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⚡️ Agentic AI and Its Uses in Azure AI Foundry Agentic AI can reason, act, and work together instead of just giving information. The Azure AI Foundry gives more details about how to use agentic AI and how it works. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ VS Live! Redmond Event Brings Developers Together Visual Studio Live! took place at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, where developers joined sessions and met with Product Managers and engineers from Visual Studio, Azure, and GitHub Copilot. Attendees asked questions and connected with experts during the event. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Using Azure DevOps Pipelines with Azure Developer CLI This text explains how to use Azure DevOps YAML pipelines together with Azure Developer CLI to move code from development to production. It shows a way to build and deploy the same code in different environments, using the same steps as in a GitHub Actions example. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure DevOps Shows OAuth Client Secrets Only Once From September, Azure DevOps will display new OAuth client secrets just one time when they are made. Later, secrets cannot be seen in the UI or API. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GPT-5 Now in Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot Microsoft said that OpenAI's new GPT-5 model is now part of the GitHub Copilot tool in Visual Studio. This follows the recent launch of GPT-5. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra v5.0 Released Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra has been upgraded to version 5.0 and is now available. This update brings new features and better performance for cloud-based applications and data teams. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ .NET 10 Preview 7 Release and Features .NET 10 Preview 7 has been released. This version brings new features to the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, and .NET MAUI. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GPT-5 Available in Visual Studio with GitHub Copilot GPT-5, the newest model from OpenAI, is now in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio. It gives faster answers and improved help for writing and reading code. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Choosing the right .NET core Image for your workload Engineer MxBill broke down the official .NET container images into layers and families, explaining the difference between runtime, aspnet, sdk, and minimalist distroless variants. This article compares sizes, capabilities, and use cases, as well as tips for improving security and performance. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Secret Validity Checks Added to GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps now has secret validity checks. Each secret alert will show if the secret is still usable or if it could not be checked. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Overview of C# Null-Coalescing Operators C# has null-coalescing operators called ?? and ??=. The ?? operator gives the value on the left if it is not null, or the value on the right if the left is null. The ??= operator will set the value on the left if it is null. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ .NET in the Browser Without Blazor .NET code can run in a web browser without Blazor by using JSImport and JSExport. These tools help connect .NET with browser features directly. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Keeping Code the Same in Big Companies The text explains that large companies have many projects and it is hard to keep them the same over time. It says that small companies often do not have this problem because they have fewer projects. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Using Free Monads for Song Recommendations This article is one part of a series about different ways to use functional programming, especially with large data amounts. Earlier parts showed methods like the Recawr Sandwich pattern, functional combinators, and pipes and filters for solving programming tasks. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Call for Speakers at .NET Conf 2025 and JetBrains .NET Days .NET Conf 2025 and JetBrains .NET Days are looking for people to speak at their events. This was shared in F# Weekly #32 for the year 2025. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft Looks Into Israeli Military Use of Azure Cloud Microsoft is checking how the Israeli military uses its Azure cloud service. The news has led to an active discussion on Reddit. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Playwright End-to-End Testing Overview Playwright is a tool for end-to-end testing. It has a test runner, developer tools like a VS Code extension, Codegen, UI Mode, and Trace Viewer. These tools help users write, check, and fix tests easily. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GPT-5 Now Available in Azure AI Foundry OpenAI's new GPT-5 large language model is now ready to use in Azure AI Foundry. It is the most powerful model so far, leading in important tests. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ VS Code July 2025 Update Adds Chat Checkpoints and MCP Improvements The July 2025 update for Visual Studio Code (v1.103) brings Chat Checkpoints, which let users restore AI code sessions. It also adds new features to the Model Context Protocol, making tools work better and easier to set up in agent mode. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

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