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Improve the commands in your extensions

As Visual Studio extension authors, our goal is to create tools that empower developers across diverse environments. A key part of this mission involves ensuring that your extension commands remain accessible and consistent across all Visual Studio locales. In your VSSDK extensions, by...
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Address Sanitizer Updates for Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14

Introduction It has been an exciting few months for the Address Sanitizer (ASan) since our last update. In addition to our continuous focus on quality and correctness, our internal “dogfooding” (i.e. internal adoption) effort has reached several important milestones. In this...
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May 28, 2025
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Getting started with AI in SQL Server 2025 on Windows

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Brian Spendolini
Back in the earlier part of the year (February maybe?), I put this tutorial together for our early adopters in the SQL Server 2025 program. It’s a guide for setting up SQL Server 2025 in a Hyper-V VM (I used Windows Server) with Ollama and ngnix as an https proxy. It's a variation of my...
Azure SQL Devs’ Corner
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May 28, 2025
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Code quicker with Azure AI Foundry playgrounds and Visual Studio Code

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Thasmika Gokal
The "Open in VS Code" workflow, part of the Azure AI Foundry extension for Visual Studio Code, accelerates developer velocity by integrating agent or model API endpoints and code samples into a new workspace in VS Code for Web. This feature streamlines the development process, enabling rapid prototyping and deployment with just one click.
Azure AI Foundry Blog
Everything New in Azure Cosmos DB from Microsoft Build 2025
May 28, 2025
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Azure Cosmos DB TV - Everything New in Azure Cosmos DB from Microsoft Build 2025

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Microsoft Build 2025 brought major innovations to Azure Cosmos DB, and in Episode 105 of Azure Cosmos DB TV, Principal Program Manager Mark Brown sits down with Kirill Gavrylyuk, Vice President and GM of Azure Cosmos DB, to break it all down. Whether you're developing AI-native apps,...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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May 28, 2025
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Announcing dotnet run app.cs - A simpler way to start with C# and .NET 10

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Damian Edwards
We are super excited to introduce a new feature that was released as part of .NET 10 Preview 4 that makes getting started with C# easier than ever. You can now run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs. This means you no longer need to create a project file or scaffold a whole...
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May 28, 2025
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Improve the commands in your extensions

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Mads Kristensen
As Visual Studio extension authors, our goal is to create tools that empower developers across diverse environments. A key part of this mission involves ensuring that your extension commands remain accessible and consistent across all Visual Studio locales. In your VSSDK extensions, by...
Visual Studio Blog
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May 28, 2025
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DocumentDB Local – MongoDB API on Your Machine

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Tomasz Naumowicz
Introduction DocumentDB Local provides a lightweight, containerized environment that lets you develop and test applications locally using a MongoDB-compatible interface. It’s ideal for prototyping or running integration tests without needing a cloud setup. When paired with the...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
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May 28, 2025
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How do I convert a WIC bitmap back to a GDI HBITMAP?

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Raymond Chen
You can copy the bits into a DIB section.
The Old New Thing
Semantic Kernel & AI Extensions Part 2
May 28, 2025
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Semantic Kernel and Microsoft.Extensions.AI: Better Together, Part 2

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Roger Barreto
This is Part 2 of our series on integrating Microsoft.Extensions.AI with Semantic Kernel. In Part 1, we explored the relationship between these technologies and how they complement each other. Now, let's dive into practical examples showing how to use Microsoft.Extensions.AI abstractions...
Semantic Kernel
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May 27, 2025
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Address Sanitizer Updates for Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14

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David Justo
Introduction It has been an exciting few months for the Address Sanitizer (ASan) since our last update. In addition to our continuous focus on quality and correctness, our internal “dogfooding” (i.e. internal adoption) effort has reached several important milestones. In this...
C++ Team Blog