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AI is no longer a technology of the future. It's helping professionals solve problems, improve efficiency and unlock new possibilities every day. Here's to the progress AI has made and what's still to come. Happy AI Appreciation Day! 🤖 #AIAppreciationDay #AI #FutureOfWork
AI adoption is moving fast — but the real advantage goes to SMBs that turn strategy into action. This agenda looks built for exactly that.
Live! 360 Events@live360events.bsky.social · 2mo agoAttention SMBs! The AI Pivot Agenda is Now Live! The AI Pivot Conference lineup has been posted, and every session is crafted to help you make the move to AI efficiency, not just talk about it! See the full agenda and secure your seat: theaipivot.ai/events/anahe...
TDWI's new Blueprint report puts the AI spotlight on data foundations 📊 High-impact organizations were more likely to report unified platforms, embedded governance, semantic models and production-ready retrieval patterns 🤖 virtualizationreview.com/articles/202...
TDWI Research: AI Impact Starts with Data Foundations -- Virtualization Review
TDWI's 2026 Blueprint report says high-impact AI organizations are more likely to treat data architecture, governance and operationalization as strategic requirements.
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I tested whether local AI could take pressure off Copilot usage-based billing. 💻 The answer was not "free AI" -- it was more like a pressure valve for repeated low-risk coding chores. 🧪 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Using Local AI to Cut Copilot Usage-Based Billing Shock -- Visual Studio Magazine
After being gobsmacked by the new billing plan using almost all my monthly credits in one or two days, I tried pushing some Copilot-style coding work onto local models in VS Code. What I found was les...
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Visual Studio Live! at Microsoft HQ is shaping up to be a big one: .NET, AI, Blazor, Azure, DevOps and more -- plus early bird savings before Friday. 👀
Live! 360 Events@live360events.bsky.social · 2mo agoSave up to $300 when you register by June 19 for VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ. Five days of deep technical training at Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, WA, July 27-31, 2026. Early bird pricing ends this Friday. Reserve your spot now at: buff.ly/vDy40Qf
.NET 11 Preview 5 is out 🧩 Updates span the SDK, runtime, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI and EF Core -- including file-based app work, Blazor validation updates and MAUI reliability fixes 🚀 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
.NET 11 Preview 5 Focuses on Performance, Productivity and Safer Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
.NET 11 Preview 5 focuses on under-the-hood runtime performance gains, streamlined APIs and language features that reduce boilerplate, plus built‑in security checks and incremental ASP.NET Core and EF...
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IT pros, admins and security teams: this is the last chance to lock in $400 savings for TechMentor @ Microsoft HQ.
Live! 360 Events@live360events.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday is the last day to save up to $400 on TechMentor @ Microsoft HQ. TechMentor brings together IT pros, system administrators and security professionals for a week of expert-led training on the Microsoft technologies that matter most. Register now: buff.ly/mDZhFq9
VS Code 1.124 is out with agent-focused changes 🤖 Autopilot is now default, Advanced Autopilot can loop up to three times, and the Agents window can queue new-session requests in the background ⚙️ visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
VS Code 1.124 Focuses on Agent Autonomy and Parallel Sessions -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's June 2026 VS Code update turns on Autopilot by default and adds background sending for agent sessions. </head>
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Chatbots talk. Agents act. 🤖 A Visual Studio Live! San Diego session will show .NET devs how to build agentic systems 🧠 with C#, MCP, multi-agent patterns and production guardrails. ⚙️ visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Developing Agentic Systems in .NET: From Concept to Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
ZioNet founder Alon Fliess previews his Visual Studio Live! San Diego session on building true agentic systems in .NET -- covering the cognitive loop, MCP tool integration, multi-agent orchestration a...
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AI can now scaffold, theme and help build enterprise applications. Join us, sponsor Infragistics, and expert Jason Beres tomorrow for this FREE webcast on the future of AI-powered development. Register now: https://ow.ly/f5oc50Z9Qta #AI #SoftwareEngineering #EnterpriseSoftware
GitHub Copilot is now in the CLI, mobile, GitHubcom, editors and CI pipelines🚀 A VSLive! workshop with Kayla Cinnamon & James Montemagno digs into agents, hooks, MCP servers & the SDK 🛠️ visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Mastering AI Development and Building AI Apps with GitHub Copilot -- Visual Studio Magazine
Two Microsoft experts explain how GitHub Copilot is evolving from a coding assistant into a broader platform for building, customizing and testing AI-powered developer workflows.
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Dr. James McCaffrey explains how quadratic regression can model non-linear relationships and interaction effects, using pseudo-inverse training in C# to compute weights directly through matrix algebra. See how closed-form regression training works: https://ow.ly/Vx1z50Z9kVz #DataScience #CSharp
Quadratic Regression with Pseudo-Inverse Training Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of quadratic regression, implemented from scratch, with pseudo-inverse training, using the C# language. Compared to standard linear regression, quadratic regression is better able to handle data with a non-linear structure and interactions between predictor variables. Compared to other types of training, pseudo-inverse does not require any parameters that must be determined by trial and error.
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VS Code 1.123 is out with agent-heavy updates:🧑💻 synced chat sessions, chronicle commands, side-by-side agent sessions, a research agent preview,⚙️ 1M-token context support, browser favorites and screenshot-to-chat additions. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
VS Code 1.123 Adds Agent Session Sync, 1M Context Windows -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.123 on June 3, adding agent-focused features, larger model context support, integrated browser updates and a new delay for some automatic extension updates.
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GitHub Copilot's new usage-based billing is drawing developer pushback after some users saw monthly AI credits disappear within days -- or even after small tasks. 💸 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Copilot Billing Shock Hits Developers -- Visual Studio Magazine
Developer complaints about GitHub Copilot's new usage-based billing model have centered on unexpectedly rapid AI credit consumption, and neither GitHub nor Microsoft has responded directly to the back...
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I tested GitHub Copilot App on a small Blazor issue 🧪 It planned the work, edited files, built, pushed and opened a PR -- but browser testing still caught what the agent missed. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Hands On with New GitHub Copilot App Technical Preview: Turning a Blazor Issue into a Pull Request -- Visual Studio Magazine
GitHub's brand-new Copilot desktop app, in technical preview, handled a small Blazor issue from planning through pull request creation, but the hands-on test also showed why developers still need to v...
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Build 2026's Windows story is not just more Copilot ✨ Microsoft is setting up Windows for agents that can build apps, run shell commands, use local models and operate inside policy-defined guardrails. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
At Build 2026, Microsoft Sets Up Windows as an OS for AI Agents -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's Build 2026 Windows developer announcements point to a broader platform strategy for agentic AI, spanning terminal workflows, local models, app-building skills, Cloud PCs and operating syst...
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GitHub Copilot's usage-based billing can spike fast if one session goes off the rails. One broken workflow + long chats + huge prompts = serious credit burn. This breakdown shows what happened and how to avoid it. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Slammed by Copilot Usage-Based Billing on Day I, Facing $180 Bill for June -- Visual Studio Magazine
A journalist using GitHub Copilot Pro details how a broken editorial workflow on day one of usage-based billing led to runaway token consumption, a projected $180 monthly bill, and practical tactics f...
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AI is changing enterprise UI development beyond simple code generation. Join us, sponsor Infragistics, and expert Jason Beres on June 11th for this FREE webcast on Ignite UI MCP and AI-powered workflows. Register now: https://ow.ly/JX7C50Z6zXV #AI #WebDevelopment
AdaBoost.R2 in C# from scratch: build sequential decision trees, focus each learner on harder cases, then combine predictions with a weighted median. Great walkthrough from Dr. James McCaffrey for understanding tree-based regression ensembles. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
AdaBoost.R2 Regression Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
AdaBoost.R2 regression works by building an ensemble of decision trees, training them on reweighted data, and combining their predictions with a weighted median, while also showing how parameter choic...
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Bring-your-own-key smoothed for chat, tools & MCP servers, obviating manual sign-in. The update also adds Custom Endpoint in Stable, Agents Window tweaks and browser device emulation and much more🛠️ visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
VS Code 1.122 Lets BYOK Work Without GitHub Sign-In -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's May 2026 VS Code update makes BYOK usable in restricted environments while adding agent, browser and issue-reporting updates.
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🖥️ Uno Platform is making a cross-platform pitch to WPF teams: keep useful C#, XAML and MVVM investments where possible, use AI agents for mechanical migration work, and validate running apps with MCP tooling. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Uno Platform Pitches WPF Modernization for the AI Agent Era -- Visual Studio Magazine
Uno Platform is positioning itself as a cross-platform modernization path for Windows Presentation Foundation apps, combining incremental migration, AI-assisted code translation, Model Context Protoco...
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Build once, deliver everywhere 🚀 Learn how .NET MAUI + Community Toolkit can speed cross-platform app dev with practical patterns for XAML, C# and MVVM ⚙️📱 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Create Multi-platform Apps with .NET MAUI and the MAUI Community Toolkit -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft Senior Content Developer Alvin Ashcraft explains how to use .NET MAUI, the MAUI Community Toolkit and MVVM Toolkit to speed up cross-platform app development with practical patterns for XAML...
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Microsoft's latest C# proposal brings Rust-style safety contracts to .NET's unsafe code paths -- another step in its years-long memory-safety push that began with C/C++ vulnerability concerns. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Microsoft Extends Rust-Influenced Memory-Safety Push to C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft is applying lessons from Rust to C# in a planned redesign of the unsafe code model, continuing a years-long company focus on reducing memory-safety risks historically associated with C and C...
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AI can now scaffold and build enterprise UIs in minutes. Join us, sponsor Infragistics, and expert Jason Beres on June 11th for this FREE webcast on AI-powered enterprise app development. Register now: https://ow.ly/TTWM50Z4nYr #AI #AppDevelopment #EnterpriseApps
Visual Studio's May update adds more review checkpoints for Copilot work 🛠️ Plan before edits, inspect context usage, review multi-file diffs, and pick up MSVC Build Tools v14.51 for C++ projects 🚀 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Visual Studio May Update Adds Plan Agent Diff Review Tools -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft highlighted Copilot planning, context visibility, diff review updates and MSVC Build Tools v14.51 in its May Visual Studio update.
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Improving .NET performance is part craft, part discipline. Jason Bock shares how modern teams can spot hot spots, cut allocations, and use tools wisely to write faster code that lasts. .NET 10 insights included. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Improving Performance in .NET Applications -- Visual Studio Magazine
Jason Bock shares practical guidance for building faster .NET applications, avoiding modernization pitfalls, and using proven performance resources to keep improving over time.
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Visual Studio 2026 users are still asking Microsoft to bring back the Blue theme 🔵 The feedback centers on contrast, readability and long coding sessions -- with some devs saying the new light themes are pushing them back to VS 2022. visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
Angry Devs Persist on Visual Studio Blue Theme Revival: 'Once More, We Ask...' -- Visual Studio Magazine
Developers are pressing Microsoft to restore the Blue theme in Visual Studio 2026, arguing that the issue is about contrast, readability and usability rather than nostalgia for an old color scheme.
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Last chance: Extended Super Early Bird savings for VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ end tonight. Save $400 on hands-on .NET training, AI-focused developer sessions and the VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon experience. July 27-31, 2026 Microsoft HQ
Live! 360 Events@live360events.bsky.social · 3mo agoExtended Super Early Bird savings end tonight at midnight! This is your last chance to lock in savings for VSLive! @ Microsoft HQ. Secure $400 off hands-on .NET training, AI-focused dev sessions & VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon. Secure your spot here: vslive.com/microsoftHQ
.NET 11 Preview 4 is a roundup release: MAUI moves to CoreCLR by default, dotnet watch expands for mobile, Blazor gets Virtualize updates, EF Core adds SQL Server vector search, and Process APIs get a major expansion. 🚀 visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
.NET 11 Preview 4 Roundup: MAUI, Blazor, EF Core, SDK and Runtime Updates -- Visual Studio Magazine
.NET 11 Preview 4 delivers a broad set of developer-facing updates across .NET MAUI, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Entity Framework Core, the SDK, libraries and runtime performance work.
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OpenTelemetry just hit CNCF graduation, and recent docs 📈 show why it matters: .NET CLI telemetry, VS Code agent dashboards, Azure Monitor OTLP ingestion, CloudWatch metrics and Google Cloud Observability 🛠️ are all part of the same open telemetry wave visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/202...
The Rise of OpenTelemetry in Microsoft Dev Tooling -- Visual Studio Magazine
CNCF graduation, Microsoft tooling updates and cloud-provider support show broader OpenTelemetry adoption across developer platforms.
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