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Introducing Planning in Visual Studio (Public Preview)
Quick prompts are great for small fixes, but they fall short on big projects. You end up rewriting instructions, tweaking them constantly, and hoping the model stays on track. It gives Copilot a visible, structured path to follow, one that updates as it works and keeps you in control at...
Read moreUnlocking Enterprise AI Complexity: Multi-Agent Orchestration with the Microsoft Agent Framework
The Architectural Imperative: Why Multi-Agent Orchestration is Essential
In modern enterprise AI systems, the scope and complexity of real-world business challenges quickly exceed the capabilities of a single, monolithic AI Agent. Facing tasks like end-to-end customer journey management,...
Read moreModernizing Visual Studio Extension Compatibility: Effortless Migration for Extension Developers and Users
We have great news for extension users and developers: Visual Studio 2026 is introducing an extension compatibility model designed specifically to make your life easier. Our top priority is to ensure that your extensions continue to work seamlessly across Visual Studio releases - with no...
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Oct 24, 2025
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The early history of the Windows Runtime PropertyValue and why there is a PropertyType.Inspectable that is never used
It used to be there because PropertyValue started out as the fundamental variant type before shifting focus to being the fundamental boxed type.
The Old New Thing
Oct 23, 2025
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Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org
Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org - An easy way to recognize package maintainers and grow the NuGet community stronger!
.NET Blog
Oct 23, 2025
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Upgrading to Microsoft Agent Framework in Your .NET AI Chat App
Step-by-step review on how to upgrade your .NET AI chat app to Microsoft Agent Framework for better architecture, tool integration, and intelligent reasoning.
.NET Blog
Oct 23, 2025
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Windows Runtime design principle: Properties can be set in any order
If all you're doing is setting properties, you can do it any way you like.
The Old New Thing
Oct 23, 2025
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Unlocking Enterprise AI Complexity: Multi-Agent Orchestration with the Microsoft Agent Framework
The Architectural Imperative: Why Multi-Agent Orchestration is Essential
In modern enterprise AI systems, the scope and complexity of real-world business challenges quickly exceed the capabilities of a single, monolithic AI Agent. Facing tasks like end-to-end customer journey management,...
Semantic Kernel
Oct 23, 2025
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Integration Testing with Testcontainers
How to leverage Testcontainers for integration testing
ISE Developer Blog
Oct 22, 2025
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Bringing Context to Copilot: Azure Cosmos DB Best Practices, Right in Your VS Code Workspace
Developers love GitHub Copilot for its instant, intelligent code suggestions. But what if those suggestions could also reflect your specific database and workload patterns? That’s now possible with a new feature in Azure Cosmos DB for VS Code.
Starting today, when you connect to...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Oct 22, 2025
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Introducing Planning in Visual Studio (Public Preview)
Quick prompts are great for small fixes, but they fall short on big projects. You end up rewriting instructions, tweaking them constantly, and hoping the model stays on track. It gives Copilot a visible, structured path to follow, one that updates as it works and keeps you in control at...
Visual Studio Blog
Oct 22, 2025
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Build an AI Agentic RAG search application with React, SQL Azure and Azure Static Web Apps
Introduction
Leveraging OpenAI for semantic searches on structured databases like Azure SQL enhances search accuracy and context-awareness, providing more relevant and insightful results.
This example showcases the use of Azure SQL for storing and searching data with AI. By...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner