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Mads and Dustin explore upcoming C# features, focusing on union types for modeling closed sets of data shapes, such as those found in wire protocols. They discuss how unions express intent and support consuming code, and also look at closed classes and extension indexers.

dotnet explains how the .NET 11 CLI became a native application, sharing the work involved and the gotchas encountered along the way. The session focuses on lessons developers can apply when building their own Native AOT applications, alongside the CLI's responsiveness and flexibility.

dotnet presents a demo-focused tour of ASP.NET Core and Blazor in .NET 11, covering performance, security, and observability alongside asynchronous validation, richer API contracts, and server-side rendering. The session also explores scalable Blazor applications, deeper Aspire integration, and building blocks for distributed applications and agentic user interfaces.

dotnet explores how WinForms in .NET 11 modernizes existing applications without breaking behavioral or designer compatibility. The session covers opt-in visual styles, accessibility and UI responsiveness improvements, and architectural boundaries that support safer AI-assisted modernization and the addition of intelligent workflows to established business applications.

dotnet explains how to try multithreaded MSBuild to speed up frequent builds and shorten development feedback loops. The video covers the new execution mode, what it means for existing builds, and how to prepare projects and tools to take advantage of multithreaded execution.

dotnet explores Runtime Async and the updated .NET memory safety model. The video covers moving async orchestration and code generation from Roslyn to RyuJIT for better performance, alongside stricter compile-time enforcement and improved auditability of unsafe code use.

dotnet explores the rebuilt foundations of C# Dev Kit 11, including a single Native AOT server, persistent caches, and faster incremental builds. The session explains the architectural choices behind shorter workspace load times and considers how these foundations could support .NET workflows beyond VS Code.

Maddy and Damian from the Aspire team discuss improvements to the Aspire experience for .NET developers. They explain how supporting additional languages prompted the team to revisit early .NET-centric assumptions, with changes to the Aspire + .NET workflow that are available today or coming soon.

Jose and Maddy explore how Aspire uses .NET to support developers and AI agents across programming languages. They cover the CLI, AppHost, Dashboard, and tooling, explaining how Blazor, Native AOT, and code generation underpin workflows for running, debugging, observing, and deploying distributed applications.

dotnet explores the .NET 11 numerics toolbox, including decimal floating-point types, BFloat16, generic complex numbers, and random-number APIs. The video covers precision and range choices, rounding, parsing and formatting, and layout-aware tensor operations, while distinguishing current improvements from planned .NET 12 tensor work.

dotnet explores the expanded post-quantum cryptography capabilities in .NET 11, looking at how these features can be used today and how the platform is preparing for future cryptographic needs.

dotnet explores how .NET 11 brings dotnet run, dotnet test, and dotnet watch to .NET MAUI on mobile devices and emulators. The talk covers device selection, app installation, test results, and live updates, alongside the platform challenges and practical workflows for local development and CI.

Barry returns to review .NET security bugs from 2025–2026, focusing on what developers can do to avoid similar pitfalls. The session connects the bugs with practical precautions for developers working with .NET.

dotnet explores how model abstractions, retrieval, tools, AI agents, and local inference fit together in the .NET AI stack. Through examples and demos, the session examines available building blocks, emerging patterns, and how developers can compose them into useful AI-powered applications.

Jerry Nixon connects three SQL AI scenarios—agent-assisted database administration, controlled data access through MCP, and retrieval-augmented generation—to the DP-800 certification. He outlines learning resources covering database design, security, deployment, embeddings, and search for developers building AI-enabled solutions with SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Microsoft Fabric.

sbaynes describes how Microsoft and Novo Nordisk moved a clinical research assistant from custom Azure infrastructure to Foundry hosted agents. The case study explains session-isolated execution, managed scaling, private networking, and practical lessons for subnet planning, tracing sensitive workloads, and preserving expert-backed evaluations during migration.

Adelina Balasa presents a six-pillar framework for moving AI agents from demos to production. The session covers architectural foundations, governance, security, operational reliability, and cost optimization, explaining why production readiness requires more than model selection and how teams can approach deployment and scaling.

Yash Gund, Sumith Maniath and Microsoft Security Research examine how attackers use GSocket to retain encrypted remote access to compromised Linux servers after application patching. The analysis covers relay-based command and control, persistence techniques, Microsoft Defender detections, advanced hunting queries, and host remediation needed to remove continued access.

Joe Filcik introduces GPT-5.6, GPT-6, and GPT-6.1 support in Azure Content Understanding, with evaluation results for document, video, and speech workloads. He explains how to compare accuracy and token costs, improve extraction with labeled examples, and test model deployments using Content Understanding Studio or the REST API.

Sue Black and Kent C. Dodds discuss how developers decide what is worth building when AI makes software creation easier. Their GitHub Universe 2026 conversation explores responsible software, tool choices, maintenance, and the trade-offs between shipping faster and ensuring that what gets built is fit for purpose.

pradeepsvs explains how Microsoft Fabric Warehouse supports database releases through DacFx, Git integration, deployment pipelines, and pre- and post-deployment scripts. The overview also covers programmatic Warehouse definitions, SQL development tools, and planned capabilities for deploying interconnected analytics solutions through existing CI/CD systems.

Allison announces general availability of GitHub issue types and fields for personal accounts. Individual developers and open source maintainers can customize issue metadata, use it in project views, and manage it through APIs and webhooks. The update also lets users create labels and milestones directly from an issue.

Praveen Sethuraman announces Bring Your Own Model general availability in Visual Studio 18.12. Developers can connect hosted or local models to Agent Mode without GitHub sign-in, maintain multiple provider configurations, select compatible API formats, and use enterprise proxy settings. Administrators can control access through organizational policy.

majianfe examines how multilingual questions can produce incorrect Fabric data agent answers when filter values do not match stored text. An exploratory synthetic-data test illustrates normalization through Foundry agents, with practical lookup strategies, SQL-based evaluation guidance, and migration considerations for Fabric IQ that still require validation.

fiveisprime announces Python support in the guided Copilot experience for building Azure apps in VS Code. The workflow takes developers through architecture planning, project scaffolding, local development, and deployment, with checkpoints to review decisions, Azure resources, and estimated costs before proceeding.

FORGE Lab and Cen Zhang explain how Microsoft researchers turned AI-generated Linux kernel findings into 59 upstream reports, 33 CVEs, and 38 merged fixes. Their analysis covers a detailed privilege-escalation vulnerability and shows why expert validation, duplicate detection, and collaboration with maintainers remain essential after automated discovery.

John Edward reviews the November 2026 Windows security updates, including Secure Boot certificate deployment, NTLM signing changes, and stricter PowerShell signature verification. The article also lists applicable update packages, explains installation prerequisites, and highlights separate PowerShell security updates that administrators should check on hotpatch-enabled devices.

sunayanasingh introduces the public preview of automatic ingestion-limit scaling in Azure Monitor workspace. The opt-in feature adjusts quotas as metrics usage changes, without changing usage-based billing. The article explains how to enable it through Azure CLI, track changes in the Activity Log, and configure alerts for ingestion health.

GitHub demonstrates using GitHub Copilot to customize a 3D-printed DJI microphone stand. Rather than manually editing the model in CAD software, the team used an AI prompt to add GitHub platform icons across the handle, creating a textured grip and showing a creative physical application of a developer AI tool.

shilmenon explains how Azure Databricks can store supported Unity Catalog-managed data directly in OneLake, giving Fabric and Databricks a shared storage foundation. The announcement covers platform availability, identity configuration, default security restrictions, and how Fabric users query shared data through mirrored catalogs without copying it.

Anna Hoffman reviews Microsoft SQL updates released throughout 2026, spanning Azure SQL, SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, and database tooling. The roundup covers Hyperscale scaling, vector search, recovery and security controls, migration options, Copilot-assisted workflows, database deployment, and driver updates, with availability details and limitations to check before adopting them.

GeertVanTeylingen and co-authors explain how Azure NetApp Files supports GPU training, containerized inference on AKS, and access to enterprise datasets from Microsoft AI services. The article covers checkpoint storage, writable dataset clones, Trident provisioning, and object REST API access, with two reference deployments illustrating the architecture.

The Visual Studio Code Team outlines small workflow updates in VS Code 1.147 Insiders, including workspace grouping for on-hold sessions, inline pull request merging, and cleaner inbox categories. AI-related changes add original-settings hover details for model comparisons and a one-time custom-agent tip in the Add Context menu.

Gabriel Sze and Weixian Zhang explain how they built an Azure-hosted scheduling application that combines LLM reasoning with deterministic constraint checks. The walkthrough covers bounded agent tools, persistent queues, human review, parallel scheduling lanes, and tracing, showing how to keep application state authoritative while agents propose placements.

Gilles Chehade and Matt Stratton discuss why modern backups need more than scheduled jobs. They explore shared infrastructure inventories, backup policies, reconciliation loops, and restore validation, alongside the risks of ransomware and AI tools with internal access. Chehade also explains how Plakar approaches encrypted, deduplicated backups and policy checks.

Allison outlines an update that lets enterprise GitHub Apps assign GitHub Copilot seats to users and enterprise teams through enterprise-level seat management APIs. Access requires the new Enterprise Copilot license management fine-grained permission for Apps.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence explains research showing how edits to fewer than ten neurons can turn an AI model into a sleeper agent that passes evaluations. The guidance covers weight auditing, trusted model registries, adversarial testing, least-privilege execution, and runtime monitoring, while distinguishing model-weight audits from conventional malware scans.

Wuyi_Weng introduces the Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana remote MCP server, which lets GitHub Copilot and other AI clients query Azure telemetry using your own permissions. The article covers setup, a Kusto analytics example, dashboard updates and the differences between this global endpoint and Azure Managed Grafana instance endpoints.

LauraVerghote walks through a dual-mode voice-agent pattern in Microsoft Foundry, separating real-time conversation from specialized backend work. The tutorial covers native subagent configuration, acknowledgment and progress policies, audio testing, and failure handling, with practical limits around preview availability, permissions, interruptions, and contact-center connectivity.

Jason Helmick announces PowerShell 7.7, a generally available Standard Term Support release built on .NET 11. The release adds commands and parameters, hardens remoting and Constrained Language Mode, and improves shell reliability. Changes to GUID generation, validation, and JSON schema handling require review before upgrading production scripts.