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The Complete Playwright End to End Story, Tools, AI, and Real-World Workflows - Microsoft for Developers 1. Introduction End to end testing has evolved dramatically, and Playwright stands at the forefront. Playwright offers a full ecosystem empowering developers to write, debug, and maintain tests with speed and reliability. From its powerful test runner to rich developer tools like the VS Code extension, Codegen, UI Mode, and Trace Viewer, Playwright covers every […]

⚡️ Playwright End-to-End Testing Overview

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GPT-5 in Azure AI Foundry: The future of AI apps and agents starts here | Microsoft Azure Blog Microsoft is announcing the general availability of OpenAI’s new flagship, GPT-5, in Azure AI Foundry. Learn more.

⚡️ GPT-5 Now Available in Azure AI Foundry

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⚡️ VS Code July 2025 Update Adds Chat Checkpoints and MCP Improvements

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⚡️ OpenAI's gpt-oss Used in Azure and Windows AI Tools

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5 Copilot Chat Prompts .NET Devs Should Steal Today - .NET Blog Discover 5 practical GitHub Copilot Chat prompts to boost .NET development productivity, from code optimization to security reviews.

⚡️ 5 Copilot Chat Prompts for .NET Developers

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Introducing Azure Storage Discovery: Transform data management with storage insights | Microsoft Azure Blog We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Storage Discovery, a fully managed service that provides you enterprise-wide visibility into your Azure Blob Storage data estate. Learn more.

⚡️ Azure Storage Discovery Public Preview Announced

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Build a RAG application with LangChain and Local LLMs powered by Ollama - Azure Cosmos DB Blog Local large language models (LLMs) provide significant advantages for developers and organizations. Key benefits include enhanced data privacy, as sensitive information remains entirely within your own infrastructure, and offline functionality, enabling uninterrupted work even without internet access. While cloud-based LLM services are convenient, running models locally gives you full control over model behavior, performance tuning, […]

⚡️ Build a RAG App Using LangChain and Local LLMs with Ollama

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OpenAI’s open‑source model: gpt‑oss on Azure AI Foundry and Windows AI Foundry  | Microsoft Azure Blog OpenAI’s gpt‑oss models gives developers and enterprises the ability to run, adapt, and deploy OpenAI models on their own terms. Learn more.

⚡️ OpenAI Releases gpt-oss Model for Wider Use

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.NET and .NET Framework August 2025 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2025.

⚡️ .NET and .NET Framework August 2025 Updates

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Visual Studio 2015 Retirement: Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio - Visual Studio Blog Support for Visual Studio 2015 ends Oct 14, 2025. Upgrade to Visual Studio 2022 for AI tools, .NET 9, GitHub integration, and full security updates.

⚡️ End of Support for Visual Studio 2015 Announced

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.NET Conf 2025 - Announcing the Call for Content - .NET Blog The .NET Conf 2025 Call for Content is now open! Join us November 11-13 for the premier .NET virtual event celebrating .NET 10. Submit your session proposal by August 31st and share your .NET expertise with developers worldwide.

⚡️ .NET Conf 2025 Call for Content Announced

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Scalable AI with Azure Cosmos DB - Video Series - Azure Cosmos DB Blog Explore how Azure Cosmos DB partners are creating transformative AI solutions in this monthly video series.

⚡️ Scalable AI and Azure Cosmos DB Video Series

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Passkey support for ASP.NET Core identity: Exploring the .NET 10 preview - Part 6 In this post I look at the passkey support added to ASP.NET Core Identity and the Blazor Web App template, explore how it works, and look at the implementation

⚡️ Passkey Support in ASP.NET Core Identity and Blazor Web App

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Automate your open-source dependency scanning with Advanced Security - Azure DevOps Blog Learn how to configure dependency scanning, offered in GitHub Advanced Security and GitHub Code Security for Azure DevOps.

⚡️ Automatic Dependency Scanning in Azure DevOps

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How to Keep Processes Running After a GitHub Action Job Ends - Gérald Barré This post explains how GitHub Actions runners track and terminate orphan processes, and demonstrates how to start processes that persist after a job ends by removing the RUNNER_TRACKING_ID environment variable.

⚡️ How GitHub Actions Handle Running Processes After Job Ends

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The GitHub Podcast This is the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.

Check out the GitHub Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or 👇 gh.io/podcast

🌐 1991: The Web is launched.
📜 1993: The Web enters the public domain.
🤝 1998: The "open source" movement gets its name.
⚙️ 2005: Git is created to manage massive projects.
🐙 2008: GitHub launches, becoming the home for collaborative coding.

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Build smarter with the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit MCP Server! Seamlessly connect your AI agents to #Microsoft365 & Copilot, test locally, and deploy faster. Because coding is better with the right tools: msft.it/63321sGOTf

F# Weekly #31, 2025 – Aspire 9.4 Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Aspire 9.4 is here with a CLI and interactive dashboard features – .NET Blog Building a Full-Stack App with React and A…

⚡️ F# Weekly #31, 2025 and Aspire 9.4 Announced

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⚡️ Stack Overflow Survey: VS Code and Visual Studio Stay Popular

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Join us at Azure Dev Summit 2025 - Microsoft for Developers The success of AI-powered apps and agents hinges not only on cutting edge models and AI platforms, but on the developers who are chartered with designing innovative services that are secure, scalable, and grounded in the right knowledge. The inaugural Azure Dev Summit on October 13-16, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal is the chance for you […]

⚡️ Azure Dev Summit 2025 in Lisbon Announced

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⚡️ Microsoft Dev Conference Hosts Live Visual Studio Sessions

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Smarter AI Edits in Visual Studio Copilot - Visual Studio Blog Discover how Visual Studio Copilot leverages smarter AI-generated edits using speculative decoding and advanced model-based techniques. Learn how these innovations improve code accuracy, speed, and developer productivity—plus, get a sneak peek at the future of Agent Mode in Visual Studio Copilot.

⚡️ Smarter AI Edits in Visual Studio Copilot

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⚡️ .NET Aspire 9.4 Update Highlights

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Azure SDK Release (July 2025) Azure SDK releases every month. This post includes the July 2025's highlights and release notes.

⚡️ Azure SDK July 2025 Release Highlights

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Announcing General Availability of UNISTR function and ANSI SQL || Operator in Azure SQL - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of two long-standing capabilities that address critical needs for SQL developers and enterprise customers in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, configured with the Always-up-to-date update policy: - UNISTR function for Unicode character representation - ANSI SQL string concatenation operator (||) for standard-compliant string operations These additions improve ANSI SQL compliance in Azure SQL, streamline migration from other platforms, and boost developer productivity.

⚡️ UNISTR Function and ANSI SQL || Operator Now in Azure SQL

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Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire: A Step-by-Step Guide - .NET Blog Discover how to build a full-stack application with React and Aspire, integrating a React front-end with an ASP.NET Core Web API and persisting data to a database.

⚡️ Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire

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Aspire 9.4 is here with a CLI and interactive dashboard features - .NET Blog Aspire 9.4 is packed with new features, integrations, and improvements

⚡️ Aspire 9.4 Launches with CLI and Dashboard

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Scaling generative AI in the cloud: Enterprise use cases for driving secure innovation  | Microsoft Azure Blog In our technical guide, “Accelerating Generative AI Innovation with Cloud Migration” we outline how IT and digital transformation leaders can tap into the power and flexibility of Azure to unlock the full potential of generative AI. Learn more.

⚡️ Using Cloud for Generative AI in Companies

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Running one-off .NET tools with dnx: Exploring the .NET 10 preview - Part 5 In this post I show the new dnx command for running .NET tools without installing them and look at exactly how it works.

⚡️ Running .NET Tools with dnx

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