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Usability Improvements in the Visual Studio Connection Manager

April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024 04/26/24

Sneha Ramachandran

In Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 2, we’ve introduced some UX updates and usability improvements to the Connection Manager. With these updates we provide a more seamless experience when connecting to remote systems and/or debugging failed connections. Please install the latest Preview to try it out. Read on to learn what the Connection ...

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C++ Team Blog

OData .NET 8 Preview Release

April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024 04/26/24

Clément Habinshuti

We would like to announce that we are planning a new major release of OData .NET core libraries in June. Ahead of this release, we have released preview versions of the libraries to get some early feedback from the community. Specifically, the following preview releases are now available on NuGet: It has been almost 8 ...

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OData

Breaking changes to Microsoft Graph presence and online meeting basic change notifications

April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024 04/26/24

Annie Wang

The change removes data about the changed resource from the notifications and applies the established pattern for change notifications to presence and online meeting resources.

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Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Adding state to the update notification pattern, part 8

April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024 04/26/24

Raymond Chen

Comparing the two algorithms.

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The Old New Thing

Development Containers Simplified

April 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024 04/26/24

Ayman

This post talks about the concept of development containers and how it can help us to solve the challenges we face when setting up our development environment or onboarding a new team member.

ISE Developer Blog

Visual Studio features for C++ Header Files and Modules

April 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 04/25/24

Mryam Girmay

In the field of C++ programming, the management of header files and modules can often seem challenging. However, there are numerous tools and features available that can simplify this process, enhancing efficiency and reducing the likelihood of errors. Here’s a walkthrough for several tools that we provide for C++ headers and modules. Run ...

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C++ Team Blog

Microsoft Semantic Kernel Hits 1,000,000 Downloads

April 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 04/25/24

Evan Chaki

(image) A million moments of innovation, a million instances of creative coding, a million downloads. (image) Microsoft Semantic Kernel has proudly reached a significant milestone within the software development community. This achievement is not just a number—it's a beacon of collective progress and the power of open-source collaboration. ...

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Semantic Kernel

Announcing TypeScript 5.5 Beta

April 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 04/25/24

Daniel Rosenwasser

Today we are excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 5.5 Beta. To get started using the beta, you can get it through NuGet, or through npm with the following command: Here's a quick list of what's new in TypeScript 5.5! Inferred Type Predicates This section was written by Dan Vanderkam, who ...

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TypeScript

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Introducing API Manifest Plugins for Semantic Kernel

April 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024 04/25/24

Sophia Lagerkrans-Pandey, Mustafa Zengin

Hi all, Today we’re featuring a guest author from another team in Microsoft on our Semantic Kernel blog. We will turn it over to Mustafa Zengin to dive into Introducing API Manifest Plugins for Semantic Kernel. Semantic Kernel allows developers to import plugins from OpenAPI documents. For large APIs, such as Microsoft Graph, ...

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Semantic Kernel