Is it a bad idea to rewrite code or an entire system? At some point, developers want to rewrite for various reasons. Often, it’s because we simply don’t understand the existing codebase or think it’s a tire fire. But is the benefit there? Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. It’s a pretty nuanced topic around cost/benefit. …

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The MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code is designed to support developers in building applications that use Azure SQL (including Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and SQL Server on Azure VMs), SQL Database in Fabric (Preview) or SQL Server as backend databases. With a comprehensive suite of features …

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During Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft announced the public preview of AI Shell, a groundbreaking innovation that integrates artificial intelligence directly into command-line workflows. With this release, Microsoft aims to bridge the gap between traditional shell interactions and the growing capabilities of AI, …

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In today’s data-intensive business landscape, organizations face the challenge of extracting valuable insights from diverse data sources scattered across their infrastructure. Whether it’s structured data in databases or unstructured content in document repositories, enterprises often struggle to efficiently query and …

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In this post, we illustrate automating the responses to email inquiries by using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES), both fully managed services. By linking user queries to relevant company domain information, Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases offers personalized responses. Link to …

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In this post, we explore an innovative approach that uses LLMs on Amazon Bedrock to intelligently extract metadata filters from natural language queries. By combining the capabilities of LLM function calling and Pydantic data models, you can dynamically extract metadata from user queries. This approach can also enhance …

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Introducing a new command line tool dotnet scaffold, a new interactive way to create projects in .NET. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-dotnet-scaffold

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This post shows how Mark43 uses Amazon Q Business to create a secure, generative AI-powered assistant that drives operational efficiency and improves community service. We explain how they embedded Amazon Q Business web experience in their web application with low code, so they could focus on creating a rich AI …

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LLM training has seen remarkable advances in recent years, with organizations pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in terms of model size, performance, and efficiency. In this post, we explore how FP8 optimization can significantly speed up large model training on Amazon SageMaker P5 instances. Link to article: …

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We are excited to announce the preview release of the new Linux-based Azure Cosmos DB Emulator! This latest version is built to provide faster startup times and broader platform compatibility, addressing one of the most requested features in the Azure Cosmos DB User Voice community. The emulator can now seamlessly run …

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You can ask, but maybe you're asking the wrong question. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20241120-00/?p=110547

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Transferring code files between different instances of Visual Studio has often been a tedious task. To simplify this process, Visual Studio 2022 now includes a feature that allows you to easily copy and paste code files and folders between instances using the Solution Explorer. This enhancement aims to streamline …

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CLion 2024.3 is now available. This latest version of the JetBrains IDE for C and C++ includes the following key features and updates: You can download CLion 2024.3 from the link below, via the Toolbox App, as a snap package if you’re using Ubuntu, or via a patch update from version 2024.2. DOWNLOAD CLION 2024.3 […] …

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We live in a world where things change at a rapid pace, and the latest and greatest quickly becomes outdated. The same goes for deploying applications to servers. You used to have to physically travel to a data center to deploy your changes. Later on, we moved to VMs. Then containers came along and changed […] Link to …

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Caution! If you’ve built web apps with Blazor Server the following may cause distress! 😅 Attempting to reconnect to the server… Reconnection failed. Try reloading the page if you’re unable to reconnect. These are the standard Blazor error messages your users have likely complained about as they interact with your …

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Microsoft Ignite 2024 took over the Windy City this week, bringing with it new technological innovation and exciting product announcements aplenty! If you missed the first day of the show, don’t worry – we’ve got you covered with all the latest and greatest Azure Cosmos DB news. This year’s event saw great enthusiasm …

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In 2018, I sat in the audience at AWS re:Invent as Andy Jassy announced AWS DeepRacer—a fully autonomous 1/18th scale race car driven by reinforcement learning. At the time, I knew little about AI or machine learning (ML). As an engineer transitioning from legacy networks to cloud technologies, I had never considered …

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We are pleased to announce the public preview of AI Shell. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-the-public-preview-of-ai-shell

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In this attendee guide, we’re highlighting a few of our favorite sessions to give you a glimpse into what’s in store. To help you plan your agenda for this year’s re:Invent, here are some highlights of the generative AI and ML sessions. Visit the session catalog to learn about all our generative AI and ML sessions. …

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The Office Platform team has been busy working on improvements to the platform since we last reported. This blog covers the new features from the office-js team announced at Ignite 2024. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/whats-new-for-office-add-ins-at-ignite-2024

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