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What's new in Microsoft Foundry | February 2026 | Microsoft Foundry Blog Explore Microsoft Foundry February 2026 featuring Claude Opus and Sonnet models for advanced reasoning and efficiency.

What's new in Microsoft Foundry | February 2026 | Microsoft Foundry Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/what...

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.110 - February release - GitHub Changelog The Visual Studio Code February 2026 release makes agents practical for longer-running and more complex tasks. This gives you more control over how they run, new ways to extend what…

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code v1.110 - February release - GitHub Changelog github.blog/changelog/20...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.25 Release Windows Terminal 1.25 is released to the Preview Channel, with Settings Search, Action Editing, New Languages, and more.

Windows Terminal Preview 1.25 Release - Windows Command Line devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/...

C++ Performance Improvements in MSVC Build Tools v14.51 - C++ Team Blog MSVC Build Tools v14.51 improves performance through a wide range of new optimizations.

C++ Performance Improvements in MSVC Build Tools v14.51 - C++ Team Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/c-pe... #cpp

Release v1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK - .NET Blog What’s new in the MCP C# SDK v1.0, including enhanced authorization, richer metadata, tool calling enhancements and long-running requests.

Release v1.0 of the official MCP C# SDK - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/relea...

Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.8 - #ifdef Windows Hey WinUI developers! If you’re new around here, WinUI Gallery is the go-to app for exploring WinUI controls, samples, design guidance, and handy tools — all in one place. Today, we’re excited to anno...

Announcing WinUI Gallery 2.8 - #ifdef Windows devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window... #WinDev

Azure Trusted Signing Revisited with Dotnet Sign In this follow-up post to my previous guide on Azure Trusted Signing, I explore how the new `dotnet sign` tool significantly simplifies the code signing process compared to the traditional `SignTool`...

Azure Trusted Signing Revisited with Dotnet Sign - Rick Strahl's Web Log weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2026/M...

Windows App Development CLI v0.2: .NET support, manifest placeholders, "winapp store" and more! - #ifdef Windows Explore the new Windows App Development (winapp) CLI v0.2 that adds .NET support and simplifies project management.

Windows App Development CLI v0.2: .NET support, manifest placeholders, "winapp store" and more! - #ifdef Windows devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...

.NET 10: System.Text.Json Improvements Introduction System.Text.Json continues to evolve in .NET 10 with meaningful improvements focused on correctness and...

.NET 10: System.Text.Json Improvements – Anthony Giretti's .NET blog anthonygiretti.com/2026/03/02/n...

Vector Data in .NET - Building Blocks for AI Part 2 - .NET Blog Explore the power of Vector Data in .NET AI for enhancing semantic searches and intelligent applications.

Vector Data in .NET - Building Blocks for AI Part 2 - .NET Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/vecto...

Azure SDK Release (February 2026) Azure SDK releases every month. This post includes the February 2026's highlights and release notes.

Azure SDK Release (February 2026) - Azure SDK Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/az...

Exploring Azure Face API: Facial Landmark Detection and Real-Time Analysis with C# | Microsoft Community Hub In today’s world, applications that understand and respond to human facial cues are no longer science fiction—they’re becoming a reality in domains like...

Exploring Azure Face API: Facial Landmark Detection and Real-Time Analysis with C# | Microsoft Community Hub techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurede...

WinForms Gets Some AI Love in Visual Studio February Update -- Visual Studio Magazine Microsoft's Visual Studio February Update (18.3) adds new Copilot agents and workflows for WinForms guidance, test generation, call stack analysis, profiling with unit tests, C++ modernization, and im...

WinForms Gets Some AI Love in Visual Studio February Update -- Visual Studio Magazine visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202... #VSMagazine

MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Query Profiler, ADS Migration Toolkit & More - Azure SQL Dev Corner Discover what's new in MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.40: Query Profiler, ADS Migration Toolkit, Database Backup & Restore, Flat File Import, and more.

MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.40 | Query Profiler & More devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/vs...

VS Code v1.110 Insiders: AI Agents Gain Native Browser Access and Global Instructions -- Visual Studio Magazine The VS Code 1.110 cycle is putting more 'hands-on' capabilities into chat, led by native browser integration that lets AI agents interact with page elements, capture screenshots, and pull real-time co...

VS Code v1.110 Insiders: AI Agents Gain Native Browser Access and Global Instructions -- Visual Studio Magazine visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202... #VSMagazine #vscode

Visual Studio February Update - Visual Studio Blog This month’s Visual Studio update continues our focus on helping you move faster and stay in flow, with practical improvements across AI assistance, debugging, testing, and modernization. Building on ...

Visual Studio February Update - Visual Studio Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio... #vstudio

Recording metrics in-process using MeterListener: System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs - Part 4 In this post I show how you can use MeterListener to listen to Instrument measurements, how to trigger Observable measurements, and how to aggregate values.

Recording metrics in-process using MeterListener andrewlock.net/recording-me... #dotnet

What's new for the Microsoft Fluent UI Blazor library 4.14 Although we are now fully focused on delivering you a great v5 version of the library in the near future, we did manage to get an update for v4 out the door. This includes one highly demanded feature ...

What's new for the Microsoft Fluent UI Blazor library 4.14 baaijte.net/blog/microso...

Microsoft Agent Framework Reaches Release Candidate | Microsoft Foundry Blog Microsoft Agent Framework is now at Release Candidate. A stable, open‑source foundation for building single and multi‑agent systems across .NET and Python—on the path to GA.

Microsoft Agent Framework Reaches Release Candidate | Microsoft Foundry Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/micr...

Custom Agents in Visual Studio: Built in and Build-Your-Own agents - Visual Studio Blog Explore Custom Agents in Visual Studio to enhance your development workflow with tailored automation and advanced debugging.

Custom Agents in Visual Studio: Built in and Build-Your-Own agents - Visual Studio Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio... #vstudio

C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness for GitHub Copilot in VS Code - C++ Team Blog C++ code navigation and build system tooling play an important role in the developer inner-loop. Code navigation tooling provides a precise, semantic understanding of your codebase, while build system...

C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness for GitHub Copilot in VS Code - C++ Team Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/c-sy... #cpp #vscode

.Net 10 Performance alla #dotnetconf2026 Roma con @mircovanini.bsky.social

Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools v14.51 Preview Released: How to Opt In - C++ Team Blog Today we are releasing the first preview of the Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools version 14.51. This update, shipping in the latest Visual Studio 2026 version 18.4 Insiders release, introduces many C+...

Microsoft C++ (MSVC) Build Tools v14.51 Preview Released: How to Opt In - C++ Team Blog devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/micr... #cpp

Creating standard and "observable" instruments: System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs - Part 3 In this post I discuss the various Instrument<T> types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core

Creating standard and "observable" instruments andrewlock.net/creating-sta... #dotnet

SQL Server Long-Running Query Detection: How to Find and Monitor Slow Queries Learn how to detect long-running queries in SQL Server using dynamic management views and T-SQL scripts to monitor performance in real time.

SQL Server Long-Running Query Detection: How to Find and Monitor Slow Queries - Simple Talk www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/... #SQL

5 years of work in 2 weeks These past two weeks have been some of the most exciting days I’ve had as a developer. I need to...

5 years of work in 2 weeks - DEV Community dev.to/davidortinau... #MAUI

Cumulative Update #2 for SQL Server 2025 RTM | Microsoft Community Hub techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...

SSMS 22.3 Release techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...

Agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot for AI‑driven workloads Discover how agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot bring intelligence and continuous optimization to modern cloud environments. Learn more.

Agentic cloud operations and Azure Copilot for AI‑driven workloads azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/a...

How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server - Engineering@Microsoft When we launched the Microsoft Learn Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server in June 2025, our goal was simple: make it effortless for AI agents to use trusted, up-to-date Microsoft Learn documentation. G...

How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server - Engineering@Microsoft devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-...