Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 1
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. The post Announcing…
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Best AI Aggregators: Stop Paying for Multiple Subscriptions
There are many exceptional AI models out there, but they often have different strengths. One might excel at writing, while another is better at research or image generation. Subsc…
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.NET Conf 2026 Community Days Call for Presenters Is Open
Submit your session proposal for the community-led .NET Conf 2026 Community Days by October 6, 2026. The post .NET Conf 2026 Community Days Call for Presenters Is Open appeared fi…
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.NET and .NET Framework September 2026 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for September 2026. The post .NET and .NET Framework September 2026 servicing releases updates appeared first o…
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Beyond the benchmark: How an adaptive approach drives scientific discovery
For research and development (R&D) organizations, the promise of agentic AI is not a better one-time answer. It is a new way to explore complex scientific and engineering problems…
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Announcing new builds for 8 September 2026
Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental channels. New builds this week Select your channel below to view…
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Listening to families. Improving Microsoft Family.
The latest Windows Family Safety improvements are part of a broader effort to create safer, age-appropriate digital experiences for kids and families. As we’ve The post Listening…
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Helping families and educators support safer experiences and healthier habits on Windows
Our children and teens are growing up in a digital world where apps, games, and AI-powered tools are part of how they learn, play, create, and connect. For parents and educators,…
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Faster reviews and quality recognition for Microsoft Edge extensions
Building an extension has never been easier. Rapid adoption of AI-assisted coding is enabling developers to build extensions faster than ever. We have seen that momentum on the Ed…
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Today I will… find hidden latency across a distributed .NET application
When a distributed application feels slow, the user sees one delay. The code behind that delay may run across a web frontend, backend services, databases, and external APIs. If yo…
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How to secure edge AI in customer-owned environments
As AI moves into customer-owned environments, organizations need new ways to verify the systems, software, and AI assets they trust before releasing sensitive data, credentials, a…
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Azure SDK Release (August 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you'll find this month's highlights and release notes. The post Azure SDK Release (August 2026) appeared first on Azure SDK Blog .
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Announcing Project Zenith: The ready-to-code Windows experience on developer-class devices
Breakthroughs in computing become real through the experiences developers create. Our goal is to have Windows be the best platform for developers. That means pairing the latest in…
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SQL Decomposition in a Nutshell
Good software design principles apply inside the database too. See how decomposition, encapsulation, statelessness, and clear contracts can make complex T-SQL easier to read, test…
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Advocating for Uptime: The 6 Phases of Change
Schema changes are inevitable, but downtime doesn’t have to be. Learn a phased approach to safely evolve a production SQL schema while applications remain online. The post Advocat…
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Enterprise AI transformation relies on the end-to-end platform: Azure was built for this moment
The recognition for Microsoft over the past couple of weeks comes down to models, infrastructure, data, applications, and developer tools working as one system when AI moves into…
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GPT-6 Astra: Frontier intelligence for work, now generally available in Microsoft Foundry
GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI's newest frontier model, begins rolling out today through the Microsoft Foundry Limited Access Program, with availability expanding to participating customers…
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Test what you ship: MSTest and Native AOT
MSTest source generation lets test projects use the same Native AOT and trimming deployment model as the applications they validate, while reducing reflection on the test executio…
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