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Modernizing Project Files with AI: A Success Story from the .NET Team
At Microsoft, we are constantly exploring innovative ways to enhance our workflows, improve productivity, and ensure we have a secure supply chain that uses modern tools. One of our recent initiatives was to rebuild the .NET Framework build system by leveraging AI to automate the process....
Read moreRunning RAG with ONNX Runtime GenAI for On-Prem Windows
Exploring how to efficiently run a RAG pipeline with structured language models (SLMs) and guardrails on Windows, achieving inference under 5 seconds with ONNX Runtime GenAI.
Read moreIntroducing Azure DevOps ID Token Refresh and Terraform Task Version 5
We are excited to share some recent updates that improve the experience of using Workload identity federation (OpenID Connect) with Azure DevOps and Terraform on Microsoft Azure.
Many working parts have come together to make this possible and we'll share those here.
We are also very...
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May 6, 2025
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Reinventing Legacy App Modernization: Crowdbotics' AI-Native Platform on Azure
Author: Charath Ranganathan, CTO, Crowdbotics
Modernizing legacy applications is one of the most daunting tasks facing enterprises today. These systems, often built decades ago using technologies like COBOL on mainframes, power critical business functions but are notoriously difficult,...
All things Azure
May 5, 2025
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Announcing the updated Teams AI Library and MCP support
Discover the new and improved Teams AI Library, designed to help developers create even more powerful agents for Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
May 5, 2025
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What were the intended uses of those icons in moricons.dll?
Icons for old MS-DOS apps.
The Old New Thing
May 2, 2025
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What’s New in vcpkg (April 2025)
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.04.09 registry release, 2025-03-22, 2025-04-01, and 2025-04-07 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout April. This release contains bug fixes, a new documentation article on...
C++ Team Blog
May 2, 2025
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Guest Blog: Orchestrating AI Agents with Semantic Kernel Plugins: A Technical Deep Dive
Sophia,
Jarre
Today we're excited to welcome Jarre Nejatyab as a guest blog to highlight a technical deep dive on orchestrating AI Agents with Semantic Kernel Plugins.
In the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Models (LLMs), orchestrating specialized AI agents has become crucial for building...
Semantic Kernel
May 2, 2025
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Using type aliasing to avoid the ODR problem with conditional compilation, part 2
Ensuring that you pick a side.
The Old New Thing
May 2, 2025
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Introducing Azure DevOps ID Token Refresh and Terraform Task Version 5
Jared,
Eric
We are excited to share some recent updates that improve the experience of using Workload identity federation (OpenID Connect) with Azure DevOps and Terraform on Microsoft Azure.
Many working parts have come together to make this possible and we'll share those here.
We are also very...
Azure DevOps Blog
May 2, 2025
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Running RAG with ONNX Runtime GenAI for On-Prem Windows
Exploring how to efficiently run a RAG pipeline with structured language models (SLMs) and guardrails on Windows, achieving inference under 5 seconds with ONNX Runtime GenAI.
ISE Developer Blog
May 1, 2025
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There’s a Linux File Explorer built into Visual Studio!?!
The Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio provides developers with a convenient way to browse, view, and edit files on remote machines—directly from within the IDE. It's a powerful tool for managing remote environments without leaving your development workflow.
Scott Hanselman...
C++ Team Blog