⚡️ Using Multiple Loopback Addresses for Socket Binding
127.0.0.1 is a special IP address used to reach the same device, mainly for testing and development. The whole range from 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 can also be used in the same way.
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127.0.0.1 is a special IP address used to reach the same device, mainly for testing and development. The whole range from 127.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 can also be used in the same way.
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Using Multiple Loopback Addresses for Socket Binding
Learn how to use multiple loopback addresses beyond 127.0.0.1 for socket binding, allowing multiple services to run on the same port by using different addresses in the 127.0.0.0/8 range for testing and development.
⚡️ .NET Tool Creation and Challenges
.NET tool authoring can be complex, especially when tools need to work with more than one .NET runtime. The post also covers issues that show up when testing these tools in continuous integration systems.
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.NET tool authoring can be complex, especially when tools need to work with more than one .NET runtime. The post also covers issues that show up when testing these tools in continuous integration systems.
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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
Using and authoring .NET tools
In this post I describe some of the complexities around authoring .NET tools, specifically around supporting multiple .NET runtimes and testing in CI
⚡️ Reusable Prompt Files for Copilot in Visual Studio
Reusable prompt files let you write, save, and use custom prompts inside Visual Studio. These prompts are stored and shared with your teammates, helping everyone use them quickly.
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Reusable prompt files let you write, save, and use custom prompts inside Visual Studio. These prompts are stored and shared with your teammates, helping everyone use them quickly.
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Microsoft News
Boost Your Copilot Collaboration with Reusable Prompt Files
Discover how Visual Studio 2022’s reusable prompt files for Copilot Ask and Agent mode make prompt writing faster, easier, and more collaborative.
⚡️ Agent Factory: Fast Agent Creation Tools
Agent Factory gives developers tools to build and move agents from idea to full use in a company. It focuses on making agent development quick and smooth.
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Agent Factory gives developers tools to build and move agents from idea to full use in a company. It focuses on making agent development quick and smooth.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Agent Factory: From prototype to production—developer tools and rapid agent development | Microsoft Azure Blog
Find out how Azure AI Foundry meets developers where they are, while giving enterprises the trust, security, and scale they need.
⚡️ GitHub Copilot Coding Agent Automates Coding Tasks
GitHub Copilot Coding Agent can create unit tests and build features by following a PRD in a real .NET example. This lets people spend more time on design and checking code.
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GitHub Copilot Coding Agent can create unit tests and build features by following a PRD in a real .NET example. This lets people spend more time on design and checking code.
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Let Copilot Coding Agent handle the busy work
See how GitHub Copilot Coding Agent automates unit tests and ships features from a PRD in a real .NET sample, so you can focus on design and review.
⚡️ GitHub Releases Spec Kit for AI Development
GitHub shared the open-source Spec Kit to help with AI coding work. The kit gives a CLI, templates, and prompts to organize steps like planning and tasks. More details and code are in the main announcement and repository.
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GitHub shared the open-source Spec Kit to help with AI coding work. The kit gives a CLI, templates, and prompts to organize steps like planning and tasks. More details and code are in the main announcement and repository.
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GitHub Open Sources Kit for Spec-Driven AI Development -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub’s open-source Spec Kit formalizes spec-driven development for AI coding agents by providing a CLI, templates, and prompts that move work through specification, plan, tasks, and implementation, with details in the announcement and code in the repository.
⚡️ Azure Test Plans Adds Test Run Hub for Tracking Tests
Azure Test Plans now includes a Test Run Hub. This tool lets teams follow test progress, check results, and keep track of quality during each cycle of making software.
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Azure Test Plans now includes a Test Run Hub. This tool lets teams follow test progress, check results, and keep track of quality during each cycle of making software.
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New Test Run Hub in Azure Test Plans
New test run hub for Azure Test Plans
⚡️ Understanding the Output Window with Copilot
The Output Window shows many lines of logs and hard-to-read messages, giving important details about building and fixing code. For a long time, people who write code have used this window, but finding clear meaning in the messages has not been easy.
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The Output Window shows many lines of logs and hard-to-read messages, giving important details about building and fixing code. For a long time, people who write code have used this window, but finding clear meaning in the messages has not been easy.
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Microsoft News
Make Sense of Your Output Window with Copilot
Discover how Visual Studio’s Copilot works with the Output Window - helping you ask questions and act on logs smarter than ever before.
⚡️ Microsoft Cost Management Updates for July and August 2025
Microsoft Cost Management helps people see how much money they spend and where they spend it. It gives updates for July and August 2025 to help with planning and avoid surprise bills.
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Microsoft Cost Management helps people see how much money they spend and where they spend it. It gives updates for July and August 2025 to help with planning and avoid surprise bills.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft Cost Management updates—July & August 2025 | Microsoft Azure Blog
Explore new Cost Management features, savings tips, videos, and docs from July–August 2025 to help you optimize cloud spend and plan smarter.
⚡️ ReSharper and Rider 2025.2 First Update Released
The first update for ReSharper and Rider 2025.2 is now available. It includes fixes for bugs, quality upgrades, and some better speed for both products.
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The first update for ReSharper and Rider 2025.2 is now available. It includes fixes for bugs, quality upgrades, and some better speed for both products.
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The JetBrains Blog
The First Set of Updates and Fixes for ReSharper and Rider 2025.2 Is Out! | The .NET Tools Blog
We’ve just released the first bug-fix update for 2025.2. This build brings important fixes and quality improvements to both ReSharper and Rider, along with some targeted performance optimizations.
⚡️ Microsoft Adds Copilot Features to Visual Studio Debugging
Microsoft has added GitHub Copilot into Visual Studio for debugging and profiling. The new Copilot Diagnostics tool helps people spot and fix performance issues and bugs.
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Microsoft has added GitHub Copilot into Visual Studio for debugging and profiling. The new Copilot Diagnostics tool helps people spot and fix performance issues and bugs.
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⚡️ Azure MFA Phase 2 to Start in October 2025
Microsoft Azure will begin Phase 2 of its multifactor authentication rules on October 1, 2025. The new step will require more checks when using the Azure Resource Manager layer.
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Microsoft Azure will begin Phase 2 of its multifactor authentication rules on October 1, 2025. The new step will require more checks when using the Azure Resource Manager layer.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Azure mandatory multifactor authentication: Phase 2 starting in October 2025 | Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft Azure is announcing the start of Phase 2 multifactor authentication enforcement (MFA) starting October 1, 2025. Learn more.
⚡️ F# Weekly #36, 2025 – In Memory of Oleg Pyzhcov
This issue of F# Weekly is dedicated to the memory of Oleg Pyzhcov. The newsletter shares news and updates for the F# programming community in 2025.
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This issue of F# Weekly is dedicated to the memory of Oleg Pyzhcov. The newsletter shares news and updates for the F# programming community in 2025.
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F# Weekly #36, 2025 – In Memory of Oleg Pyzhcov
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: 🕯️ In Memory of Oleg Pyzhcov This week, I want to take a moment to acknowledge a deeply moving post shared by Vlad Patryshev about…
⚡️ Microsoft restores Azure after damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Microsoft said that problems with the Azure cloud platform have been fixed after several international submarine cables in the Red Sea were cut.
Previously, users in Europe and Asia faced delays due to interruptions in traffic routing.
The company warned that repairs to the submarine lines could take time, given the difficult situation in the region, where Houthi attacks on ships continue.
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Microsoft said that problems with the Azure cloud platform have been fixed after several international submarine cables in the Red Sea were cut.
Previously, users in Europe and Asia faced delays due to interruptions in traffic routing.
The company warned that repairs to the submarine lines could take time, given the difficult situation in the region, where Houthi attacks on ships continue.
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Bloomberg.com
Microsoft Says Azure Service Affected by Damaged Red Sea Cables
Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it’s no longer detecting issues with its Azure cloud platform after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut.
⚡️ Understanding IO and Referential Transparency
Some people say that IO in Haskell is pure and has referential transparency. They argue that an IO value describes an action and can be joined with other actions using monadic bind, but is not the action itself.
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Some people say that IO in Haskell is pure and has referential transparency. They argue that an IO value describes an action and can be joined with other actions using monadic bind, but is not the action itself.
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IO is special
Are IO expressions really referentially transparent programs?
⚡️ How to Move Files and Folders to Recycle Bin in .NET
In .NET applications on Windows, files and folders are often deleted with File.Delete or Directory.Delete, which removes them for good. By using the Windows Shell API, items can be moved to the Recycle Bin, making it possible for users to restore them later.
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In .NET applications on Windows, files and folders are often deleted with File.Delete or Directory.Delete, which removes them for good. By using the Windows Shell API, items can be moved to the Recycle Bin, making it possible for users to restore them later.
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Moving Files and Folders to Recycle Bin in .NET
Learn how to move files and folders to the Windows Recycle Bin in .NET applications using the Shell API instead of permanently deleting them.
⚡️ Azure AI Foundry Update Adds GPT-5 and Browser Automation Preview
Azure AI Foundry's August 2025 update adds models from the GPT-5 family. It also shows a preview of a Browser Automation tool and makes Agent Service available in more areas.
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Azure AI Foundry's August 2025 update adds models from the GPT-5 family. It also shows a preview of a Browser Automation tool and makes Agent Service available in more areas.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Azure AI Foundry Gets ChatGPT-5, Previews Browser Automation -- Visual Studio Magazine
Azure AI Foundry’s August 2025 update brings the GPT-5 family of models, previews a new Browser Automation tool, and expands Agent Service availability to more regions.
⚡️ Copilot Studio Adds Real-Time Security Controls for AI Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio now has near-real-time security for AI agents. It can work with Defender and other systems to stop unsafe actions while the AI is running.
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Microsoft Copilot Studio now has near-real-time security for AI agents. It can work with Defender and other systems to stop unsafe actions while the AI is running.
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⚡️ Azure Networking Unplugged: Lessons from the Field
The text shares key lessons learned from working with Azure Networking. It covers real examples and facts about using Azure Networking in practice.
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The text shares key lessons learned from working with Azure Networking. It covers real examples and facts about using Azure Networking in practice.
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azurealan.ie
Azure Networking Unplugged: Lessons from the Field
Greetings! Welcome to my contribution to this year’s Azure Back to School event. Thanks as always to the event organisers – Dwayne Natwick and Derek Smith. This year I’ve opted to…
⚡️ New Support for .NET Tools in NuGet
There is new support for platform-specific .NET tools in NuGet. This allows tools to be packed as self-contained or Native AOT packages.
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There is new support for platform-specific .NET tools in NuGet. This allows tools to be packed as self-contained or Native AOT packages.
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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
Packaging self-contained and native AOT .NET tools for NuGet
In this post we look at the new support for platform-specific .NET tools, so that you can pack your tools as self-contained or Native AOT packages
⚡️ Ask Ralph AI-Powered Styling Companion
Ask Ralph is a new AI tool for styling that helps users find products and offers ideas based on Ralph Lauren’s style. It combines product search and fashion advice through conversations.
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Ask Ralph is a new AI tool for styling that helps users find products and offers ideas based on Ralph Lauren’s style. It combines product search and fashion advice through conversations.
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Microsoft Industry Blogs
Ask Ralph: Where style meets AI—a new era of conversational commerce - Microsoft Industry Blogs
Meet Ask Ralph, an AI-powered styling companion that helps with product discovery and inspires consumers with Ralph Lauren’s unique and iconic take on style. Learn more.