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⚡️ DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub  DeepSeek R1 is now available in the model catalog on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, joining a diverse portfolio of over 1,800 models, including frontier, open-source, industry-specific, and task-based A... ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Run DeepSeek R1 Locally for Free with Ollama and OpenWebUI Awhile back I wrote about how you can run your own local ChatGPT experience for free using Ollama and OpenWebUI with support for LLMs like Llama3, Microsoft Phi, Mistral and more! With the recent, ope... ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ The Dangers of Async Void You probably have heard that something is wrong with async void methods. But let’s explore what exactly. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Upcoming support lifecycle milestones for older on-premises products Multiple versions of our on-premises product will reach the end of support on October 14, 2025. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Changes to provisioning Azure DevOps projects using the Azure DevOps Demo Generator The Azure DevOps Demo Generator is a tool that allows you to create projects in your Azure DevOps organization, complete with pre-filled sample content. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Introducing Leading the Shift, a new Microsoft Azure podcast  We’ve asked customers, partners, Microsoft experts, and other leaders to share their journeys and insights in our new podcast, Leading the Shift. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Significance of DeepSeek R1 Model: Disruption, Trust, and the Future of AI The recent release of DeepSeek's R1 model has sent ripples across the global technology landscape, sparking intense discussions about its disruptive potential, trustworthiness, and implications for th... ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Iterate across multiple files more efficiently with GitHub Copilot Edits (Preview) GitHub Copilot Edits (Preview) in Visual Studio 2022 combines the conversational flow of chat and an inline review experience to help you iterate across your codebase with more control and efficiency. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Supporting multiple .NET SDK versions in analyzers and source generators In this post I describe why source generators might need to work with multiple versions of the .NET SDK and how NuGet packages support this in .NET 6… ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ The New LINQ Methods from .NET 6 to .NET 9 Explore the latest enhancements to LINQ in C# introduced between .NET 6 and .NET 9: Chunk, Zip, MinBy, MaxBy, Range Support for Take, CountBy, AggregateBy, Index methods ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft ends support for DevHome In the project's GitHub repository, a pull request was accepted into the main branch, containing a message to users that in May 2025 the development of Dev Home will be discontinued. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ AI Toolkit for VS Code Now Lets You 'Bring Your Own Model' "AI Toolkit extension for VS code now supports external local models via Ollama. It has also added support remote hosted models using API keys for OpenAI, Google and Anthropic." ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Detecting and Managing Secrets in .NET ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Visual Studio Copilot Improves Feature Search, Shortcuts, Slash Commands Microsoft's Visual Studio dev team has been working on the next release of its flagship IDE, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13, with an emphasis on improving the GitHub Copilot AI-powered coding assistant. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ AI-Powered Trae IDE Ships from Chinese TikTok Owner: 'It Looks To Be a Fork' As Chinese AI tech shakes up the entire industry with new breakthroughs, a new AI-powered IDE from a Beijing firm is flying under the radar, based on the same tech that powers Visual Studio Code and m... ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Navigating the 2024 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense  The 2024 holiday season revealed a complex and evolving threat landscape for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Introducing Change Event Streaming: Join the Azure SQL Database Private Preview for Change Data Streaming In a world where digital transformation is accelerating, the ability to integrate and process real-time data from diverse sources is crucial for success. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Roslyn Annotations for Code Fix Roslyn Analyzer can be used to detect patterns in your code and report them. It can also provide code fixes to automatically fix the issues. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Hosting Azure Bot SDK C# on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Nested virtualization on Azure is a tool that helps developers, engineers, and machine learning professionals save time and resources. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn how to choose the right VM and configure your environment for nested virtualization. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ DeepSeek: How a Small Team Turned the World of AI Upside Down What if everything you knew about AI development was just the tip of the iceberg? DeepSeek has challenged giants like OpenAI with a revolutionary approach that is turning the industry on its head. The process of training their models (comparable in power to GPT-4 and Claude) costs orders of magnitude less than that of competitors. How did they do it? The secret lies in the radical optimization of calculations. Want to know how a small team has jeopardized multi-billion dollar business models? Then we recommend reading this thread in X by Morgan Brown. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!