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Post #2657 74
⚡️ Visual Studio now has pre-configured AI agents

These are agents who know how to work directly with IDE tools — from debugging to profiling and testing. Microsoft has also opened up a framework for its custom agents if the team needs to set up its own workflow.

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Microsoft News Custom Agents in Visual Studio: Built in and Build-Your-Own agents Explore Custom Agents in Visual Studio to enhance your development workflow with tailored automation and advanced debugging.
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Post #2655 60
⚡️ 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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Post #2654 53
⚡️ 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 News Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot Use GitHub Copilot with Azure Boards to turn work items into code changes while maintaining full traceability.
Post #2653 58
⚡️ 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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Anton Dev Tips 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…
Post #2652 57
⚡️ 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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Post #2650 55
⚡️ 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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Post #2649 63
⚡️ 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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Microsoft News 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.
Post #2648 52
⚡️ 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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Microsoft News 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.
Post #2647 49
⚡️ 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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Microsoft News 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.
Post #2646 58
⚡️ 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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ploeh blog Critiquing tests Two attempts to measure the quality of automated test suites.
Post #2645 53
⚡️ 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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Meziantou's blog 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.
Post #2644 56
⚡️ 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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Sergey Tihon's Blog 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…
Post #2643 62
⚡️ .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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Visual Studio Magazine 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.
Post #2642 53
⚡️ 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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azurealan.ie 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…
Post #2641 69
⚡️ 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 News 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.
Post #2640 56
⚡️ 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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Microsoft Azure Blog 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.
Post #2639 50
⚡️ 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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Microsoft Azure Blog 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.
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