Microsoft's newly released Agent Framework Harness packages the loops, planning, memory, context management and safety controls that developers previously had to assemble around AI models themselves.

Overview:  Both .NET 6 and .NET 8 are Long-Term Support (LTS) releases, but .NET 8 introduces significant improvements in runtime performance, cloud-native ...

Microsoft is moving Agent Skills beyond bring-your-own instructions by shipping expert-authored workflows with the IDE, while keeping them off by default until testing shows their benefits justify the ...

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 provides tools to turn a slightly unreasonable idea and a blinking cursor into ...

Interactive upgrade canvas presents a live view of the GitHub Copilot upgrade agent’s workflow as it assesses, plans, and ...

Microsoft's 2026 lifecycle schedule includes major support deadlines for Windows, Office, SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure ...

Windows 11 24H2, Office 2021, and SQL Server 2016 headline a long list of Microsoft products losing support in 2026. See the ...

Visual Studio 2026 brings AI-assisted coding, team collaboration, and cross-platform development features together for $32.97 ...

Visual Studio 2026 delivers AI-powered coding, collaboration, and cross-platform development tools for $34.97 until July 12.

GitHub also launches Codex as an agent provider in JetBrains IDEs and rolls out AI credit pools giving enterprise admins ...

Prodding enterprises to seek business insights in the cloud, Microsoft releases its big data analytics service as a public ...