Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10: Your AI Development Platform Just Got Serious
Visual Studio 2026 and .NET 10: Your AI Development Platform Just Got Serious TL;DR: Microsoft has officially launched Visual Studio 2026, marking what they call the first ‘AI‑native’ release of its flagship integrated development environment. The company has announced the...
Azure Functions Model Context Protocol Support Hits GA: Ship Agentic Workflows at Scale
Azure Functions Model Context Protocol Support Hits GA: Ship Agentic Workflows at Scale TL;DR Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. The MCP extension...
AI in Production: The Week Pragmatism Won (January 2026 Roundup)
AI in Production: The Week Pragmatism Won (January 2026 Roundup) TL;DR 2026 marks AI’s shift from hype to pragmatism, with focus moving away from ever-larger language models toward making AI usable. Microsoft moved Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure...
Azure Functions Now Supports Model Context Protocol at GA: What .NET Developers Need to Know
Azure Functions Now Supports Model Context Protocol at GA: What .NET Developers Need to Know TL;DR Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. The...
Azure Storage Gets Serious About AI Inference: What .NET Developers Need to Know
Azure Storage Gets Serious About AI Inference: What .NET Developers Need to Know TL;DR: Azure Storage is introducing curated, pipeline-optimized experiences to simplify how customers feed data into downstream AI services , with new integrations for RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) agents...
Azure AI Toolkit v0.28.1: Agent Skills Now Cost-Efficient for .NET Developers
Azure AI Toolkit v0.28.1: Agent Skills Now Cost-Efficient for .NET Developers TL;DR: Microsoft shipped major updates to the AI Toolkit for VS Code designed to streamline how you build, test, and deploy AI agents, focusing on aligning with the latest...
Azure Functions Now Supports Model Context Protocol: What This Means for Your AI Agents
Azure Functions Now Supports Model Context Protocol: What This Means for Your AI Agents TL;DR Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. For .NET...
OpenAI's Assistants API Sunset: Your Migration Deadline is August 2026
OpenAI’s Assistants API Sunset: Your Migration Deadline is August 2026 TL;DR: OpenAI has announced that its Assistants API will be deprecated on August 26, 2026. The Responses API combines features of OpenAI’s Chat Completions API with the tool-use functionality of...
AI Toolkit for VS Code: The .NET Developer's Fast Track to Production Agents
AI Toolkit for VS Code: The .NET Developer’s Fast Track to Production Agents TL;DR Microsoft released major updates to the AI Toolkit for VS Code designed to streamline how you build, test, and deploy AI agents . The biggest architectural...
AI Gets Practical: What .NET and Azure Developers Need to Know This Week
AI Gets Practical: What .NET and Azure Developers Need to Know This Week TL;DR: Visual Studio 2026 shipped on January 13, 2026 , bringing AI deeply integrated into your workflow. NET 10 is the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and...