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Learn how to build AI-powered applications using Azure Cosmos DB and the Vercel AI SDK, with streaming responses, agentic reasoning, and real-time data queries.

The HLSL team is excited to announce the formation of Ecma Technical Committee 57; a committee to standardize the High Level Shading Language. The formation of this committee marks an important milestone in HLSL's development and strengthens ...

Asking nicely, and asking a lot of people.

Learn how to use temporal tables in Azure SQL to automatically track, query, and time travel through row history without triggers, audit tables, or application code changes.

It's your one chance to make amends.

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.12.12 and 2026.01.16 registry releases and the 2025-11-13, 2025-11-18, 2025-11-19, 2025-12-05, and 2025-12-16 tool releases. These updates include support for ...

Protect sensitive data in Azure SQL by masking SSNs, emails, and phone numbers at query time using built-in Dynamic Data Masking with no application changes.

Preventing the resize cursor from appearing.

Learn how to enforce soft delete at the database layer in Azure SQL using Row Level Security so applications cannot accidentally expose deleted data.

An announcement of .NET Framework 3.5 servicing updates on new versions of Windows.