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⚡️ Microsoft Named Leader in Serverless Development Platforms Microsoft has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave report for Serverless Development Platforms for Q2 2025. This report looks at innovation, wide use, and real-world results with Serverless Compute on Azure. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ VS Live! Redmond 2025 Keynote Announcement The main speaker for VS Live! Redmond 2025 has been announced. The event will take place from August 4 to 8 at the Microsoft Conference Center and aims to bring developers and toolmakers together for hands-on learning. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ How to Stop Windows App Screen Capture Some Windows programs show private data. You can stop Windows from taking and saving screenshots of your app by using SetWindowDisplayAffinity with the WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE flag. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Refactoring Song Recommendations with F# Combinators This article is part of a series about different ways to design with functional programming. It shows how F# combinators can be used to handle song recommendations by working with tasks in a sequence. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ F# Weekly #25, 2025 – 7 Reasons F# Sucks This issue of F# Weekly lists seven reasons why some people do not like F#. The newsletter was published as the 25th issue in 2025. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft Made Quantum Computers More Accurate: Errors Decreased by a Thousand Times Microsoft has announced a family of new four-dimensional geometric codes that provide a significant improvement in the accuracy of quantum computing. These codes require up to five times fewer physical qubits to create logical ones, support one-time error correction, and achieve error reduction of up to 10⁻⁶, accelerating the approach to a practical quantum advantage. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ IDC Study Finds 306% ROI Using Ubuntu Linux on Azure An IDC study reports that using Ubuntu Linux on Azure gave users a 306% return on investment over three years. Participants said Azure made their Ubuntu tasks work better and helped with new technology. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Native Vector Type Now Available in Azure SQL Native vector support in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance will reach General Availability this summer. The new VECTOR data type lets users create, store, and search for high-dimensional vector embeddings inside their database. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ DCsv2-Series Azure VMs Retirement in 2026 Microsoft Azure will retire DCsv2-series virtual machines on June 30, 2026. These VMs are used for Intel SGX-based confidential computing and will not be available after that date. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft Launches New Azure L-series v4 Storage-Optimized VMs In June 2025, Microsoft made three new Azure virtual machine families under the L-series v4 generally available. These VMs have local NVMe SSD storage up to 23 TB, higher CPU, better network and remote storage speeds, and use the new Azure Boost SSDs and platform. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure Site Recovery Adds Support for Trusted Launch VMs Azure Site Recovery now works with Trusted Launch virtual machines. Trusted Launch helps guard Azure Gen2 VMs from malware like rootkits and bootkits by using Secure Boot, virtual Trusted Platform Module, and measured boot. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Ephemeral OS Disk Support for v6 Azure VMs Now Available Azure now supports Ephemeral OS disks on v6 virtual machines. These disks use each VM’s local SSD for storage, do not keep data after restart, and work well when the operating system state can be recreated each time. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft Releases Azure FXv2-Series Virtual Machines In May 2025, Microsoft released the Azure FXv2-series virtual machines. These VMs use the 5th Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C CPU and are now available in more regions. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure Storage Mover for File Migration Azure Storage Mover is a managed service that helps move large sets of files and folders from company servers to Azure Storage. It works with both Azure Blob and Azure Files, keeping downtime low during the move. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Hibernating and Resuming Azure Virtual Machines Azure Virtual Machines now let users hibernate and resume their VMs. This means users can pause their work, save the VM state, and start again later while keeping their data. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ GitHub Copilot Features in Visual Studio 2022 and VS Code GitHub Copilot now offers more smart AI tools in both Visual Studio 2022 and VS Code. The main features include Agent mode, MCP, and next edit suggestions, with a comparison of what is available in each IDE. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Ways to Save Money with Azure OpenAI This blog explains how to get the most value when using Azure OpenAI. It covers different pricing, ways to set up, and tools that help manage costs and growth. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ New Features in MSSQL Extension for VS Code The MSSQL Extension for VS Code version 1.33.0 adds a Local SQL Server container, GitHub Copilot Agent Mode, and Connection Groups. These new features help users work with SQL Server in Visual Studio Code in new ways. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 DiskANN Updates SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 is now available and has new updates for DiskANN. DiskANN is Microsoft’s algorithm used for large-scale vector search and recommendation systems. This release brings faster vector index creation and keeps removing limits and making things quicker. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Multimodal Vision Intelligence in .NET MAUI .NET MAUI apps can use Microsoft.Extensions.AI to capture photos and get information from images. This allows the app to turn pictures into organized data. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!