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⚡️ EFCore.Visualizer for Entity Framework Core Query Plans EFCore.Visualizer is a Visual Studio extension made to show and study Entity Framework Core query plans. It lets users see how their queries run right in Visual Studio. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Agent Observability Best Practices for Reliable AI Agent observability helps keep AI agents safe, reliable, and working well. The text lists five main ways to watch and check how AI agents behave. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Visual Studio 2025 August Update News Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 August 2025 update is now ready. It adds new AI tools, better ways to find bugs, and more control for making games and other projects. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GitHub Copilot for Azure Now in Visual Studio 2022 Microsoft has previewed a new extension that brings Copilot for Azure to Visual Studio 2022. With this tool, users can look at resources, see diagnostics and logs, use Azure CLI, and deploy from inside the IDE. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Faster Scientific Discovery with Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA Researchers use Microsoft Azure's cloud and NVIDIA's GPUs to speed up scientific discovery. This helps them work faster and make new findings in science. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Solving Native Library Loading Issue with .NET Core on Alpine The text explains how an old .NET Core version had trouble loading native libraries on Alpine Linux. It shows the steps followed and the solution found for this issue. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GitHub Copilot for Azure Available in Visual Studio 2022 Preview GitHub Copilot for Azure is now in Public Preview for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 and above. The extension lets users use Azure developer tools and run commands in Copilot Chat, with support from the Azure MCP server, all inside Visual Studio. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Entra ID Support Added to DocumentDB VS Code Extension The new version 0.3 of the DocumentDB for VS Code extension lets users connect to Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) clusters with Microsoft Entra ID authentication. This update supports using a central identity provider. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Visual Studio Copilot Adds Bring-Your-Own-Model and Model Context Protocol Microsoft now lets users add their own models to Copilot Chat in Visual Studio. The Model Context Protocol is also now ready for all, so users can connect to internal tools and data. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ MVU Pattern in .NET MAUI with MauiReactor MauiReactor uses the Model-View-Update (MVU) pattern in .NET MAUI. This pattern can work with the .NET MAUI platform to help structure apps. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure Cloud Security from Silicon to Systems Microsoft starts secure design with the silicon parts of its computers and continues this protection across every layer of its cloud systems. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Git Worktree: Multiple Working Directories Git worktree lets you use more than one working directory with one repository. You can check out different branches in separate folders at the same time, without copying the whole repository again. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Song Recommendations Using F# Free Monads This text is part of a series about different ways to use functional programming. It looks at how to find song suggestions from lots of playback records using F# free monads and large computation expressions. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ FsiX: New F# REPL with Hot Reloading A new F# REPL called FsiX has been released. It adds hot reloading, which lets users see code changes right away. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Vibe Coding in AI-Assisted Development Vibe coding is a way of using AI during programming where you talk about what you want in plain words and the assistant builds most of the base and connections. You only write code yourself when you need to fix details or make changes. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft’s Open Source History and Growth Microsoft started using open source by adding 20,000 lines of code to the Linux system. Over time, the company expanded its open source work and now uses AI with open source tools around the world. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Agents Panel Adds Copilot Coding Features in Visual Studio and VS Code GitHub Copilot’s coding agent can now be used in Visual Studio and VS Code by way of a new agents panel. This lets users leave coding tasks to AI and see results in GitHub. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Local Embeddings with ONNX in SQL Server 2025 RC0 SQL Server 2025 RC0 lets users make text embeddings on Windows using a local ONNX model. This new setup works without needing network traffic outside the local system. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Improved dotnet test in .NET 10 The new dotnet test uses Microsoft.Testing.Platform in .NET 10. This change gives faster results and better tools to check problems. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Improved Control of Copilot Code Suggestions Copilot gives code suggestions in the editor to help you work faster and finish lines of code. User feedback showed that keeping a good balance between helpful tips and control over your workspace is important. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!