Microsoft explains how Hyperscale separates compute, logging and storage while retaining a single primary for writes and SQL Server transaction semantics.

October updates add deployment previews, Container Apps express support and environment cleanup, alongside stable extension APIs and a breaking Go API migration.

Open source champion Eclipse Foundation is advancing the Open VSX Registry, a vendor-neutral, community-supported alternative to the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace. However, while Microsoft's ...

Experiments with GitHub Copilot CLI found greater test awareness but no statistically significant change in agent behavior.

NativeAOT command handling and the MSBuild server are now enabled by default. Preview 7 adds new runtime-async, C#, Blazor, MAUI and library capabilities. The .NET 11 Preview 7 SDK is version 11.0.100 ...

Microsoft calls enterprise AI agents a new category of insiders. Its proposed Guardian Agents would supervise agent actions continuously. Project Perception is positioned as a foundation for agent ...

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code release expands AI agent capabilities with multi-model orchestration, cloud automations, desktop control and a marketplace for agent customizations.

GitHub Copilot offers three eagerness levels for inline code suggestions. Low eagerness reduced suggestion dismissals by 29% in Microsoft's experiments. High eagerness increased accepted and retained ...

Microsoft's latest vcpkg summary covers a new compression-level option, cache fixes and registry updates including Boost 1.92.

Microsoft has introduced a DirectX Raytracing preview designed to reduce the cost of updating detailed geometry and large, changing scenes in Windows games.

New Agent Host functionality lets developers direct agents running on their own machines through GitHub Mobile, while maintaining sessions across VS Code windows and custom clients.

Microsoft's unified multi-model agent runtime, already used across its Copilot products, is now available through Microsoft Foundry for building and running AI agents.