Coding agents are picking Azure SQL Database
I went looking for Azure SQL Database in a recent coding agent benchmark, honestly unsure whether Microsoft SQL would show up. Armature ran a study where real coding agent CLIs (C…
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Performance Improvements in .NET 11
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 11. The post Performance Improvements in .NET 11 appeared first on .NET Blog .
.NET BlogSource
Windows 11 KB5129195 is out after Microsoft confirms major issues with the September 2026 update, but it won’t fix AMD GPU errors
Windows 11 KB5129195 is rolling out now, and it addresses multiple critical issues we found in our tests after the September 2026 update. Microsoft told me today’s emergency updat…
Windows LatestSource
C++ in the Age of AI: Visual Studio at CppCon 2026
At CppCon 2026, we shared how Visual Studio is evolving to help you work more effectively with large C++ codebases, improve build and runtime performance, adopt the latest languag…
C++ Team BlogSource
Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572: Faster, Smoother, and More Reliable
We’re back with Intelligent Terminal v0.2.2572, and this one is all about making things faster, easier to use, more reliable, and more polished. This release lands over 60 fixes a…
Windows Command LineSource
Announcing: New Windows App client-side endpoints for Azure Virtual Desktop
Beginning in early October 2026, Windows App will begin using three new wildcard fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for client-side service traffic to Azure Virtual Desktop. The…
Azure UpdatesSource
[In preview] Public Preview: HTTP/3 over QUIC support in Azure Application Gateway
Announcing public preview support for HTTP/3 over QUIC on Azure Application Gateway. HTTP/3 is the next evolution of HTTP and uses QUIC to improve connection setup time, reduce la…
Azure UpdatesSource
Share your .NET story with the community
Share how your team uses .NET to solve real problems and help us bring more community stories to .NET Conf 2026 and other .NET channels. The post Share your .NET story with the co…
.NET BlogSource
Build anywhere, stay in flow: How Windows 365 is redefining the developer experience
Development teams are under increasing pressure to ship software faster, even as the environments they rely on grow more complex. However, modern development has only become harde…
Windows BlogSource
More choice and possibility with Windows PCs at IFA
This year at IFA, I saw the Windows ecosystem doing what it does best: bringing innovation to life through products and experiences for every person, purpose, and price point. Our…
Windows BlogSource
MulticloudDB SDK: Cross-cloud portability in the coding agent era
Building cross-cloud solutions with best-of-breed cloud-native databases means learning multiple SDKs, translating queries, handling different errors, and testing across providers…
Azure Cosmos DB BlogSource
What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2026 (18.7 – 18.10)
Over the past few months, we have continued shipping monthly Visual Studio 2026 releases, delivering improvements across all stages of the development cycle. In this blog post, we…
C++ Team BlogSource
Microsoft at CppCon 2026
Microsoft will be at CppCon 2026 in Aurora, Colorado, which is taking place from September 14 through 18. Join us for talks from Microsoft speakers and colleagues across the C++ c…
C++ Team BlogSource
AFT, UFT and Microsoft announce ‘National AI Safety & Privacy Standard’ for schools to protect students, families and educators
AFT President Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith today announced a “National AI Safety &…
Microsoft Education BlogSource
Retirement: Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes Service
Support for Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes Service will end on December 10, 2026. Azure Container Linux is the replacement for Azure Linux with OS Guard (preview).…
Azure UpdatesSource
Announcing new builds for 11 September 2026
Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta, Experimental, and Release Preview channels. New builds this week Select your chan…
Windows BlogSource
[In preview] Public Preview: Agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB)
Azure Storage Mover now supports agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB), in public preview. You can move file data from Windows Server or NAS shar…
Azure UpdatesSource
September Patches for Azure DevOps Server
We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azu…
Azure DevOps BlogSource