⚡️ 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.
⚡️ Veeam builds semantic search on Azure Cosmos DB
Veeam now runs its planet-scale data discovery on Azure Cosmos DB, using semantic search to sift through billions of backup items in real time. The result: AI-powered visibility across massive datasets — a serious move toward intelligent, scalable backup analytics.
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Veeam now runs its planet-scale data discovery on Azure Cosmos DB, using semantic search to sift through billions of backup items in real time. The result: AI-powered visibility across massive datasets — a serious move toward intelligent, scalable backup analytics.
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⚡️ Visual Studio roadmap goes all‑in on AI agents
Visual Studio’s October roadmap signals a decisive move toward AI‑driven development. Expect deeper model‑context integration, smarter agent workflows, and sharper performance optimizations — a clear glimpse of how Microsoft plans to blend traditional IDE power with adaptive AI tooling.
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Visual Studio’s October roadmap signals a decisive move toward AI‑driven development. Expect deeper model‑context integration, smarter agent workflows, and sharper performance optimizations — a clear glimpse of how Microsoft plans to blend traditional IDE power with adaptive AI tooling.
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⚡️ Microsoft brings reasoning to .NET AI chat apps
Microsoft shows how .NET developers can power up AI chat apps with the new Agent Framework — adding reasoning, planning, and tool use capabilities. The guidance turns static bots into context‑aware agents that can think, plan, and act using familiar .NET tools.
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Microsoft shows how .NET developers can power up AI chat apps with the new Agent Framework — adding reasoning, planning, and tool use capabilities. The guidance turns static bots into context‑aware agents that can think, plan, and act using familiar .NET tools.
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Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Shows How to Upgrade .NET AI Chat Apps with Agent Framework -- Visual Studio Magazine
New guidance shows developers how to enhance .NET AI chat apps with reasoning, planning, and tool use via Microsoft Agent Framework.
⚡️ NuGet.org Adds Direct Sponsorship Links
Open-source maintainers on NuGet.org can now add sponsorship links right on their package pages. Developers get a clear path to fund the tools they use every day — a small but meaningful shift toward sustainable .NET ecosystems.
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Open-source maintainers on NuGet.org can now add sponsorship links right on their package pages. Developers get a clear path to fund the tools they use every day — a small but meaningful shift toward sustainable .NET ecosystems.
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Visual Studio Magazine
NuGet.org Adds Sponsorship Links to Support Package Maintainers -- Visual Studio Magazine
New NuGet.org feature lets package authors add sponsor links so users can support maintainers directly through approved funding platforms.
⚡️ .NET Conf 2024 unveils Visual Studio 2026 roadmap
.NET Conf runs online Nov 11–13, bringing developers a first deep dive into Visual Studio 2026 and the future of the .NET stack. Expect three days of hands‑on sessions, architecture insights, and real‑world demos from the engineers shaping the platform’s next chapter.
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.NET Conf runs online Nov 11–13, bringing developers a first deep dive into Visual Studio 2026 and the future of the .NET stack. Expect three days of hands‑on sessions, architecture insights, and real‑world demos from the engineers shaping the platform’s next chapter.
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Microsoft News
Join us at .NET Conf: Dive into the future of development with Visual Studio 2026
We’re thrilled to invite you to one of the most exciting events in the .NET ecosystem: .NET Conf. It runs from November 11th through the 13th and you’re invited! This annual virtual conference is a must-attend for developers, architects, and enthusiasts looking…
⚡️ Azure doubles down on cloud resiliency
Microsoft sharpens its resilience playbook with Azure Essentials, framing uptime as a shared responsibility between provider and customer. The focus: always-on cloud systems built to withstand disruption—and keep business operations steady under pressure.
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Microsoft sharpens its resilience playbook with Azure Essentials, framing uptime as a shared responsibility between provider and customer. The focus: always-on cloud systems built to withstand disruption—and keep business operations steady under pressure.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Cloud resiliency with Azure Essentials and shared responsibility
Discover how Azure Essentials and shared responsibility help you minimize downtime and build reliability into every cloud deployment.
⚡️ Visual Studio 2026 debuts at .NET Conf
Visual Studio 2026 takes center stage at .NET Conf with deep dives into profiling, debugging, performance upgrades, and AI-driven workflows. Microsoft positions the new IDE as a serious step forward in developer productivity — sharper, smarter, and tuned for the next wave of .NET projects.
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Visual Studio 2026 takes center stage at .NET Conf with deep dives into profiling, debugging, performance upgrades, and AI-driven workflows. Microsoft positions the new IDE as a serious step forward in developer productivity — sharper, smarter, and tuned for the next wave of .NET projects.
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⚡️ From Prompt to Production in 30 Minutes
GitHub Universe showcased a bold live demo: building a cloud-native AI app from scratch in under half an hour using only natural language, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and the Microsoft Agent Framework. It’s a glimpse at how coding is shifting from manual implementation to AI-powered orchestration inside the developer’s editor.
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GitHub Universe showcased a bold live demo: building a cloud-native AI app from scratch in under half an hour using only natural language, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and the Microsoft Agent Framework. It’s a glimpse at how coding is shifting from manual implementation to AI-powered orchestration inside the developer’s editor.
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Microsoft News
Behind the Universe demo: From prompt to production with VS Code, GitHub Copilot and the Microsoft Agent Framework
At this year’s GitHub Universe, we set out to answer a simple question: What would it take to go from an idea to production in under 30 minutes – using only natural language, your editor, and AI? On stage, we built a cloud-native, intelligent app from scratch…
⚡️ TypeScript Takes the Lead on GitHub Octoverse 2025
TypeScript just became GitHub’s most used language by monthly contributors. The Octoverse 2025 data highlights a clear trend: typed languages are winning as AI-assisted workflows reshape how developers pick tools and write code.
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TypeScript just became GitHub’s most used language by monthly contributors. The Octoverse 2025 data highlights a clear trend: typed languages are winning as AI-assisted workflows reshape how developers pick tools and write code.
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Visual Studio Magazine
TypeScript Tops GitHub Octoverse as AI Era Reshapes Language Choices -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub's Octoverse 2025 shows TypeScript becoming the most used language on the platform by monthly contributors, with data pointing to typed languages and AI-assisted workflows influencing developer tool and language selection.
⚡️ .NET Aspire makes distributed systems feel simple
At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Microsoft MVP Jason Taylor showed how .NET Aspire strips away the usual pain of building distributed systems. With live coding and real-world demos, he proved that developers can wire up observability, orchestration, and cloud-native components with far less friction — turning complex architectures into something refreshingly straightforward.
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At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Microsoft MVP Jason Taylor showed how .NET Aspire strips away the usual pain of building distributed systems. With live coding and real-world demos, he proved that developers can wire up observability, orchestration, and cloud-native components with far less friction — turning complex architectures into something refreshingly straightforward.
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⚡️ .NET Conf 2025 puts F# in the spotlight
.NET Conf 2025 runs Nov 11–13 with F# taking a front‑row seat in the .NET ecosystem. Expect fresh insights, tooling improvements, and real‑world use cases shaping functional programming on .NET. This week’s F# Weekly #44 has all the links worth your attention.
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.NET Conf 2025 runs Nov 11–13 with F# taking a front‑row seat in the .NET ecosystem. Expect fresh insights, tooling improvements, and real‑world use cases shaping functional programming on .NET. This week’s F# Weekly #44 has all the links worth your attention.
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Sergey Tihon's Blog
F# Weekly #44, 2025 – .NET Conf – Nov 11-13
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News .NET Conf 2025 – November 11 ‐ 13 (.NET 10 & VS 2026) Join us at .NET Conf: Dive into the future of development wit…
⚡️ Microsoft launches Azure Cosmos DB Partner Program
Microsoft’s Cosmos DB team is opening direct access to its engineers through the new Partner Acceleration Program. It’s a structured path for partners to scale their cloud data solutions faster—combining technical guidance, best‑practice design, and go‑to‑market support around Azure Cosmos DB.
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Microsoft’s Cosmos DB team is opening direct access to its engineers through the new Partner Acceleration Program. It’s a structured path for partners to scale their cloud data solutions faster—combining technical guidance, best‑practice design, and go‑to‑market support around Azure Cosmos DB.
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Microsoft News
Accelerate Your Growth: Azure Cosmos DB Partner Acceleration Program
Unlock new business opportunities with the Partner Program offering customer engagement and robust Go-To-Market strategies.
⚡️ Simplify Git setups with Conditional Includes
Tired of juggling multiple Git configs for work and open‑source? Conditional Includes let you automatically load the right settings — no more manual email swaps or repo-by-repo tweaks. A clean, reliable way to keep personal and professional identities in sync across repos.
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Tired of juggling multiple Git configs for work and open‑source? Conditional Includes let you automatically load the right settings — no more manual email swaps or repo-by-repo tweaks. A clean, reliable way to keep personal and professional identities in sync across repos.
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Meziantou's blog
Using Git Conditional Includes for Multiple Configurations
Learn how to use Git's conditional includes to automatically apply different configurations based on repository location, remote URL, or branch name.
⚡️ Empirical Testing for Legacy Code Survival
When TDD hits a wall in legacy systems, empirical characterization testing steps in. It’s about gathering real data while wrapping fragile code in new tests — a pragmatic bridge between ‘no tests’ and safe refactoring. Most real-world codebases need exactly this kind of evidence-driven care.
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When TDD hits a wall in legacy systems, empirical characterization testing steps in. It’s about gathering real data while wrapping fragile code in new tests — a pragmatic bridge between ‘no tests’ and safe refactoring. Most real-world codebases need exactly this kind of evidence-driven care.
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ploeh blog
Empirical Characterization Testing
Gathering empirical evidence while adding tests to legacy code.
⚡️ Microsoft rolls out Signing Transparency preview
Microsoft’s new Signing Transparency enters preview — a step beyond traditional code signing to counter software supply chain threats. Built on the Zero Trust idea of “never trust, always verify,” it adds verifiable insight into signed software for a stronger, more transparent security posture.
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Microsoft’s new Signing Transparency enters preview — a step beyond traditional code signing to counter software supply chain threats. Built on the Zero Trust idea of “never trust, always verify,” it adds verifiable insight into signed software for a stronger, more transparent security posture.
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Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft Signing Transparency: Secure Software Supply Chains | Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft Signing Transparency delivers verifiable code integrity and tamper-evident software releases for stronger supply chain security.
⚡️ Microsoft 365 opens up on interoperability
Microsoft has rolled out a new developer resource hub focused on Microsoft 365 interoperability and data portability. It centralizes technical docs, APIs, and tools that let developers build or compete with Teams and other 365 apps—while making it easier for customers to move data freely between services.
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Microsoft has rolled out a new developer resource hub focused on Microsoft 365 interoperability and data portability. It centralizes technical docs, APIs, and tools that let developers build or compete with Teams and other 365 apps—while making it easier for customers to move data freely between services.
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Microsoft News
New developer resource page for Microsoft 365 interoperability and data portability
Microsoft has long provided interoperability information, interfaces, and tools to help our vibrant ecosystem of partners integrate their products and services with Microsoft 365 productivity applications. This ecosystem includes communication and collaboration…
⚡️ Easier Reflection Lands in .NET 10 with [UnsafeAccessorType]
.NET 10 introduces [UnsafeAccessorType], cutting through reflection boilerplate and letting you touch members on types you can’t normally reference. Paired with [UnsafeAccessor], it’s a cleaner, faster path to low-level access — powerful stuff for anyone digging under the CLR’s hood.
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.NET 10 introduces [UnsafeAccessorType], cutting through reflection boilerplate and letting you touch members on types you can’t normally reference. Paired with [UnsafeAccessor], it’s a cleaner, faster path to low-level access — powerful stuff for anyone digging under the CLR’s hood.
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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
Easier reflection with [UnsafeAccessorType] in .NET 10
In this post I show how to work with [UnsafeAccessor] to do 'easier' reflection and how to use .NET 10's [UnsafeAccessorType] with types you can't reference