Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Introducing RBAC Authentication and more for the Azure Cosmos DB Integrated Cache

We’re excited to announce new features for the Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache! The integrated cache is built into the dedicated gateway, and now there’s new ways to authenticate your requests. Security is top of mind for many organizations, and you can now use Role-Based Access...
Oct 8, 2024
Azure Cosmos DB Blog

Announcing Private Preview: VS Code Extension of vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

Overview We're excited to introduce a new VS Code extension for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB ! This tool allows users to connect, query, and manage vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB directly within VS Code, streamlining your workflow. Limited Private...
Oct 8, 2024
Semantic Kernel

Microsoft.Extensions.AI: Simplifying AI Integration for .NET Partners

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Microsoft.Extensions.AI for .NET! Our collaboration with the .NET team since the debut of Semantic Kernel has resulted in a powerful new feature that aligns with the best practices of both current and upcoming .NET releases. With the...

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Oct 11, 2024
Semantic Kernel

Announcement: Agent Framework Documentation Updates

The Semantic Kernel Agent Framework revolutionizes how developers can interact with Large Language Models (LLMs) by embedding dynamic, multi-step agents into their applications. By combining the power of LLMs with structured programming, the framework allows developers to build...
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Raymond Chen
Oct 11, 2024
The Old New Thing

How can I explicitly specialize a templated C++ constructor?

Looking for a C++ tag type for representing another type.
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Oct 11, 2024
ISE Developer Blog

Multimodal RAG with Vision: From Experimentation to Implementation

This blog post delves into the experimentation journey of fine-tuning a multimodal RAG pipeline to best answer user queries that require both textual and image context. We ran our experiments by systematically testing various approaches, adjusting one configuration setting at a time and using clearly defined evaluation metrics to validate the performance of each component of the RAG pipeline in isolation, as well as the end-to-end inference flow.
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Mryam Girmay
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...
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Kunal Pathak
Oct 10, 2024
.NET Blog

Engineering the Scalable Vector Extension in .NET

Let's take an in-depth look at how the team implemented the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) for .NET.
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Nick Zhu
Oct 10, 2024
Microsoft for Java Developers

Java on Visual Studio Code Update - September 2024

Hi everyone, welcome to the September update for Visual Studio Code for Java! In this blog, we will cover some important Spring feature updates and Gradle enhancements, let's get started! Spring Updates Explain SpEL expressions, query statements, and AOP pointcut expressions with GitHub...
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Oct 10, 2024
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Java on Visual Studio Code的更新 – 2024年9月

大家好,欢迎来到 Visual Studio Code for Java 的九月更新!在本篇博客中,我们将介绍一些重要的 Spring 功能更新和 Gradle 增强功能,让我们开始吧! Spring 更新 使用 GitHub Copilot 解释 SpEL 表达式、查询语句和 AOP...
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Krishna Mawani
Oct 10, 2024
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Microsoft 365 Certification control spotlight: Security event logging, reviewing, and alerting

Discover how Microsoft 365 Certification validates security event logging best practices.
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Raymond Chen
Oct 10, 2024
The Old New Thing

A correction to the awaitable lock for C++ PPL tasks

Over-scoped lock.
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