⚡️ Azure Advisor now flags performance issues in Cosmos DB workloads
The follow‑up post digs into how Azure Advisor highlights performance problems in Azure Cosmos DB. It points out skewed workloads, unexpected RU usage, and queries that stop scaling, giving teams a clearer path to diagnose and fix bottlenecks.
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The follow‑up post digs into how Azure Advisor highlights performance problems in Azure Cosmos DB. It points out skewed workloads, unexpected RU usage, and queries that stop scaling, giving teams a clearer path to diagnose and fix bottlenecks.
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Maximize Azure Cosmos DB Performance with Azure Advisor Recommendations
Learn how to optimize Azure Cosmos DB performance using Azure Advisor. Get insights for better workload efficiency and scalability.
⚡️ azd finally adds direct deploys to App Service slots
azd just learned to deploy straight into Azure App Service slots without hacks or extra scripting. The tool now picks the right slot on its own and keeps the flow much clearer. If you juggle staging and production slots, this update removes a bunch of manual steps.
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azd just learned to deploy straight into Azure App Service slots without hacks or extra scripting. The tool now picks the right slot on its own and keeps the flow much clearer. If you juggle staging and production slots, this update removes a bunch of manual steps.
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Deploy to Azure App Service deployment slots with azd
Azure Developer CLI now supports direct deployments to Azure App Service slots—quick, clear, and slot-aware for the first time.
⚡️ New find_symbol tool promises faster navigation for big codebases
Anyone who’s refactored a large project knows the pain: endless manual searches and scattered edits across dozens of files. The new find_symbol tool taps into language‑specific symbol context to speed up navigation and cut down on mistakes. For modern workflows that depend on quick jumps through code, that’s a real quality‑of‑life boost.
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Anyone who’s refactored a large project knows the pain: endless manual searches and scattered edits across dozens of files. The new find_symbol tool taps into language‑specific symbol context to speed up navigation and cut down on mistakes. For modern workflows that depend on quick jumps through code, that’s a real quality‑of‑life boost.
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Unlock language-specific rich symbol context using new find_symbol tool
Refactoring at scale is a time-consuming and error-prone process for developers. In large codebases, developers have relied on manual searches and incremental edits across multiple files to accomplish these tasks. Modern development workflows depend on fast…
⚡️ GitHub Copilot brings AI test generation to Visual Studio 2026
GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is now GA in Visual Studio 18.3, and it plugs right into the IDE. You can ask it to generate or fix unit tests for anything from a single method to an entire solution. It cuts out a lot of the repetitive setup work and gives you faster feedback loops as you iterate.
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GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET is now GA in Visual Studio 18.3, and it plugs right into the IDE. You can ask it to generate or fix unit tests for anything from a single method to an entire solution. It cuts out a lot of the repetitive setup work and gives you faster feedback loops as you iterate.
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GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET Brings AI-powered Unit Tests to Visual Studio 2026
Visual Studio 18.3 brings GitHub Copilot Testing for .NET, an AI-powered test agent for generating and managing unit tests across your codebase.
⚡️ Agentic cloud ops pitched as an answer to growing workload complexity
The text points out a simple mismatch: today’s cloud is flexible, but modern apps and AI workloads have grown so fast that traditional ops can’t keep up. The idea of “agentic cloud operations” is introduced as a response to that scale and complexity. No big promises — just a note that the old playbook doesn’t fit the new load.
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The text points out a simple mismatch: today’s cloud is flexible, but modern apps and AI workloads have grown so fast that traditional ops can’t keep up. The idea of “agentic cloud operations” is introduced as a response to that scale and complexity. No big promises — just a note that the old playbook doesn’t fit the new load.
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Agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot for AI‑driven workloads
Discover how agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot bring intelligence and continuous optimization to modern cloud environments. Learn more.
⚡️ How Pantone tested agentic AI with an AI-ready database
Pantone shared how they built an agentic AI system on top of an AI‑ready database and pushed it out as a minimal viable product. The team shipped early to get real user feedback and adjust the experience quickly. It's a small look at how they validated the idea without overbuilding.
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Pantone shared how they built an agentic AI system on top of an AI‑ready database and pushed it out as a minimal viable product. The team shipped early to get real user feedback and adjust the experience quickly. It's a small look at how they validated the idea without overbuilding.
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The data behind the design: How Pantone built agentic AI with an AI-ready database | Microsoft Azure Blog
Find out how Pantone built the Palette Generator using Azure Cosmos DB with multiagent architecture to respond to users dynamically.
⚡️ SQL + AI Datathon shows how to mix SQL with embeddings and RAG
Microsoft is running a SQL + AI Datathon that walks you through building AI‑powered features directly on top of SQL. The guided missions cover embeddings, semantic search, and RAG, and then end with an open hack. The whole thing is built around keeping SQL at the center of the architecture.
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Microsoft is running a SQL + AI Datathon that walks you through building AI‑powered features directly on top of SQL. The guided missions cover embeddings, semantic search, and RAG, and then end with an open hack. The whole thing is built around keeping SQL at the center of the architecture.
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Build Intelligent Apps with SQL: Join the SQL + AI Datathon
The SQL + AI Datathon is a hands‑on challenge designed to show developers how to build intelligent applications with SQL.
⚡️ A first look at Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance
The piece gives an early look at the Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance, staying at a high level without diving into technical specifics. If you're tracking new Azure networking tooling, this is basically an overview of what Microsoft is starting to surface.
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The piece gives an early look at the Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance, staying at a high level without diving into technical specifics. If you're tracking new Azure networking tooling, this is basically an overview of what Microsoft is starting to surface.
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Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance – a first look
Microsoft recently dropped Azure Virtual Network Routing Appliance (VNRA) into public preview with surprisingly little fanfare. As a new Azure networking service, it left many of us asking: What is…
⚡️ .NET 11 Preview 1 lands, but devs question the direction
Microsoft dropped .NET 11 Preview 1 with updates to the runtime and SDK, but the release sparked pushback from the community. Developers are calling out growing C# syntax complexity and notice that Microsoft is steering the platform closer to AI‑centric development. That mix made the preview feel less like a routine update and more like a shift in priorities.
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Microsoft dropped .NET 11 Preview 1 with updates to the runtime and SDK, but the release sparked pushback from the community. Developers are calling out growing C# syntax complexity and notice that Microsoft is steering the platform closer to AI‑centric development. That mix made the preview feel less like a routine update and more like a shift in priorities.
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Devs Souring on .NET 11? -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces runtime and SDK enhancements while facing community scrutiny over C# syntax complexity and a strategic shift toward AI-driven development.
⚡️ F# Weekly notes: .NET 11 Preview 1 and new Rider EAP
.NET 11 landed its first preview, and Rider 2026.1 moved to EAP 3. If you're tracking F# tooling, both drops are in this week's F# Weekly roundup.
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.NET 11 landed its first preview, and Rider 2026.1 moved to EAP 3. If you're tracking F# tooling, both drops are in this week's F# Weekly roundup.
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F# Weekly #7, 2026 – .NET 11 Preview 1 & Rider 2026.1 EAP 3
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Boosting F# Libraries with Automated Agentic AI with Don Syme F# debugging improvements in Rider 2026.1. EAP 3 Microsoft News…
⚡️ Checking PowerShell syntax right inside GitHub Actions
Sometimes you can’t pull PowerShell code into separate files in GitHub Actions — for example, when you’re building a small action or a reusable workflow. The author shows how to validate inline script syntax anyway, so you don’t lose linting just because everything lives in one YAML.
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Sometimes you can’t pull PowerShell code into separate files in GitHub Actions — for example, when you’re building a small action or a reusable workflow. The author shows how to validate inline script syntax anyway, so you don’t lose linting just because everything lives in one YAML.
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Validating PowerShell script syntax in GitHub Actions workflows
Learn how to validate the syntax of PowerShell scripts embedded in GitHub Actions workflows using a custom PowerShell function.
⚡️ How to judge tests you didn’t write (and never saw fail)
The author points out that TDD is still a niche practice, and AI-generated tests are getting more common. That leaves many teams relying on test suites they didn’t design and have never seen fail. The piece looks at how to actually critique such tests and figure out whether they’re any good.
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The author points out that TDD is still a niche practice, and AI-generated tests are getting more common. That leaves many teams relying on test suites they didn’t design and have never seen fail. The piece looks at how to actually critique such tests and figure out whether they’re any good.
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Critiquing tests
Two attempts to measure the quality of automated test suites.
⚡️ Azure Boards adds condensed view for packed Kanban and Sprint boards
Teams complained that the New Boards hub added extra padding, which helped readability but cut the number of visible cards. Microsoft is rolling out a condensed view so large boards or cards with many fields fit on screen again. Useful if your team constantly scrolls just to see what's going on.
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Teams complained that the New Boards hub added extra padding, which helped readability but cut the number of visible cards. Microsoft is rolling out a condensed view so large boards or cards with many fields fit on screen again. Useful if your team constantly scrolls just to see what's going on.
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Condensed views on Kanban and Sprint boards
The new condensed view feature in Azure Boards displays only essential information in a compact, space-efficient format.
⚡️ Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.
⚡️ Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.
⚡️ Microsoft Releases General Availability of .NET 10 Support in Azure Functions
Microsoft has announced the general availability of .NET 10 support in Azure Functions, enabling production workloads to run on the latest .NET runtime in serverless environments. The update supports only the isolated worker model across all Linux and Windows hosting plans except the retiring Linux Consumption tier. Customers are encouraged to migrate their workloads to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers full compatibility with .NET 10.
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Microsoft has announced the general availability of .NET 10 support in Azure Functions, enabling production workloads to run on the latest .NET runtime in serverless environments. The update supports only the isolated worker model across all Linux and Windows hosting plans except the retiring Linux Consumption tier. Customers are encouraged to migrate their workloads to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers full compatibility with .NET 10.
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🎥 Q#: What beginners need to know
We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
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We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
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Q#: What beginners need to know
We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
⚡️ AKS Adds LocalDNS Support for Node Auto‑Provisioning Clusters
Microsoft enabled LocalDNS for AKS clusters that use node auto‑provisioning. Teams running these setups can now turn on LocalDNS without workarounds. This update matters if you already rely on auto‑provisioning and want feature parity with other AKS configurations.
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Microsoft enabled LocalDNS for AKS clusters that use node auto‑provisioning. Teams running these setups can now turn on LocalDNS without workarounds. This update matters if you already rely on auto‑provisioning and want feature parity with other AKS configurations.
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⚡️ Setting Up Production-Ready Monitoring in ASP.NET Core
A new guide shows how to wire up ASP.NET Core Health Checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit on RabbitMQ. It also walks through writing custom checkers, formatting JSON responses, adding a custom publisher, and running a polished Health Checks UI. Useful if you want a monitoring setup that goes beyond the default templates.
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A new guide shows how to wire up ASP.NET Core Health Checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit on RabbitMQ. It also walks through writing custom checkers, formatting JSON responses, adding a custom publisher, and running a polished Health Checks UI. Useful if you want a monitoring setup that goes beyond the default templates.
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How to Set Up Production-Ready Monitoring With ASP.NET Core Health Checks
Learn how to build a production-ready monitoring system using ASP.NET Core Health Checks. This guide covers adding health checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit (RabbitMQ), creating custom checkers, creating custom JSON response formatter for…
⚡️ Azure Boards Gets GitHub Copilot Integration
Microsoft now links Azure Boards with GitHub Copilot. Teams can use Copilot’s assistance directly alongside their work items without switching tools. It’s a small but practical step that tightens the workflow between planning and coding.
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Microsoft now links Azure Boards with GitHub Copilot. Teams can use Copilot’s assistance directly alongside their work items without switching tools. It’s a small but practical step that tightens the workflow between planning and coding.
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Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot
Use GitHub Copilot with Azure Boards to turn work items into code changes while maintaining full traceability.
⚡️ C# Colorfull "Hello, world!"
On Redreddit, a post with a color output "Hello, world!" unexpectedly became a reason for a heated discussion.
Participants proposed dozens of ways to solve the problem, from cyclic change of shades and random colors without repetition to the implementation of ANSI-escape sequences.
And how would you solve such a problem?
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On Redreddit, a post with a color output "Hello, world!" unexpectedly became a reason for a heated discussion.
Participants proposed dozens of ways to solve the problem, from cyclic change of shades and random colors without repetition to the implementation of ANSI-escape sequences.
And how would you solve such a problem?
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