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Build AI agents with Python in #AgentsHack
Microsoft is holding an AI Agents Hackathon, and we want to see what you can build with Python! We'll have 20+ live streams showing you how to build AI agents with Python using popular agent frameworks and Microsoft technologies. Then, you can submit your project for a chance to win prizes, including a Best in Python prize!
Python in Visual Studio Code – April 2025 Release
The April 2025 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code is now available. This update introduces enhancements to the Copilot experience in Notebooks, improved support for editable installs, faster and more reliable diagnostics, and the addition of custom Node.js arguments with Pylance, and more!
New Python Driver for SQL Server and Azure SQL!
We’re thrilled to announce the alpha release of our new open-source Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family, now available on GitHub at mssql-python.
Python in Visual Studio Code – March 2025 Release
The March 2025 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include improvements to shell integration, a new setting to change auto test discovery file patterns, inline values shown on hover, and more!
Python in Visual Studio Code – February 2025 Release
The February 2025 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include .
Python in Visual Studio Code – December 2024 Release
The December 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a special review of docstring generation features from Pylance, the new Python Environments extension in preview, Pylance's "full" language server mode, and much more. Keep reading to learn more!
2024 Python in VS Code Wrapped
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to reflect and celebrate the incredible progress the Python extension for VS Code has made in the past year. From merging in top requested features to countless lines of code written and deleted, keep reading to get an inside look to all things
Announcing: Azure Developers – Python Day
Experience cloud computing with Python on Azure during Python Day 2024!
Announcing GitHub Copilot in Data Wrangler
AI did not write this blog post, but it will make your exploratory data analysis with Data Wrangler better! Today, we’re excited to introduce our first step of integrating the power of Copilot into Data Wrangler. With this first integration of Copilot with Data Wrangler, you’ll be able to: An example of using Copilot in Data Wrangler to filter for listings that allow dogs/cats A common limitation of using AI tools for exploratory data analysis tasks today is the lack of data context provided to the AI. Responses are typically more generalized and not tailored to the specifi...