The Windows developer note contrasts process-wide COM cleanup with the apartment-specific lifetime needed for a delegate wrapper.

The unscheduled updates address Brotli-related memory corruption and Linux tarball ownership issues, while completing fixes from the earlier October release.

The Visual Studio team describes standalone Markdown notes and an opt-in Hot Exit preview that can restore unsaved work after restarting the IDE.

A research-paper retrospective explains how separating query processing, logs, pages and storage changed the scaling behavior of Azure SQL Database.

Microsoft distinguishes its Azure DevOps service exposure from the PHP runtimes customers use in their pipelines, containers and applications.

Microsoft demonstrates Cosmos DB Emulator tests in local and GitHub Actions environments. A Python sample combines Microsoft Agent Framework, FastAPI and local Ollama inference. The CI workflow ...

Recent releases expand AI coding agents' capabilities while adding sandboxing, monitoring and enterprise controls that can restrict their autonomy and even their availability.

GitHub has added REST API endpoints for Copilot model policies. Administrators can manage policies across four organizational levels. The endpoints support retrieving and updating model availability ...

Latest updates make AI agents easier to automate, troubleshoot and optimize, while expanding model choices and local development capabilities. Key Takeaways ...

Agentic Autofix uses the Copilot coding agent to propose security fixes. Support expands to dependency vulnerabilities and third-party scanning alerts. Developers retain control over reviewing and ...

GitHub's multi-model orchestration system gains updated reasoning workflows and a higher-capability option for demanding coding tasks.