⚡️ Azure boosts networking for AI-scale reliability
Microsoft is tightening the backbone of Azure networking to match the explosive rise of AI workloads. The latest updates focus on stronger security, improved reliability, and higher availability—critical layers for enterprises scaling cloud infrastructure in the AI era.
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Microsoft is tightening the backbone of Azure networking to match the explosive rise of AI workloads. The latest updates focus on stronger security, improved reliability, and higher availability—critical layers for enterprises scaling cloud infrastructure in the AI era.
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Azure Networking Updates: Secure, Scalable, and AI-Optimized
See how Azure Networking’s advanced platform, security, and private connectivity are shaping the future of cloud and AI innovation. Learn more.
⚡️ Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in Microsoft Foundry Preview
Microsoft integrates Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 into Foundry in public preview, bringing sharper code performance, stronger tool execution, and improved agent-building controls. The update also extends multimodal vision and computer-use features — with refreshed pricing and broader regional coverage.
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Microsoft integrates Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 into Foundry in public preview, bringing sharper code performance, stronger tool execution, and improved agent-building controls. The update also extends multimodal vision and computer-use features — with refreshed pricing and broader regional coverage.
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Microsoft Brings Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to Foundry Preview -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft has added Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 to Microsoft Foundry in public preview, highlighting benchmark gains for coding and tool use, new agent-building controls in Foundry, expanded vision and computer-use capabilities, and updated pricing and regional…
⚡️ How Devs Use JetBrains Rider Beyond Work
A year after launching a free non-commercial license, JetBrains Rider has found an unexpected following among indie devs and hobby coders. From collaboration to creative side projects, the platform is fueling passion-driven coding with pro-grade tools—proving serious development doesn’t have to be tied to a paycheck.
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A year after launching a free non-commercial license, JetBrains Rider has found an unexpected following among indie devs and hobby coders. From collaboration to creative side projects, the platform is fueling passion-driven coding with pro-grade tools—proving serious development doesn’t have to be tied to a paycheck.
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5 Stories Of Developers Using JetBrains Rider to Create, Collaborate, and Have Fun | The .NET Tools Blog
A year ago, we introduced a free non-commercial use license option for JetBrains Rider, hoping to remove barriers for developers who code with no financial objective in mind for their projects. Recent
⚡️ Why changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio isn’t as simple as it seems
A straight look at what’s behind the keys
We’ve all tried unlearning a keyboard shortcut - it feels like forgetting how to breathe. Muscle memory doesn’t mess around. We wrestle with this every time someone suggest a “quick” shortcut change. It’s not just editing a keybinding but navigating a history that makes Visual Studio so customizable for developers like us.
Picture yourself deep in code, chugging coffee, ready to close a tab.
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A straight look at what’s behind the keys
We’ve all tried unlearning a keyboard shortcut - it feels like forgetting how to breathe. Muscle memory doesn’t mess around. We wrestle with this every time someone suggest a “quick” shortcut change. It’s not just editing a keybinding but navigating a history that makes Visual Studio so customizable for developers like us.
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Why changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio isn’t as simple as it seems
A straight look at what’s behind the keys We’ve all tried unlearning a keyboard shortcut – it feels like forgetting how to breathe. Muscle memory doesn’t mess around. We wrestle with this every time someone suggest a “quick” shortcut change. It’s not just…
⚡️ Visual Studio November Update – Visual Studio 2026, Cloud Agent Preview, and more
Visual Studio 2026 is here!
If you haven’t heard the news yet, we’re excited to share with you that Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available! This new version can better assist you with several performance improvements, a redesigned user experience, and a major leap in AI-driven development. Read more about it here and get started with VS 2026 today!
Below updates are all available in Visual Studio 2026 only.
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Visual Studio 2026 is here!
If you haven’t heard the news yet, we’re excited to share with you that Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available! This new version can better assist you with several performance improvements, a redesigned user experience, and a major leap in AI-driven development. Read more about it here and get started with VS 2026 today!
Below updates are all available in Visual Studio 2026 only.
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Visual Studio November Update – Visual Studio 2026, Cloud Agent Preview, and more
Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available with agentic and AI-native developments!
⚡️ Azure expands with AI-powered flexibility
Microsoft is extending its Azure public regions to give enterprises more adaptable options for AI-driven innovation, resiliency, and control. The update aims to meet evolving business demands without forcing trade-offs—pushing cloud infrastructure toward greater autonomy and efficiency.
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Microsoft is extending its Azure public regions to give enterprises more adaptable options for AI-driven innovation, resiliency, and control. The update aims to meet evolving business demands without forcing trade-offs—pushing cloud infrastructure toward greater autonomy and efficiency.
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New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure Blog
Find out how we're empowering customers to use Azure services to innovate in environments under their full control.
⚡️ Modular Data Ingestion Arrives in .NET
Microsoft unveils preview Data Ingestion Building Blocks — open, modular components for constructing scalable AI data pipelines in .NET. Developers can now integrate, extend, and launch ingestion flows faster across the ecosystem, turning .NET into a more flexible foundation for modern AI workloads.
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Microsoft unveils preview Data Ingestion Building Blocks — open, modular components for constructing scalable AI data pipelines in .NET. Developers can now integrate, extend, and launch ingestion flows faster across the ecosystem, turning .NET into a more flexible foundation for modern AI workloads.
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Introducing Data Ingestion Building Blocks (Preview)
Announcing the preview of open, modular data ingestion building blocks in .NET, empowering developers to build scalable AI pipelines with seamless integration, extensibility, and easy getting started experiences across the .NET ecosystem.
⚡️ Unleash GitHub Copilot with an AGENTS.md File
A simple AGENTS.md file can turn GitHub Copilot into a truly context‑aware coding partner. By defining project‑specific roles, behavior, and boundaries, developers give Copilot the context it needs to deliver accurate, relevant suggestions — not generic guesses. It’s a lightweight way to bring real intelligence to your repos.
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A simple AGENTS.md file can turn GitHub Copilot into a truly context‑aware coding partner. By defining project‑specific roles, behavior, and boundaries, developers give Copilot the context it needs to deliver accurate, relevant suggestions — not generic guesses. It’s a lightweight way to bring real intelligence to your repos.
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Unlock GitHub Copilot’s Full Potential: Why Every Repo Needs An AGENTS.md File | Build5Nines
AI-assisted development has rapidly transformed how engineers write code, collaborate, and ship software. GitHub Copilot, powered by OpenAI’s Codex and now
⚡️ Copilot Gets Sharper in Visual Studio 2026
Visual Studio 2026 tightens Copilot’s grip on code understanding. A smarter semantic search taps remote indexes and external C# symbols, making responses cleaner when pointing to specific lines. Developers also get a GitHub Cloud Agent preview, intent detection in All-In-One Search, and quicker context actions — less friction, more flow.
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Visual Studio 2026 tightens Copilot’s grip on code understanding. A smarter semantic search taps remote indexes and external C# symbols, making responses cleaner when pointing to specific lines. Developers also get a GitHub Cloud Agent preview, intent detection in All-In-One Search, and quicker context actions — less friction, more flow.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Post-GA Copilot Response Improvements in Visual Studio 2026 -- Visual Studio Magazine
Since its Nov. 11 debut, Visual Studio 2026 sees improved Copilot Chat response quality by enhancing semantic code search with remote indexes, expanding awareness of external C# symbols, and increasing accuracy when developers reference specific line numbers…
⚡️ Visual Studio 2026 adds new AI-powered tools
The November update for Visual Studio 2026 brings fresh AI-driven features aimed at streamlining developer workflows. With general availability now live, Microsoft is doubling down on integrated intelligence inside its flagship IDE — making coding faster, cleaner, and far more contextual.
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The November update for Visual Studio 2026 brings fresh AI-driven features aimed at streamlining developer workflows. With general availability now live, Microsoft is doubling down on integrated intelligence inside its flagship IDE — making coding faster, cleaner, and far more contextual.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio 2026 Gets New AI Features in November Update -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft has been busy adding new features to Visual Studio 2026, which reached general availability on Nov. 11, including several new features driven by AI to enhance developer workflow.
⚡️ Copilot Chat Gains Web Context via URL Input
Copilot Chat now can pull live context directly from any URL, giving developers real-time guidance from documentation, blogs, or project pages. No more outdated or generic answers—this makes AI assistance far more relevant and precise where it matters most: in your current coding flow.
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Copilot Chat now can pull live context directly from any URL, giving developers real-time guidance from documentation, blogs, or project pages. No more outdated or generic answers—this makes AI assistance far more relevant and precise where it matters most: in your current coding flow.
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Unlocking the Power of Web with Copilot Chat’s New URL Context
With the new URL context feature, Copilot Chat can now access and use information directly from web pages you specify
⚡️ .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026 drive next-gen dev wave
.NET Conf 2025 wrapped with big milestones: the release of .NET 10, a first look at Visual Studio 2026, and a deeper integration of AI across tools and workflows. Microsoft’s developer ecosystem clearly doubles down on performance, automation, and community-powered innovation.
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.NET Conf 2025 wrapped with big milestones: the release of .NET 10, a first look at Visual Studio 2026, and a deeper integration of AI across tools and workflows. Microsoft’s developer ecosystem clearly doubles down on performance, automation, and community-powered innovation.
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.NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More
.NET Conf 2025 is over, but you can catch up with all the announcements and fun with video recordings, slides, demos, and more.
⚡️ Private Access to Internal Apps, No VPN Needed
A new solution enables fast, secure access to internal corporate apps—without the friction of a VPN. It streamlines connectivity for distributed teams, tightening security while eliminating the usual latency and maintenance overhead. For IT and DevOps, it’s a leaner way to keep internal systems genuinely private.
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A new solution enables fast, secure access to internal corporate apps—without the friction of a VPN. It streamlines connectivity for distributed teams, tightening security while eliminating the usual latency and maintenance overhead. For IT and DevOps, it’s a leaner way to keep internal systems genuinely private.
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Secure private access to your internal apps without a VPN
Welcome everyone to my contribution to this year’s Festive Tech Calendar. Thanks, as always, to the event organisers who put this event together. It’s always great to see such amazing a…
⚡️ Claude Opus 4.5 joins GitHub Copilot lineup
GitHub Copilot now taps Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 across VS Code, Visual Studio, and other IDEs in a new public preview. For developers, that means another powerful LLM choice integrated natively into daily workflows — shifting Copilot from a single‑vendor tool into a true multi‑model assistant.
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GitHub Copilot now taps Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 across VS Code, Visual Studio, and other IDEs in a new public preview. For developers, that means another powerful LLM choice integrated natively into daily workflows — shifting Copilot from a single‑vendor tool into a true multi‑model assistant.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Claude Opus 4.5 Lands in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio and VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub Copilot users can now select Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 model in chat across Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio (plus several other IDEs) during a new public preview.
⚡️ Microsoft Foundry brings AI agent tools to the cloud
Foundry just unlocked its MCP Server in a cloud-hosted preview — giving AI agents direct, secure access to Foundry’s model, deployment, and evaluation tools. Developers can now build and test agents across VS Code, Visual Studio, or Foundry itself without leaving their workflow.
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Foundry just unlocked its MCP Server in a cloud-hosted preview — giving AI agents direct, secure access to Foundry’s model, deployment, and evaluation tools. Developers can now build and test agents across VS Code, Visual Studio, or Foundry itself without leaving their workflow.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Previews Cloud-Hosted Foundry MCP Server for AI Agent Development -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Foundry has introduced a preview cloud-hosted Foundry MCP Server that lets AI agents securely access Foundry tools for model, agent, deployment, and evaluation workflows from VS Code, Visual Studio, or Foundry itself
⚡️ VS Code Insiders launches its own podcast
Microsoft is taking developers deeper inside Visual Studio Code with the new VS Code Insiders Podcast. The show explores experimental features, the teams behind them, and what might shape the editor’s future — straight from the people who build it every day.
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Microsoft is taking developers deeper inside Visual Studio Code with the new VS Code Insiders Podcast. The show explores experimental features, the teams behind them, and what might shape the editor’s future — straight from the people who build it every day.
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Listen Up: VS Code Insiders Gets a Podcast -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft has launched the VS Code Insiders Podcast, a new behind-the-scenes audio show that digs into experimental features, the people building them and what may be coming next to Visual Studio Code.
⚡️ Oxpecker 2 pushes the F# ecosystem forward
Oxpecker 2 lands with upgrades shaping the F# developer toolkit — from smarter LSP integration to new fsi-mcp features that refine interactive coding. The weekly roundup also spotlights AOC in F#, showing how the language ecosystem keeps accelerating beyond its traditional functional niche.
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Oxpecker 2 lands with upgrades shaping the F# developer toolkit — from smarter LSP integration to new fsi-mcp features that refine interactive coding. The weekly roundup also spotlights AOC in F#, showing how the language ecosystem keeps accelerating beyond its traditional functional niche.
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F# Weekly #49, 2025 – Oxpecker 2, fsi-mcp, LSP & AOC in F#
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News .NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More – .NET Blog Introducing…
⚡️ Sharper overload control lands with OverloadResolutionPriority
C# adds finer-grained control over ambiguous method calls. The new OverloadResolutionPriority attribute lets developers define which overload the compiler should favor — a subtle but powerful tweak for cleaning up API design and cutting implicit conversion headaches.
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C# adds finer-grained control over ambiguous method calls. The new OverloadResolutionPriority attribute lets developers define which overload the compiler should favor — a subtle but powerful tweak for cleaning up API design and cutting implicit conversion headaches.
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Resolving Overload Ambiguity with Collection Expressions
Learn how to use OverloadResolutionPriority to resolve ambiguous method calls when using collection expressions with multiple overloads.
⚡️ Pattern Guards in Haskell: A Clean DSL Trick
Building a cellular automaton in Haskell led to a clever use of pattern guards—a concise way to express decision logic in a domain‑specific language. This functional twist turns even a finch’s social dilemma into elegant, declarative code.
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Building a cellular automaton in Haskell led to a clever use of pattern guards—a concise way to express decision logic in a domain‑specific language. This functional twist turns even a finch’s social dilemma into elegant, declarative code.
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Pattern guards for a protocol
A Haskell example.
⚡️ Fake VS Code Extensions Escalate into Credential Theft
Malicious actors are once again exploiting Visual Studio Code’s extension ecosystem, this time through a counterfeit Prettier plugin that evolved into a multi-stage attack—from marketplace install to full remote access and credential exfiltration. The incident spotlights the growing security gap in developer tooling supply chains.
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Malicious actors are once again exploiting Visual Studio Code’s extension ecosystem, this time through a counterfeit Prettier plugin that evolved into a multi-stage attack—from marketplace install to full remote access and credential exfiltration. The incident spotlights the growing security gap in developer tooling supply chains.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Threat Actors Keep Weaponizing VS Code Extensions -- Visual Studio Magazine
Threat actors are still abusing Visual Studio Code extensions as an entry point, with the latest fake Prettier incident showing a multi-stage path from marketplace install to credential theft and full remote access.
⚡️ .NET 10 boosts networking with modern HTTP and security
.NET 10 steps up its networking game with major updates across HTTP handling, WebSockets, and core security. The new features streamline high-performance connections and fortify data integrity — a clear sign Microsoft is tightening .NET’s grip on modern cloud-first workloads.
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.NET 10 steps up its networking game with major updates across HTTP handling, WebSockets, and core security. The new features streamline high-performance connections and fortify data integrity — a clear sign Microsoft is tightening .NET’s grip on modern cloud-first workloads.
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Microsoft News
.NET 10 Networking Improvements
Introducing new networking features in .NET 10 including HTTP space, WebSockets, security and more!