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VS Code Live is a monthly livestream showcasing the latest updates in Visual Studio Code, with hands-on demos from the VS Code team and key partners. On June 12 (8 AM PST), we’ll…

📍 Milano, Sala Luigiana @ Coperni.co Centrale - Via Copernico 38📅 17 Giugno 2025 dalle 9:00 alle 17:30🧠 Focus: AI Agents per sviluppatori, ricercatori, imprenditori e professionisti IT La serie globale AgentCon –…

In this quest, you’ll take your locally running Gen AI app and deploy it to the cloud using Azure. You’ll use the move from GitHub Models to Azure AI Foundry…

AI Toolkit for VS Code June Update We are excited to bring you the June update for the AI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code! This month, we are shipping version 0.14.0,…

Skill Up on the Latest AI Models & Tools with Model Mondays – Season 2 The world of AI is evolving at lightning speed. With over 11,000 models now available…

Want to build next-gen apps using AI and JavaScript (or TypeScript)? The JS AI Build-a-thon is your launchpad — a hands-on, quest-driven journey designed to take you from curious coder…

Part of the JS AI Build-a-thon, this quest is where the rubber meets the road. Whether you're here to explore the raw power of local models or just curious what…

Dusseldorf , Germany added 3,000+ tech enthusiast and hosted the Microsoft for Startups Cloud AI Pitch Competition between May 26-28, 2025. We were pleased to attend the European AI Cloud and Collaboration Summits…

What is Foundry Local? Foundry Local is a set of development tools designed to help you build and evaluate LLM applications on your local machine. It provides a curated collection…

We are excited to announce the JS AI Build-a-thon — an epic learning journey crafted for JavaScript and TypeScript developers who want to step confidently into the world of AI.…

The pace at which innovative AI models are being developed is outstanding! DeepSeek-R1 is one such model that focuses on complex reasoning tasks, providing a powerful tool for developers to…

We are excited to introduce AI Travel Agents, a sample application with enterprise functionality that demonstrates how developers can coordinate multiple AI agents (written in multiple languages) to explore travel planning…

2025年5月19日 VS Codeチーム 私たちは、コードエディタの未来はオープンであり、 AI によって強化されるべきだと考えています。過去 10 年間、VS Code は GitHub 上でもっとも成功した OSS プロジェクトの一つとして成長してきました。オープンソースであることを理由に VS Code を選び、貢献してくださった活発なコミュニティの皆様に感謝します。AI が VS Code の開発体験の中心となるいま、私たちは「オープン・協調・コミュニティ主導」という創業時からの開発原則を貫きます。   私たちは GitHub Copilot Chat 拡張機能のコードを MIT ライセンスのもとで公開し、その主要コンポーネントを順次 VS…

Background  Azure Kubernetes Service  Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed container orchestration service provided by Microsoft Azure. It allows you to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using…

VS Code: Editor de IA de Código Abierto 19 de mayo de 2025 por el equipo de VS Code Creemos que el futuro de los editores de código debe ser…

If you’ve ever thought about building your own AI agent but didn’t know where to begin, you’re not alone. Between navigating APIs, wrangling datasets, and managing cloud deployments, creating even…

The GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp started in February as a fully virtual learning journey — and it was a hit. More than 60,000 developers joined the first edition across multiple…

Acreditamos que o futuro dos editores de código deve ser aberto e impulsionado por inteligência artificial. Na última década, o VS Code se tornou um dos projetos de código aberto…

The FinOps Foundation defines FinOps as "operational framework and cultural practice which maximizes the business value of cloud, enables timely data-driven decision making, and creates financial accountability through collaboration between…

Introduction Welcome to this week’s spotlight in our AI Repo of the Week series—introducing the MCP for Beginners course, a fantastic starting point for AI developers and enthusiasts eager to navigate…

Introduction  In today's fast-paced development environments, security is often an afterthought-until it's too late. With the rise of AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot, developers now have a powerful ally…

2025년 5월 19일 – VS Code 팀   우리는 코드 에디터 미래는 개방형이어야 하고 AI를 적극적으로 받아들여야 한다고 믿습니다. 지난 10년간 VS Code는 GitHub에서 가장 성공적인 오픈 소스 프로젝트 중…

GitHub Copilot has changed how developers write code, but when combined with an MCP (Model Copilot Protocol) server, it also connects your services. With it, Copilot can understand your database…

Vector Search Vector search enables querying large datasets by comparing vector representations of data points. It is particularly useful in applications such as recommendation systems, image search, and natural language…

Great Devs Don’t Build Alone: Welcome to Azure AI Foundry Developer Community  In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, speed, collaboration, and innovation are paramount. The days of solitary coding…

2025 is the year of AI agents, and the recent AI Agents Hackathon proved it in style. This free, three-week virtual hackathon (April 8–30, 2025) brought together developers worldwide to…

Benefits of the MCP for Beginners Course Welcome to Model Context Protocol 'MCP' for Beginners our latest Open-Source curricula. To get simply started star and clone the repo of this open-source course, developers…

📘 Introduction Manually compiling and distributing daily performance reports can be time-consuming. This post demonstrates how to automate this process using Azure Logic Apps (Standard), Azure OpenAI, and Prompt Templates…

Introduction Azure AI Document Intelligence simplifies document data extraction, with features like query fields enabling targeted data retrieval. However, using these features with the C# SDK can be tricky. This…

Introduction: The Era of AI Agents in JavaScript During the AI Agents Hackathon, one of the most anticipated sessions was presented by Wassim Chegham, Senior AI Developer Advocate for JavaScript…

Agents can be implemented using various GenAI (Generative AI) frameworks, including LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, and Semantic Kernel. All these frameworks support using Neon. Implementing AI-driven functions or tools calling requires hundreds of lines of code—now,…

Welcome to the AI Repo of the Week series! In this first post we’re going to look at the GitHub Copilot Adventures repo. Stay tuned for additional posts that cover AI-related…

Introduction You’ve probably noticed a theme in my recent posts: tackling challenges with AI-powered solutions. In my latest project, I needed a fast way to classify and categorize GitHub issues…

Azure AI model inference provides access to a wide range of flagship models from leading providers such as AI21 Labs, Azure OpenAI, Cohere, Core42, DeepSeek, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and…

As vector search and Retrieval Augmented Generation(RAG) become mainstream for Generative AI (GenAI) use cases, we’re looking ahead to what’s next. GenAI primarily operates in a one-way direction, generating content…

In situations with limited computing, Phi-4-mini-reasoning will is an excellent model choice. We can use Microsoft Olive or Apple MLX Framework to quantize Phi-4-mini-reasoning and deploy it on edge terminals…

The world of cloud computing is growing rapidly, and Azure is at the forefront of this innovation. If you're a student developer eager to dive into Azure and learn about…

We’re excited to announce Agent Builder, the newest evolution of what was formerly known as Prompt Builder, now reimagined and supercharged for intelligent app development. This powerful tool in AI Toolkit enables you to create,…

Readiness and skilling events for Week 4: Microsoft AI Agents Hack Register Now at https://aka.ms/agentshack    2025 is the year of AI agents! But what exactly is an agent, and…

As AI Agents and assistants become increasingly central to modern applications and experiences, the need for seamless, secure integration with external tools and data sources is more critical than ever.…

Join Microsoft and community experts in-person, in one place. The European Collab Summit, European AI & Cloud Summit, and European BizApps Summit are co-located in 2025 – converging on Düsseldorf,…

Readiness and skilling events for Week 3: Microsoft AI Agents Hack Register Now at https://aka.ms/agentshack https://aka.ms/agentshack     2025 is the year of AI agents! But what exactly is an…

  🎙️ Featuring: Olivia McVicker, Cassidy Williams, Burke Holland, Harald Kirschner, Toby Padilla, Rob Lourens, Tim Rogers, James Montemagno, Don Jayamanne, Brigit Murtaugh, Chris Harrison. What is Agent Mode? Agent…

In the latest video on my YouTube Channel, the Microsoft JavaScript + A.I Advocacy team presents an innovative initiative for developers who want to take their first steps with Artificial Intelligence:…

https://aka.ms/agentshack 2025 is the year of AI agents! But what exactly is an agent, and how can you build one? Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, this…

This blog post is the second in a series spotlighting the local AI samples contained in the AI Dev Gallery. The Gallery is a preview project that aims to showcase…

In the previous article, we explored why evaluations are crucial and how they can help you choose the right model for your specific industry, domain, or app-level data. We also…

¡El modo Agente se está lanzando para todos los usuarios de VS Code! El agente actúa como un programador autónomo que realiza tareas de codificación en varias etapas bajo tu…

    🛠️ Construa, inove e #Hacktogether! 🛠️ 2025 é o ano dos agentes de IA! Mas o que exatamente é um agente? E como você pode criar um? Seja…

AI models are powerful tools, but without proper evaluation, we can’t know how well they work, where they fail, or whether they’re safe and reliable. Evaluations are systematic processes of…