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Dec 9, 2024
Why a Unified Data Model is Critical: Lessons from Building Microsoft's Semantic Layer
Introduction
Some years ago, we were wrestling with a persistent issue in our data stack. Every team had their own way of collecting and structuring data. What was a simple query for one team became a debugging nightmare for another. Discovering the right dataset felt like looking for...
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2024 Python in VS Code Wrapped
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to reflect and celebrate the incredible progress the Python extension for VS Code has made in the past year. From merging in top requested features to countless lines of code written and deleted, keep reading to get an inside look to all things
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How Global System Integrators can make the most of their GitHub Copilot licenses
AI-powered code assistant tools like GitHub Copilot have revolutionized the development landscape. We’ve observed significant Copilot adoption among Global System Integrators (GSIs), who are leading the charge in harnessing its potential. While many developers are already utilizing...
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Dec 12, 2024
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An introduction to Multi-Agent AI apps with Azure Cosmos DB and Azure OpenAI
Azure Cosmos DB was named by Bloomberg as the no. 1 Database of choice for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Large Language Model (LLM) customization. It is used by OpenAI to scale it’s ChatGPT service, and by many thousands of customers worldwide, serving billions of end-users...
Azure Cosmos DB Blog
Dec 12, 2024
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Announcing Javac support in Visual Studio Code Java
Hi everyone, we are pleased to announce partial support of Javac as the underlying compiler in Visual Studio Code Java, JDT, and JDT-LS. The effort to provide this support has been a joint collaboration with Red Hat and Microsoft and is nearly a year in the making.
This change aims to...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Dec 11, 2024
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Python in Visual Studio Code - December 2024 Release
The December 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a special review of docstring generation features from Pylance, the new Python Environments extension in preview, Pylance's "full" language server mode, and much more. Keep reading to learn more!
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Dec 11, 2024
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New Boards Hub Rollout Expectations
Although the process may seem slow, we are steadily progressing toward rolling out the New Boards Hub to all customers. Our plan is to deprecate the old Boards experience for all Azure DevOps service users by the end Q1 2025.
The rollout is advancing on two fronts. First, we are setting...
Azure DevOps Blog
Dec 11, 2024
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Dev Box Ready-To-Code Dev Box images template
Microsoft One Engineering System (1ES) team shares a sample for building Ready-To-Code Dev Box environments pre-configured with the necessary tools, repositories, and settings, ensuring consistency and reliability across teams.
Engineering@Microsoft
Dec 11, 2024
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Effortless publishing with Azure Functions Flex Consumption
Struggling with complex deployment processes for your serverless applications? Visual Studio 2022 introduces a seamless solution with the new Azure Functions Flex Consumption hosting plan, now generally available.
Imagine a world where deploying your serverless applications to a...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 11, 2024
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What is the CONTINUE_IF_FAILED equivalent of RETURN_IF_FAILED?
Be careful how you write it, or better: Don't write it at all.
The Old New Thing
Dec 10, 2024
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Invoking Async Power: What Awaits WinForms in .NET 9
With .NET 9, we’re bringing a suite of new async APIs to WinForms, aimed at making UI updates, dialog interactions, and control management more efficient.
.NET Blog
Dec 10, 2024
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Effortless publishing to Azure WebJobs on Linux
Are you tired of the cumbersome process involved in publishing your .NET console applications to Azure WebJobs on Linux? For developers yearning for a seamless and efficient method to deploy their applications, Visual Studio 2022 introduces a much-anticipated solution.
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