Announcing new builds for 23 October 2026
Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental channels. New builds this week Select your channel below to view…
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From Local Development to CI Workflows with the Azure Cosmos DB Emulator
When you change a database-backed feature, a successful HTTP response isn’t enough. You need to know that the write reached storage, the application retrieved the updated record,…
Azure Cosmos DB BlogSource
How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @r31n, diving into their research approach, favorite bug classes, and advice for aspiring hackers…
The GitHub BlogSource
Flint-interactive: A language for creating interactive data visualizations
Flint-interactive gives AI agents a language for creating interactive visualizations. Click a chart, filter data, highlight related content, and explore beyond the view the author…
Microsoft ResearchSource
Free Play Days – Dying Light 2, Riders Republic, Monster Hunter Stories, Let’s Build a Zoo, and More
Clear your weekend – Free Play Days is calling! Dying Light 2: Stay Human – Reloaded Edition, Let’s Build a Zoo, and Tropico 6 are available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass Ultima…
Xbox Game PassSource
Are You Getting Everything You Can from Your Visual Studio Subscription?
What if you could experiment with a new Azure service without requesting additional budget, prepare for your next technical certification using learning resources you already have…
Visual Studio BlogSource
Expanding AI literacy with the Public Library Association and community-based programs
The people and institutions closest to a community understand their needs best. Libraries, small businesses, nonprofits, and schools see firsthand where AI can create opportunity…
Microsoft On the IssuesSource
Develop enterprise-grade apps with SharePoint Embedded
Taking an enterprise application from development to production requires confidence that it can scale, stay reliable, and be governed effectively. Recent SharePoint Embedded updat…
Microsoft 365 Developer BlogSource
Microsoft.UI.Reactor: a C#-first way to build WinUI apps
If you caught our session at Microsoft Build 2026 or you’ve been watching the repo, you’ve seen this one taking shape in public for a while now, and a lot has changed since Build.…
#ifdef WindowsSource
AI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromise
Storm-0940 used ARTEX agentic AI to accelerate a ConnectWise supply chain compromise, enabling application credential abuse across Microsoft 365 environments. The post AI-driven,…
Microsoft Threat IntelligenceSource
Pylance + Pyrefly: bring your preferred type checker to Visual Studio Code
Announcing the Type Server Protocol and our partnership with Meta The post Pylance + Pyrefly: bring your preferred type checker to Visual Studio Code appeared first on Microsoft f…
Microsoft for Python DevelopersSource
Advanced Shader Delivery is Available Now Across Hardware and Coming Soon to Other Storefronts
A few weeks ago, we announced that Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) is available for Gears of War: E-Day and teased that the feature is coming to devices across Windows 11. Today, w…
DirectX Developer BlogSource
Solving a 31-year-old grand challenge in mathematics – the KLS conjecture
For decades, a fundamental question about the difficulty of computing in high-dimensional spaces has resisted proof. New research resolves this question, removing a major theoreti…
Microsoft ResearchSource
The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure
We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub's repositories to Azure. Here's how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently. T…
The GitHub BlogSource
Microsoft CppCon 2026 Trip Report
CppCon 2026 is a wrap! Microsoft returned to Aurora, Colorado, for a week of talks, technical discussions, and conversations with developers from across the C++ community. Microso…
C++ Team BlogSource
Introducing Agentic Autofix for code and dependencies
Fixing a vulnerability takes more than knowing where it is. You need a change that follows your coding standards and works with the rest of your code. Copilot Autofix for GitHub A…
Azure DevOps BlogSource
Compare today’s code with an earlier commit
Compare a historical commit with your working tree without checking out the commit or leaving your branch. The post Compare today’s code with an earlier commit appeared first on V…
Visual Studio BlogSource
Announcing GA of Safe Key Rotation in Azure Cosmos DB
In our previous post, we introduced the private preview of Safe Key Rotation, a feature that helps Azure Cosmos DB customers avoid service disruptions during key rotations. By sho…
Azure Cosmos DB BlogSource