⚡️ GitHub debuts Agent HQ for unified AI workflows
GitHub’s new Agent HQ bridges every developer workflow into one place — letting you orchestrate any AI agent, on any stack, from anywhere. Announced at Universe 2025, it’s a bold step toward making agents a first-class part of the developer toolkit.
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GitHub’s new Agent HQ bridges every developer workflow into one place — letting you orchestrate any AI agent, on any stack, from anywhere. Announced at Universe 2025, it’s a bold step toward making agents a first-class part of the developer toolkit.
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Introducing Agent HQ: Any agent, any way you work
At Universe 2025, GitHub's next evolution introduces a single, unified workflow for developers to be able to orchestrate any agent, any time, anywhere.
⚡️ GitHub Copilot lands in Xcode, JetBrains & Eclipse
GitHub Copilot just broke out of VS Code’s walls — it’s now integrated with Xcode, JetBrains IDEs, and Eclipse. Microsoft also rolled out new MCP Registry and Allowlist Controls, both in public preview, tightening how teams manage AI assistance across dev environments.
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GitHub Copilot just broke out of VS Code’s walls — it’s now integrated with Xcode, JetBrains IDEs, and Eclipse. Microsoft also rolled out new MCP Registry and Allowlist Controls, both in public preview, tightening how teams manage AI assistance across dev environments.
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⚡️ Azure MCP Server 1.0 hits stable — ready for agentic workflows
Azure MCP Server 1.0 has reached stable release, bringing agentic development on Azure into production territory. This marks a milestone for developers building autonomous, API-driven workflows — the tooling is finally enterprise‑ready.
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Azure MCP Server 1.0 has reached stable release, bringing agentic development on Azure into production territory. This marks a milestone for developers building autonomous, API-driven workflows — the tooling is finally enterprise‑ready.
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Microsoft News
Announcing Azure MCP Server 1.0.0 Stable Release – A New Era for Agentic Workflows
We’re opening the door to a new era of cloud automation and AI-powered development. Azure MCP server 1.0 is now officially available as a stable release! If you’re a developer, an AI enthusiast, or just someone who loves seeing what’s possible when cloud…
⚡️ Microsoft + NVIDIA push enterprise AI forward
Azure AI Foundry just got a power boost from NVIDIA’s latest GTC DC collaboration with Microsoft. The expanded platform gives enterprises a unified way to build, deploy, and scale AI agents and apps — bringing production‑grade AI infrastructure closer to everyday business use.
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Azure AI Foundry just got a power boost from NVIDIA’s latest GTC DC collaboration with Microsoft. The expanded platform gives enterprises a unified way to build, deploy, and scale AI agents and apps — bringing production‑grade AI infrastructure closer to everyday business use.
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Building the future together: Microsoft and NVIDIA announce AI advancements at GTC DC | Microsoft Azure Blog
Learn how enterprises can get more from every GPU to streamline operations and accelerate AI with NVIDIA Run:ai on Azure.
⚡️ GitHub Agent HQ unifies AI workflows
GitHub’s new Agent HQ brings centralized control for AI agents across GitHub and VS Code. Developers can now orchestrate multiple agents from one hub — with shared planning tools and enterprise-grade governance built in. A big step toward cohesive AI-driven dev workflows.
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GitHub’s new Agent HQ brings centralized control for AI agents across GitHub and VS Code. Developers can now orchestrate multiple agents from one hub — with shared planning tools and enterprise-grade governance built in. A big step toward cohesive AI-driven dev workflows.
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Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub Introduces Agent HQ to Orchestrate 'Any Agent Any Way You Work' -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub unveiled Agent HQ at its Universe 2025 event, a new platform that lets developers orchestrate multiple AI agents across GitHub and Visual Studio Code through unified mission control, planning tools, and enterprise-grade governance.
⚡️ GitHub Copilot adds C# and WinForms Expert agents
GitHub Copilot now includes experimental custom agents for .NET developers — C# Expert and WinForms Expert. They’re built to help write and refine code directly in context, giving devs more tailored assistance for complex projects.
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GitHub Copilot now includes experimental custom agents for .NET developers — C# Expert and WinForms Expert. They’re built to help write and refine code directly in context, giving devs more tailored assistance for complex projects.
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Microsoft News
Introducing Custom Agents for .NET Developers: C# Expert & WinForms Expert
Introducing C# Expert and WinForms Expert: experimental custom agents that help .NET developers write better code with GitHub Copilot.
⚡️ .NET Aspire streamlines distributed systems
At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Microsoft MVP Jason Taylor showed how .NET Aspire cuts through the usual chaos of distributed systems. With live coding and hands‑on demos, he proved that setting up scalable, connected .NET apps can actually feel effortless — no enterprise overhead required.
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At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Microsoft MVP Jason Taylor showed how .NET Aspire cuts through the usual chaos of distributed systems. With live coding and hands‑on demos, he proved that setting up scalable, connected .NET apps can actually feel effortless — no enterprise overhead required.
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⚡️ Azure MCP Server 1.0 links AI agents to 47+ services
Azure MCP Server 1.0 lands as Microsoft’s open-source bridge between AI agents and over 47 Azure services. Built on the Model Context Protocol, it streamlines DevOps and cloud automation with a unified way for agents to interact across Azure’s ecosystem — a real move toward agentic infrastructure.
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Azure MCP Server 1.0 lands as Microsoft’s open-source bridge between AI agents and over 47 Azure services. Built on the Model Context Protocol, it streamlines DevOps and cloud automation with a unified way for agents to interact across Azure’s ecosystem — a real move toward agentic infrastructure.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Azure MCP Server 1.0 Ushers in Agentic Cloud Automation -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's new Azure MCP Server 1.0 connects AI agents to more than 47 Azure services, simplifying automation and DevOps workflows through an open-source Model Context Protocol implementation.
⚡️ Microsoft Azure has an active outage
Azure Portal is affected: it's giving errors, most menus are not available
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⚡️ GitHub Copilot Adds C# and WinForms Expert Agents
Microsoft is rolling out two experimental GitHub Copilot Custom Agents—C# Expert and WinForms Expert—aimed at supercharging .NET development. They bring specialized AI guidance, smarter code generation, and deep Visual Studio integration, giving .NET devs a more tailored Copilot experience in their daily workflow.
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Microsoft is rolling out two experimental GitHub Copilot Custom Agents—C# Expert and WinForms Expert—aimed at supercharging .NET development. They bring specialized AI guidance, smarter code generation, and deep Visual Studio integration, giving .NET devs a more tailored Copilot experience in their daily workflow.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Debuts Custom Copilot Agents for .NET Developers -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft introduced two experimental GitHub Copilot Custom Agents--C# Expert and WinForms Expert--built to enhance .NET development workflows with specialized AI guidance, improved code quality, and Visual Studio integration.
⚡️ Microsoft brings AI evals to .NET developers
Measuring LLM quality just got simpler. The new Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation libraries give .NET teams a clean API to run structured AI evals — helping devs verify output accuracy, reliability, and overall model performance without leaving their stack.
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Measuring LLM quality just got simpler. The new Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation libraries give .NET teams a clean API to run structured AI evals — helping devs verify output accuracy, reliability, and overall model performance without leaving their stack.
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Microsoft News
Put your AI to the Test with Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation
AI is changing how we build software, but it also introduces new challenges: how do you know if your AI application is giving the right answers and producing the right outcomes? Evaluations (often referred to simply as ‘evals’) provide a structured way to…
⚡️ Azure Front Door outage ripples across Microsoft cloud
A major Azure Front Door failure is hitting Microsoft’s core services hard. Since around 16:00 UTC, users have faced latency, timeouts, and connection drops across Microsoft 365, Azure, and the Azure Portal. The disruption underscores how deeply integrated AFD is in Microsoft’s cloud backbone.
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A major Azure Front Door failure is hitting Microsoft’s core services hard. Since around 16:00 UTC, users have faced latency, timeouts, and connection drops across Microsoft 365, Azure, and the Azure Portal. The disruption underscores how deeply integrated AFD is in Microsoft’s cloud backbone.
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Major Azure Front Door Outage Causing Widespread Service Disruptions Across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, And The Azure Portal…
Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC on October 29, 2025, Microsoft Azure began experiencing a significant outage affecting the Azure Front Door
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⚡️ Visual Studio 2022 adds Claude 4.5 models to chat
The October 2025 update (v17.14) brings Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 right into Visual Studio’s chat window. Developers can now drive richer agentic workflows and manage chat threads more efficiently — all inside their coding environment.
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The October 2025 update (v17.14) brings Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 right into Visual Studio’s chat window. Developers can now drive richer agentic workflows and manage chat threads more efficiently — all inside their coding environment.
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Microsoft News
Visual Studio October Update – new models, memories, planning, and more
The October 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14) is now available with model choices, agentic flows, and chat thread management.
⚡️ GitHub bets on the era of developer agents
GitHub Universe 2025 set a clear tone: the future belongs to developers who can see, steer, and build across intelligent agents. The platform shifts focus from code hosting to orchestration — where managing agents becomes as critical as managing repos.
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GitHub Universe 2025 set a clear tone: the future belongs to developers who can see, steer, and build across intelligent agents. The platform shifts focus from code hosting to orchestration — where managing agents becomes as critical as managing repos.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Developer innovation at the center at GitHub Universe 2025
Discover how GitHub Universe 2025 spotlighted agentic development, AI-powered tools, and developer innovation. Learn more.
⚡️ GitHub Copilot now connects directly to Azure via azd
Developers can now wire GitHub Copilot’s coding agent directly into Azure using the azd CLI extension. The setup streamlines access to Azure resources and services, making AI-assisted development across cloud environments far more seamless.
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Developers can now wire GitHub Copilot’s coding agent directly into Azure using the azd CLI extension. The setup streamlines access to Azure resources and services, making AI-assisted development across cloud environments far more seamless.
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Microsoft News
The `azd` extension to configure GitHub Copilot coding agent integration with Azure
Want Copilot to help you build apps in the cloud? This tool does all the boring setup work for you. Instead of spending hours figuring out permissions and security, you can get Copilot coding agent connected to your cloud resources in minutes. Whether you're…
⚡️ Upgrading C++ Projects for Visual Studio 2026
Microsoft shared clear steps for moving C++ projects to Visual Studio 2026 — covering new toolsets, updated C++ standards, and refreshed Windows SDKs. It’s a practical roadmap to keep codebases ready for the next compiler and build system generation.
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Microsoft shared clear steps for moving C++ projects to Visual Studio 2026 — covering new toolsets, updated C++ standards, and refreshed Windows SDKs. It’s a practical roadmap to keep codebases ready for the next compiler and build system generation.
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⚡️ GitHub Copilot upgrades C++ support in Visual Studio
C++ devs get a serious boost: GitHub Copilot now offers MSVC upgrade guidance, smarter build optimization, and modern refactoring right inside Visual Studio. It’s a tangible step toward making Copilot more than code suggestions — it’s evolving into an active C++ engineering assistant.
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C++ devs get a serious boost: GitHub Copilot now offers MSVC upgrade guidance, smarter build optimization, and modern refactoring right inside Visual Studio. It’s a tangible step toward making Copilot more than code suggestions — it’s evolving into an active C++ engineering assistant.
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Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub Copilot Adds New C++ Capabilities with MSVC Upgrades and Build Performance Improvements -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft announced new GitHub Copilot features for C++ developers in Visual Studio, including MSVC upgrade guidance, build optimization, and modern refactoring support.
⚡️ How Azure Cosmos DB Stays Up When Clouds Fail
Distributed systems fail—it’s inevitable. What matters is how quickly you recover. Azure Cosmos DB shows how built-in resiliency isolates outages and keeps apps online across regions, even through hardware faults or network blips. A masterclass in engineering for failure, not against it.
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Distributed systems fail—it’s inevitable. What matters is how quickly you recover. Azure Cosmos DB shows how built-in resiliency isolates outages and keeps apps online across regions, even through hardware faults or network blips. A masterclass in engineering for failure, not against it.
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Microsoft News
Failures Happen in Cloud, but how Azure Cosmos DB keeps your Applications Online
How Azure Cosmos DB ensures end-to-end resiliency—control plane, data plane, multi-region replication, and per-partition failover—to keep apps online.
⚡️ Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.14.0 Adds OpenAI-Powered Reranking
Azure Cosmos DB’s Python SDK hits stable 4.14.0 with AI-driven document reranking built with OpenAI. Developers get faster, smarter reads, plus optimized batch operations and automatic write retries — a solid upgrade for large-scale data and AI workloads.
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Azure Cosmos DB’s Python SDK hits stable 4.14.0 with AI-driven document reranking built with OpenAI. Developers get faster, smarter reads, plus optimized batch operations and automatic write retries — a solid upgrade for large-scale data and AI workloads.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK Update Powers AI with OpenAI Integration -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft announced the stable release of Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.14.0, adding AI-driven document reranking, optimized batch reads, and automatic write retries developed in collaboration with OpenAI.
⚡️ VS Code Opens AI Access with Bring Your Own Key
VS Code now lets developers plug in any AI model through Bring Your Own Key. The new extensible API makes it possible to use models from any provider and manage them natively inside the editor. More choice, more control — no vendor lock‑in for your AI workflows.
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VS Code now lets developers plug in any AI model through Bring Your Own Key. The new extensible API makes it possible to use models from any provider and manage them natively inside the editor. More choice, more control — no vendor lock‑in for your AI workflows.
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Visual Studio Magazine
VS Code Expands AI Flexibility with Bring Your Own Key -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft expanded model choice in VS Code with Bring Your Own Key (BYOK), enabling developers to connect models from any provider and manage them through a new extensible API.
⚡️ Microsoft brings GenAI to Java devs
Microsoft launches a practical video series showing Java developers how to build generative AI apps with modern frameworks and tools. A clean entry point for anyone looking to merge Java skills with the new GenAI wave — straight from the source.
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Microsoft launches a practical video series showing Java developers how to build generative AI apps with modern frameworks and tools. A clean entry point for anyone looking to merge Java skills with the new GenAI wave — straight from the source.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's New Java & AI Video Series Helps Devs Get Started with GenAI -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft introduced a new video series that teaches Java developers how to build generative AI applications using modern tools and frameworks.