⚡️ 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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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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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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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 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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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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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
⚡️ Mastering C# Nullable Reference Types in Legacy Code
At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Maarten Balliauw showed how to finally bring C# nullable reference types into aging codebases without breaking everything. His talk cut through years of hesitation, turning the 'billion‑dollar mistake' into a roadmap for safer, cleaner C#.
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At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Maarten Balliauw showed how to finally bring C# nullable reference types into aging codebases without breaking everything. His talk cut through years of hesitation, turning the 'billion‑dollar mistake' into a roadmap for safer, cleaner C#.
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Taming the Billion Dollar Mistake: Maarten Balliauw's Guide to C# Nullable Reference Types | The .NET Tools Blog
At the most recent JetBrains.NET Days Online 2025 event, Maarten Balliauw delivered a comprehensive session on migrating existing codebases to use C# nullable reference types, a feature that's been av
⚡️ .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026 debut at .NET Conf 2025
.NET Conf 2025 lands November 11–13, headlining the release of .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026. It’s the biggest .NET drop of the year, capping off with a Student Zone on November 14 — a week packed with updates every developer will want to follow.
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.NET Conf 2025 lands November 11–13, headlining the release of .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026. It’s the biggest .NET drop of the year, capping off with a Student Zone on November 14 — a week packed with updates every developer will want to follow.
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Get Ready for .NET Conf 2025!
The biggest .NET event of the year is just one week away! Join us November 11-13 for .NET 10 and Visual Studio 2026, plus a Student Zone on November 14th.
⚡️ Text rendering is an inconspicuous enemy of productivity
Faultlore breaks down why text mapping is one of the most expensive operations in modern UI systems. Font smoothing algorithms, glyph metrics, and caching undermine predictability even in React or Flutter. In short: while we optimize the rendering of layouts, the text quietly burns the frames.
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Faultlore breaks down why text mapping is one of the most expensive operations in modern UI systems. Font smoothing algorithms, glyph metrics, and caching undermine predictability even in React or Flutter. In short: while we optimize the rendering of layouts, the text quietly burns the frames.
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Text Rendering Hates You - Faultlore
⚡️ Azure Dev CLI 1.20 enables true Dev-to-Prod parity
Azure Developer CLI v1.20.0 brings layered infrastructure support to Azure Container Apps, turning 'build once, deploy everywhere' into a real workflow. Developers can now reuse the same container image across dev, test, and prod while keeping infrastructure cleanly separated. A big win for consistent, repeatable deployments.
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Azure Developer CLI v1.20.0 brings layered infrastructure support to Azure Container Apps, turning 'build once, deploy everywhere' into a real workflow. Developers can now reuse the same container image across dev, test, and prod while keeping infrastructure cleanly separated. A big win for consistent, repeatable deployments.
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Azure Developer CLI: Azure Container Apps Dev-to-Prod Deployment with Layered Infrastructure
Learn how to implement "build once, deploy everywhere" patterns using Azure Container Apps with Azure Developer CLI v1.20.0's layered infrastructure features.
⚡️ Microsoft expands its Sovereign Cloud stack
Microsoft is doubling down on digital sovereignty, adding new services to both its Sovereign Public and Private Clouds. The move tightens compliance and control for governments and regulated sectors—fitting cloud innovation into strict jurisdictional frameworks without losing agility.
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Microsoft is doubling down on digital sovereignty, adding new services to both its Sovereign Public and Private Clouds. The move tightens compliance and control for governments and regulated sectors—fitting cloud innovation into strict jurisdictional frameworks without losing agility.
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Microsoft strengthens sovereign cloud capabilities with new services | Microsoft Azure Blog
Discover new Microsoft digital sovereignty capabilities and upcoming features across AI, security, and productivity, to address sovereign cloud needs.
⚡️ Azure + Anyscale streamline distributed AI at scale
Running large-scale AI/ML no longer has to mean wrestling with complex clusters. Azure’s integration with Anyscale simplifies orchestration for distributed training and inference, letting teams focus on building smarter models instead of managing compute chaos.
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Running large-scale AI/ML no longer has to mean wrestling with complex clusters. Azure’s integration with Anyscale simplifies orchestration for distributed training and inference, letting teams focus on building smarter models instead of managing compute chaos.
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Powering Distributed AI/ML at Scale with Azure and Anyscale
The path from prototype to production for AI/ML workloads is rarely straightforward. As data pipelines expand and model complexity grows, teams can find
⚡️ Azure Cosmos DB adds distance-based sorting
Developers can now sort geospatial query results by actual distance in Azure Cosmos DB. The new ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE(...) clause brings precise, proximity-aware queries directly into the NoSQL query language — no more manual sorting or client-side workarounds.
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Developers can now sort geospatial query results by actual distance in Azure Cosmos DB. The new ORDER BY ST_DISTANCE(...) clause brings precise, proximity-aware queries directly into the NoSQL query language — no more manual sorting or client-side workarounds.
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Now Available: Sort Geospatial Query Results by ST_Distance in Azure Cosmos DB
Explore the new geospatial features in Azure Cosmos DB, allowing you to sort query results by distance easily.
⚡️ Azure Cosmos DB adds built‑in Query Advisor
Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now ships with Query Advisor — a tool that analyzes your queries and suggests concrete optimizations for speed and cost. It turns SQL‑style JSON queries into data‑driven insights, helping developers squeeze more performance out of Cosmos without manual tuning.
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Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL now ships with Query Advisor — a tool that analyzes your queries and suggests concrete optimizations for speed and cost. It turns SQL‑style JSON queries into data‑driven insights, helping developers squeeze more performance out of Cosmos without manual tuning.
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Query Advisor for Azure Cosmos DB: Actionable insights to improve performance and cost
Learn how Query Advisor improves query performance in Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. Optimize your queries today!
⚡️ C#: Write cleaner code with expression-bodied members
C# developers can condense methods, properties, constructors, and even destructors into single-line expressions using expression-bodied members. It’s a small feature that turns verbose boilerplate into elegant, readable code — the kind every .NET dev should master.
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C# developers can condense methods, properties, constructors, and even destructors into single-line expressions using expression-bodied members. It’s a small feature that turns verbose boilerplate into elegant, readable code — the kind every .NET dev should master.
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dotInsights | November 2025 | The .NET Tools Blog
Did you know? C# includes a feature called "expression-bodied members", which allows you to define one-line methods, properties, constructors, and destructors in a very concise way. Welcome to
⚡️ Rider 2025.3 RC brings full .NET 10 support
Rider 2025.3 hits Release Candidate with full .NET 10 SDK support — a significant step for developers testing the next generation of .NET. You can grab the RC now and see how your projects perform on the upcoming platform before the final release drops.
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Rider 2025.3 hits Release Candidate with full .NET 10 SDK support — a significant step for developers testing the next generation of .NET. You can grab the RC now and see how your projects perform on the upcoming platform before the final release drops.
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The Rider 2025.3 Release Candidate Is Now Available | The .NET Tools Blog
The next big release for Rider is just around the corner! If you’re eager to get a sneak peek, you can download the Release Candidate version of Rider 2025.3 from our website right now. Her
⚡️ Rider 2025.3 RC lands with .NET 10 support
Rider 2025.3 Release Candidate is out, bringing full support for the .NET 10 SDK and fresh improvements across ReSharper, .NET Tools, and ReSharper C++. It’s a near-final preview of what developers will get in the upcoming JetBrains wave — ready for anyone eager to test the latest tooling before the official drop.
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Rider 2025.3 Release Candidate is out, bringing full support for the .NET 10 SDK and fresh improvements across ReSharper, .NET Tools, and ReSharper C++. It’s a near-final preview of what developers will get in the upcoming JetBrains wave — ready for anyone eager to test the latest tooling before the official drop.
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The ReSharper, .NET Tools, and ReSharper C++ 2025.3 Release Candidates Are Now Available | The .NET Tools Blog
Get a preview of all the latest features and improvements set to be shipped with the next major ReSharper by downloading the Release Candidate builds that have just landed. The ReSharper 2025
⚡️ Azure AI Foundry + UiPath boost healthcare ROI
Azure AI Foundry now works hand‑in‑hand with UiPath to automate complex healthcare workflows — from patient intake to lab processing. The result: faster routines, lower costs, and measurable ROI as intelligent agents move from pilot to real‑world impact.
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Azure AI Foundry now works hand‑in‑hand with UiPath to automate complex healthcare workflows — from patient intake to lab processing. The result: faster routines, lower costs, and measurable ROI as intelligent agents move from pilot to real‑world impact.
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Driving ROI in Healthcare with Azure AI Foundry and UiPath | Microsoft Azure Blog
Azure AI Foundry and UiPath automate healthcare—streamlining radiology, managing findings, and improving outcomes for better ROI.
⚡️ Copilot Studio brings .NET AI agents to WebAssembly
Microsoft Copilot Studio now runs its AI agent logic on .NET with cross‑platform consistency — even inside browsers via WebAssembly. It’s a smart move that unifies performance across cloud and client, showing how deep .NET integration can push AI workloads closer to users.
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Microsoft Copilot Studio now runs its AI agent logic on .NET with cross‑platform consistency — even inside browsers via WebAssembly. It’s a smart move that unifies performance across cloud and client, showing how deep .NET integration can push AI workloads closer to users.
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How Copilot Studio uses .NET and WebAssembly for performance and innovation
Learn how Microsoft Copilot Studio uses .NET to provide a consistent AI agent execution across platforms, including on the web via WebAssembly.
⚡️ Visual Studio lays out its AI roadmap
Microsoft reveals its November plan for bringing AI-powered, agentic experiences into Visual Studio. The roadmap outlines how the IDE will evolve toward smarter, faster, and more intuitive coding tools — giving developers a clear view of what’s in progress, not just what’s promised.
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Microsoft reveals its November plan for bringing AI-powered, agentic experiences into Visual Studio. The roadmap outlines how the IDE will evolve toward smarter, faster, and more intuitive coding tools — giving developers a clear view of what’s in progress, not just what’s promised.
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Roadmap for AI in Visual Studio (November)
Today, we’re excited to share our public roadmap, which outlines the next steps in evolving Visual Studio with AI-powered agentic experiences. With every month, we aim to deliver smarter, faster, and more intuitive tools that enhance your coding experience.…
⚡️ VS Code 2025 brings unified AI agents workflow
Agents are now native to VS Code. Microsoft folds Copilot, Codex, and custom agents into one seamless system with shared context via Agent Sessions, a Planning agent, and subagent tools. It’s a major step toward truly collaborative, multi‑agent coding inside the editor.
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Agents are now native to VS Code. Microsoft folds Copilot, Codex, and custom agents into one seamless system with shared context via Agent Sessions, a Planning agent, and subagent tools. It’s a major step toward truly collaborative, multi‑agent coding inside the editor.
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